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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

EonorrbloU. A. Davis State Rs~lrtrer ya~staa~"" of Nealth

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Judm of the ~rob CO-r, Alabama, ~t~tistlcs of the to lfmw a a0rtl.f rder frsued by the ) of Jefferaozl trar of VlWl opinion as to

IN~2x3FROBAZ'E

COORT OPTEN
COUNTYOF JzppIa3Ol4 STATE OFALL

“az IT REImLRRD, On this tha 1 day C’;*!$ l!& c- on to be heard the pdtitlon Of il f U-Ed Gambrel ==ixiiGr) , for Itrave to obtain o?%& Court

an Order authorixlng the lssuanoeof d wrtified OoPYRonorable W. A. Davis, wage2

or the birth certificate of Honw Lee Gambrel



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tI mf-%otber of child) andthat such oc%Led copy be delivered to Jesrfe E. Gambrel , Bessemer. Ala.. lit= N 

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. *Af%er heorln& the potitlon, and the svldsncr in support thereof, the court is or the opinion that aa should be granted. "It! ISTEREiKiRB, GRDERBD,ADJUD3EDAIiDDECRi3RDthat a CWtiiied 00 r Of the birth COPtliiG&tO 4bOVO WWd be issued by tL State Registrar of Vital Statirtica, Au&in, Texas, to the rnld HenryLee Qambrel

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### mu) (slnnad) B. a, xoum Udg3Ofth Proi3atd Court BesseemorDlVlSlon JefSsrson county, Ala."
Paragraph25 of Rule 47a,Artlole 4477,Veamn*a Amm- -ted Civil statutes, reads as follovst

"Andprovided that the nameof the father or arq l,r&o~t by which he might be ldontified shall not be vritten into the birth or derth oertiflcate or nny lllegitaato child, and provldod further, that Say stattment the Sather of sn IUegltbats ohlld vish,hcatoe OII to its parentqp, may, v&a plaOsd in the torn of an sltidavit, be ettaOhtN.tO the Ori- -1 birth rooord. rkmhw the gtbte Baglstrar nor "lp local r&st,rar shall issue a c.ertlfled OORP of -Y birth or death certificate whereina child Or @k adultis stated to be lllegitintate, unless such o&ifled cop1 la ordered by a oourt Of OOnQetOnt jui8- notion. Ii the Judge of the Probate Court of Jefferson County, u4b’-, had authorlt~ to order theState Registrar or vital 'trt18tlCa to issue 8 cortlfiad copy OS 8 btrth Oertificste of&morablu K. As ikWl8, 3TQ8 3

l person born LATexas, Lt was under the tert48 oi Aztlols IV, 3ectioA 1 of the Conrtltution of tho (Inited State6, vhioh reads 46 ruz~2ows

g %ll Faith and Credit shall be given in each Stats to public Aots, Rcoord6,aAd Jtullclal irocosdbxgn of ever7 otrhez-Stated Arufthe Congress mayby gsnoral Laus prracribe the 

### LWumrln rhloh ruoh Aots, Reoordo and Proceedl.ngr sk41 be proved, skd the ESteat ChweOS~ The SupremeCourt of the United State6 la Calr VS. 

### cumbgh8r~, 133 P. a. 107, at pge 112, 33 L. m. 5Si, 541, 30 3up. Ct. 8, 269, 270, rsidr

*TheConstitution dLdnot m(1a~ to ootlrer say newpotter on tha rtrtoe, 

### but simply to regulate the effect of their acktaovledgsd JurLsdfctLoa OYOF

### perSOJW and things vithlo their terrftory. It did not snakethe ,hidgments of 6tatei domestlo judgment6to all intents and gurpoa~~, but only gave Bgeneral WlidLty, faith and orcdlt to t&m ab 8vldcmb). IL10 exeautlon can be issued upon such juil@IeAta Ylthout 4 Aetusuit in tha tribunals of other atEIte6, @xl they enjoy not the right of wlorl.ty or privilege Or lla, vhioh theyhevein the state vhere they am ~~OAOUAO~~,

but th8t OntyUhLCh the lei fOri givf$S to then by 1te own lawa, in tholr cha.raot8r or ford@3 jIld@MAtS."
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provisl0~6 s?tabUrrb a rule OfaviduAce rather than of jurrodLctloaa. UhiZe th.sy makethe reoordof 8 judgmnt rondared after due aotio8 ln cane state POZYJ~US~VO midon in the oourts 0r aaothsr state or or the uAit6d Statal OSthe mtter adjudged, thay do Aot rtfeot the jurlsdlotion, either of the cow in uhloh the judgmmont ir residerod or of tho cou% in vh.iah it is ofiezad in eviSeno4. JudopleAt s r~o~vtW%d

in On%. St&ttrof thb UnitXI,vh@ApNvUd ti the oourts of roother go~erA.wmt, whether state os A~tio&el, wlthFn the Fnlted Status differ fron judgPreAttraoovered in a foceitya ocmtry in AO other

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.’xmofabla Y. A. J&vie,pa@ 4

respect than iA AOt -iloi~X$$ re-o%aznl.nableOntheir mrits nor impeachable r0r fraud ia obtabtw thm, if rendered by a court having $.wlsdfctlon of th% cause and of the partlor.’ Ths Supreme Court of deorglasaldc

“tits Clause (full faith aab oredit) i5 AO~ to bo **reosived** 91 t&a fullest Import of the terms. It 18 referebla to such records, eta*, a8 pleadbgs and evLdeno0. AAYother cbnstructioc, myth **would**give the samaoffect to 6 t’~r*i&i ju aa **to** our OVA,vould fndoed ba CQgire .&ha dp”” wa of ’ one statecomplete OperatSan in another * would be to strkaa Judgmentla ona state bind prc-prty In another. ’ Joioe v. Scales, l8 Ga. 725, 23 Cyc, Lav, ad POW., pp* 

### 1545, 1546, 1556, 155?, 

### 23 L. R. A. (x. 3.) The Probate Court of Alabam did not have Juriudlatb~ ti oae of the Farties affected by the Judgmnt vltA vhloh VO UO here ooncernod,‘fill. Dr. !i. A, DtbVi8, Stat6 ~OalfbtrU Of Vital Statiatioe of Texas, imd said court had no paver to oz’der hb tc psrlorm artysot. The Judgnmntof the Probate Court of

- could 0dy be uaod as eviden40 ia a oourt 

## Erwmpatent &Udiction vlthia this State, and said latter court vould Caveto anter a Judgmentordering the State Roi;lstrar to is.aue l certifl?d COPY of i$e birth certlffcato of &my Lee Oa?nbFeZ, bafom the State RegSStrac would have authorltg to lasue such

‘-=hXod copy.

It 1s therefore our OpiAiOA that tha Judge Qf the Probate COW., 

### Euseemer Di~f~i0~, of Jefferson County, Alabaua, 1avithout authority to order the State Re@atrar of Vital 3tatwi05 to issue a asrtltled. aopp or the birth aertif ‘ioate OrRmrr Lee cmbrel, 

### ad& the State Registrar is vlthout authorltr to 18)sWsuch csrtlflad oopy uponthe OrCer of said court.

wotec. Ye are horcvlth returning to you the J@mnt abovo
Very truly yours ATToRmY

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