McClure v. Bowles

WRIGHT, J.:

The defendant, John D. Bowles, at a prior term obtained judgment against the plaintiffs upon a promissory note, a copy whereof is thus:

“$100.00. Preston, O., March 16, 1893.

“Eighteen months after date we promise to pay to the order of W. R. Cochran, Jr., four hundred dollars, at Citizen’s Bank, Harrison, Ohio, with — per cent, interest. And we hereby authorize and empower any attorney at law, at any time after this obligation becomes due, to appear for us before any court of record in the state of Ohio, or elsewhere, and waive the issuing and service of process and confess judgment…