Case Name: Jackson, ex dem' Root, against Stiles, Vanbuskerk Tenant
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1805-08
Citations: 3 Cai. 128
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jackson, ex dem’ Root, against Stiles, Vanbuskerk Tenant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Caines' Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 128–128

Head Matter:
Jackson, ex dem’ Root, against Stiles, Vanbuskerk Tenant.
Depositions before commissioners, &c. must be signed by them with their names of office.

Opinion:
IT was ruled in this cause that the jurats of affidavits taken before judges of the Common Pleas, or commissioners, must be signed by them, with the addition of their official descriptions — judges of the Common Pleas to stile themselves such, and commissioners to specify that they are so.