Harris v. Stanton

Stanton, by Voss, his attorney, during term, filed a declaration in assumpsit, setting forth as the foundation of the action, two promissory notes, one of which was not then due. The same attorney also filed a warrant to confess judgment on the notes. The warrant was directed to Voss himself, authorizing him, in the usual form, to confess judgment, &c. The record shows that the execution of the warrant was duly proved to the satisfaction of the Court. The declaration and warrant appear at full length; and immediately after, without any intervening matter whatever, the record proceeds: “ And…