Bernard & Co. v. Douglas & Watson

It is insisted by tbe appellants, that tbe judgment confessed by Plummer was not made in compliance with tbe requisites of tbe statute, regulating tbe entry of judgments by confession, and is therefore void, and tbe court erred in refusing to sustain the motion to set tbe same aside. Two objections are made to tbe validity of this judgment by confession: 1st. That tbe statement of facts filed by Plummer at tbe time of tbe confession does not sufficiently show out of what tbe indebtedness arose. 2d. That it does not appear that tbe amount for which tbe judgment was confessed was justly due, or…