Desnoyers Shoe Co. v. First National Bank

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court, setting aside a judgment by confession in vacation and quashing an execution from it. As stated by counsel for appellant, the sole questions involved in the controversy are:

First, was the declaration, with the affidavit and jurat attached, sufficient authority to authorize the entering of a judgment in vacation ?

Second, ought the court to have received the amended affidavit offered by the Desnoyers Shoe Company ?

Proof of the execution of the power of attorney to confess judgment must be made before the clerk of a court is authorized to…