2 Johns. 378
Decided August 15, 1807
New York Supreme Court · decided 1807-08-15
ON a return to the certiorari in this cause, it appeared, that the defendant in error brought an action of debt against the plaintiffin error, before the justice, on ajudgmeht recovered before another justice. The defendant below denied the existence of any such judgment. The plaintiff below thereupon produced a certificate, under the hand and seal of the other justice, of the judgment obtained before him.
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Decided 1807-08-15
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently May 1903
5 state decisions
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¶1The only question is, whether the declaration of the plaintiff below was fully proved. The certificate of the former judgment, which was produced, and iiot objected to, tvas prima facie evidence, at least, of the existence of the judgment; and as this evidence was not Contradicted or questioned by the' defendant below, it must be considered as sufficient to support the judgment.-
¶2Judgment affirmed;