Terry v. Patton

The plaintiff and appellant brought this suit to recover a sum which he claims under a *302decree or judgment, rendered in his favor by a competent tribunal exercising jurisdiction over the district of Baton Rouge, whilst under the Spanish government. He recovered in the district court and the defendants appealed.

East’n. District. May 1816.

It is admitted, by the counsel of both parties, that the Spanish record (a copy of which is certified by the parish judge, who became the keeper of the public archives of that district after the change of government) contains all the material facts in the case,…