Parsons v. Cannon's
Superior Court of Delaware
Rule (No. 1, October Term, 1912) to show cause why the judgment entered by confession on a specialty for a debt more than twenty years after the debt was due, under a warrant of attorney annexed thereto, should not be vacated and set aside. Rule absolute. The facts and contentions appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Rice, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
The facts set forth in the petition filed in this case are that Granville A. Cannon, executor of Elisha W. Cannon, deceased, by virtue of a warrant of attorney annexed to a judgment note, on August 28,1912, caused judgment to be entered against Thomas H. Parsons, the petitioner, in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, in and for Sussex County. The judgment note was executed by the petitioner in favor of Elisha W. Cannon, the deceased, on May 22, 1888, for the sum of three hundred and ten dollars, which sum, with interest, was by the terms…
2Cited by1 opinion
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