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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eonorrblo U. A. Davis 

State Rs~lrtrer 

ya~staa~"" of Nealth 

. 

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 ~2x3 FROBAZ'E COORT OP TEN 

COUNTY OF JzppIa3Ol4 

STATE OF ALL 

“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 lssuanoe of d wrtified OoPY 
Ronorable W. A. Davis, wage 2 

or the birth certificate of Honw Lee Gambrel 

‘Iciocnty) (St t I mf-%otber of child) 

and that such oc%Led copy be delivered to 

Jesrfe E. Gambrel , Bessemer. Ala.. lit= 

N r 

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1 IPost Office Addrasa) 

_BOX . 

*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 t L State Registrar of Vital Statirtica, 

Au&in, Texas, to the rnld Henry Lee Qambrel . 

mu) 

(slnnad) B. a, xoum 

Udg3Ofth Proi3atd Court 

Besseemor DlVlSlon 

JefSsrson county, Ala." 

Paragraph 25 of Rule 47a, Artlole 4477, Veamn*a Amm- 

-ted Civil statutes, reads as follovst 

"And provided that the name of 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,hca toe 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 wherein a child Or @k 

adult is 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 the State Registrar or vital 

'trt18tlCa to issue 8 cortlfiad copy OS 8 btrth Oertificste of 
&morablu K. As ikWl8, 3TQ8 3 

l person born LA Texas, 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 Aruf the Congress may by 

gsnoral Laus prracribe the LWumr ln rhloh ruoh Aots, 

Reoordo and Proceedl.ngr sk41 be proved, skd the ESteat ChweOS~ 

The Supreme Court 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 

*The Constitution dLd not m(1a~ to ootlrer say 

new potter on tha rtrtoe, but simply to regulate the 

effect of their acktaovledgsd JurLsdfctLoa OYOF perSOJW and things vithlo their terrftory. It did not 

snake the ,hidgments of 6tatei domestlo judgment6 to 

all intents and gurpoa~~, but only gave B general 

WlidLty, faith and orcdlt to t&m ab 8vldcmb). IL10 

exeautlon can be issued upon such juil@IeAta Ylthout 

4 Aetu suit in tha tribunals of other atEIte6, @xl 

they enjoy not the right of wlorl.ty or privilege 

Or lla, vhioh they hevein the state vhere they am 

~~OAOUAO~~, but th8t Onty UhLCh the lei fOri givf$S 

to then by 1te own lawa, in tholr cha.raot8r or 

ford@3 jIld@MAtS." 

=issaQ¶r ’ 

~‘Thhoae provisl0~6 s?tabUrrb a rule Of aviduAce 

rather than of jurrodLctloaa. UhiZe th.sy make the 

reoord of 8 judgmnt rondared after due aotio8 ln cane 

state POZYJ~US~VO midon in the oourts 0r aaothsr 

state or or the uAit6d Statal OS the 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&ttr of thb UnitXI, vh@A pNvUd ti 

the oourts of roother go~erA.wmt, whether state os 

A~tio&el, wlthFn the Fnlted Status differ fron judgPreAtt raoovered in a foceitya ocmtry in AO other 

., 

.’ 
xmofabla Y. A. J&vie, pa@ 4 

respect than iA AOt -iloi~X$$ re-o%aznl.nable On their 

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 deorgla saldc 

“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. AAY other cbnstructioc, myth 

would give the sama offect to 6 t’~r*i&i ju 

aa to our OVA, vould fndoed ba CQ gire .&ha dp”” wa of’ 

one state complete OperatSan in another * would be 

to strka a Judgment la 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 arty sot. The Judgnmnt of the Probate Court of 

- could 0dy be uaod as eviden40 ia a oourt Er wmpatent 

&Udiction vlthia this State, and said latter court vould 

Cave to anter a Judgment ordering 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, 

1a vithout authority to order the State Re@atrar of Vital 

3tatwi05 to issue a asrtltled. aopp or the birth aertif‘ioate 

Or Rmrr Lee cmbrel, ad& the State Registrar is vlthout authorltr to 18)sW such csrtlflad oopy upon the OrCer of said court. 

wotec. 

Ye are horcvlth returning to you the J@mnt abovo 

Very truly yours 

ATToRmY 0ENmAL w TW