MAXWELL v. STEWART


89 U.S. 77 (____)

22 Wall. 77

MAXWELL v. STEWART.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.S. Watts, for the plaintiff in error; Mr. P. Phillips, contra.


The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

We will consider the errors assigned in the order in which they come before us:

1. The form of the record of a judgment is regulated by the practice of the court in which the action is prosecuted. To make such a record valid upon its face, it is only necessary for it to appear that the court had jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action and of the parties, and that a judgment had in fact been rendered...

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