Calkins v. Calkins

The general effect of the full-faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution (article 4, § 1), as related to judgments, is that, when the judgment of a court of one state is pleaded in the courts of a sister state as the foundation of a right, and a duly authenticated transcript of the proceedings is offered in evidence to establish such right, such judgment is entitled to the same force and effect as evidence as it has in the state where rendered. Cole v. Cunningham, 133 U. S. 107, 10 S. Ct. 269, 33 L. Ed. 538; 15 R. C. L. pp. 927, 928, § 407, and authorities cited under note 161

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