¶1The justice has acted very incorrectly in altering his record after it was made up, and a copy given to the party. Such conduct deserves reprehension and punishment. He also erred in his exposition of the law, and his judgment must, therefore, be reversed.
5 N.J.L. 683
Searing v. Lum
Decided September 15, 1819
Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1819-09-15
ON CERTIORARI. IT was alleged, that the plaintiff in certiorari had received, from the justice, a transcript upon which the certiorari was brought, but that the transcript, now sent to the court, differed materially from it: whereupon a rule was granted upon the justice; and in return to that rule he certified, that the transcript first given was a true copy of the proceedings in said action, at the time when delivered to the plaintiff in certiorari.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1916
1 state decisions
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1819-09-15
View the full empirical analysis of this case →