Blackman v. Dowling

Dec 15, 1876
Reporters:
Before:
Brickell
BRICKELL, C. J.

The statute (R. C. § 2694) is cumulative, authorizing the admission iu evidence of ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‍public documents on the certificate of the head of a bureau or department of the general government. It does not exclude examined copies, verified by the evidence of a ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‍competent witness, admissible under the rules of common law. — 1 Green. § 91. There was no error in overruling the objections taken to the evidence of the witness Martin.

But ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‍in allowing parol evidence of the garnishment against the appellee, as the debtor of appellant, and the judgment before the justice of the peace, the circuit court erred. The ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‍proceedings before the justice were necessarily in writing, though not technically records, and must have been produced or proved by sworn copies.—Ware v. Robeson, 18 Ala. 105; Jones v. Davis, 2 Ala. 730; Kennedy v. ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‍Dear, 6 Port. 90. Eor this error the judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded.