Hoxie v. Wright
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of debt upon a judgment, rendered by the supreme court of the state of Massachusetts, for the sum of ,f 168,40 damages, and the sum of $47,60 costs of suit. The de--fendant pleaded nil debet, on which issue was joined.
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This was an action of debt upon a judgment, rendered by the supreme court of the state of Massachusetts, for the sum of ,f 168,40 damages, and the sum of $47,60 costs of suit. The de--fendant pleaded nil debet, on which issue was joined. On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence an exemplification of the record of the judgment, with the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court annexed, together with a certificate of the chief justice that the attestation wasindue form, from which it appeared, that the judgment was rendered in a suit, commenced by the plaintiff, then residing…
1Opinion of the CourtPhentiss, J.
The constitution of the United States, (art. 4,s. 1.) declares, that “ full faith and credit shall be given, in each state, to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state ; and the congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings, shall be proved and the effect thereof.” By an act of congress, passed in pursuance of this provision of the constitution, it is declared,that “ the reasons and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state shall be proved and admitted in any other court within the United States, by the…
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