7 Johns. 19
Decided November 15, 1810
New York Supreme Court · decided 1810-11-15
IN error, on certiorari, from a justice’s court, ihe suit below was an action or debt upon a judgrnent between the same parties, rendered before another insfire justice.
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1901
2 state decisions
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Decided 1810-11-15
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¶1The decision below was correct. The ' contents of the writ of certiorari could not be proved by parol, so long as the writ itself, or a sworn copy of it, might have been produced. The case of Edmonstone v. Plaisted (4 Esp. Rep. 160.) shows the strict manner in which the contents of á process, or the existence of it, is to be proved,
¶2Judgment affirmed.