Eager v. Stover

This action was upon a judgment rendered in 1853 by the Court of Common Pleas of Centre Comity in the State of Pennsylvania, against the defendant, Stover and his partner in business, Zellers. The judgment was subsequently revived against Stover in 1869. after the removal of Stover to this State. The original judgment was upon confession entered by the attorney of the defendants.

The defense proposed in this suit here was, that the defendant, Stover, never authorized the attorney in Pennsylvania to appear for him, or to confess judgment against him, and that such entry and confession were…