Watkins v. Bishop

Plaintiffs in error are seeking by this writ of error to reinstate a judgment declared null and void by the Circuit Court of Mecklenburg county.

On January 14, 1942, the defendant in error, by his duly constituted attorney in fact and pursuant to the provisions of section 6130-a (Michie’s Code, 1936), Acts of 1936, pp. 275-374, confessed judgment in the clerk’s office of Mecklenburg county, Virginia, in favor of the plaintiffs in error (copartners trading as Watkins Motor Company), in the sum of $519, together with costs and attorneys’ fees.

On February 19, 1942, after proper notice to the…