Case Name: Thompson v. Haile
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1854
Citations: 12 Tex. 139
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thompson v. Haile.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 139–140

Head Matter:
Thompson v. Haile.
Where the officer before whom a deposition is taken, fails to certify that the same was signed by the witness, the deposition cannot be received in evidence, if the objection be properly taken.
Error from Panola.
Poag, for plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Hemphill, Ch. J.
The depositions were excluded on the ground that they were not properly certified to by the officer taking the same. The defect was in the omission to certify that they were signed by the witness. We are of opinion that there was no error in the exclusion of the depositions. The statute requires not only that the witness shall sign the answers, but that the officer shall certify the fact of such signature; and this certificate was intended to be authentic evidence of such fact. This being omitted, there is no error in the judgment;• and it is ordered that the same be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.