Lanning v. . Carpenter
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. Motion by subsequent judgment creditors to set aside a judgment confessed by the defendant to the plaintiff and executions which had been issued thereon to the sheriffs of Schuyler and Steuben counties. On the 14th day of July, 1855, the defendant signed and verified this statement: SUPREME COURT.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court. Motion by subsequent judgment creditors to set aside a judgment confessed by the defendant to the plaintiff and executions which had been issued thereon to the sheriffs of Schuyler and Steuben counties. On the 14th day of July, 1855, the defendant signed and verified this statement: SUPREME COURT. I do hereby confess judgment in this cause in favor of Daniel Damn og for the sum of one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, and authorize judgment to be entered therefor against me. This confession of judgment is for indebtedness from me to the said Lanning,…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] A majority of the judges have come to the conclusion that it will be impossible to decide this appeal without determining the question of the constitutional validity of the act to erect the county of Schuyler, passed in the year 1854. The legal existence of the county in and after the year 1857, has been affirmed in this court (19 N.Y., 41); but according to the opinions of at least two of the five judges whose concurrence was necessary to pronounce that…
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