...appearance and filed an answer denying the allegations of petitioner's cornjudicial proceedings . . . shall have such faith and credit given to them in...have by law or usage in the courts of the State from which they are taken." 2 By statute, the Circuit Courts, as courts of equity, have jurisdiction of...

...certificate of tlie oathif some person thereon, that a true copy was defirered to the adverse party. States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal...credit given to them in every court within the United Stales, as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or...

...this opinion, Congress have, after pointing out the mode of proof, declared as to the effect, that the said records and judicial proceedings authenticated...usage in the courts of the State from whence the said record* are, or shall be taken. About four years after this law passed, the question came [*] fairly...

...which they shall be authenticated, declares, that •• the said records and judicial proceed" ings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith...whence the said records are, ** or shall be, taken." And by the supplementary act of March 27th, 1804, vol. 7, p. 153, § 2, it is declared, that the provisions...

...after prescribing the mode of authentication of public acts, &c. declare, lhat "the said records ami judicial proceedings authenticated as aforesaid, shall...every court within the United States, as they have by law or usaye in the courts of the state from where the said i records are, or shall be taken." What...

...state Courts, and then further declared that " the records and judicial proceedings, au" thcnticated as aforesaid,' shall have such faith and " credit...Court within the United •« States as they have by law or usage in the Courts of « i he stat« from whence the said records are or shall ho " taken."...

...the records, and judicial proceedings of eacl state, shall have such faith and credit given to then in every court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state whence theserecords are taken. Ths provision of the federal constitution probably was utended gradually...

...of the jadjk, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, as the case may be, that the said atteilation is in due form. And the said records and judicial...credit given to them in every court within the United State*, as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or...

...any other court within Art. 1. the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the v^rv-^^ seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal ; together...whence the said records are, or shall be, taken." As explicit as this act is, the decisions have been both ways. § 9. Upon these acts, it will be observed,...

...authentication, and then declares, that "the said records and judicial proceedings, so authenticated, shall have such faith and credit given to them, in...law or usage in the Courts of the state from whence they shall be taken." It has been contended that this latter sentence, (for there are but two in the...