16 Ind. 484 | Ind. | 1861
Appellants sued to recover a certain lot of land. They relied upon a purchase at sheriff’s sale, for the sum of $100, made upon three executions issued by the clerk of the Common Pleas Court of said county, on transcripts filed in his office, of judgments rendered by a justice, against one Murphy. One of the executions, so issued, was in favor of the appellants, and was for about the sum of $79. On the trial, there was a judgment for the defendant. The question presented, is upon the refusal of the Court to admit evidence.
The plaintiff gave in evidence, without objection, the deed of the sheriff', and the executions upon which the sale was made; and then offered the transcripts filed in the office of the clerk of the Common Pleas Court, and upon which the said executions were based. This evidence was objected to, on two grounds: first, that the same was not competent; and, second, that if competent 'in any instance, the transcripts offered were not properly certified. The objection was sustained. As to tlie latter point, the form of the certificates attached to two of the transcripts is similar to that in Wiley v. Forsee,
But we are referred to the case of Shirk v. Wilson, 13 Ind. 129, as being in antagonism to the cases cited. ’Whatever effect may be given to that decision, we do not think it is in conflict with the cases cited. It was a proceeding in
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.