Broadway Management Corp. v. Briggs

Conan Briggs appeals from a circuit court’s refusal to vacate an allegedly void judgment by confession against him, or to quash a garnishment summons against the holder of certain stock certificates belonging to him.

The note on which the confession of judgment was based reads in part: "Ninety Days after date, I, we, or either of us, promise to pay to the order of Three Thousand Four Hundred Ninety Eight and 45/100 ...........Dollars.” (The underlined words and symbols have been typed in; Lie remainder is printed.) There are no blanks on the face of the instrument, any unused space having been…