Farmers' National Bank v. Fonda

Plaintiff sued defendant by attachment, as an absconding debtor, on implied contract, and, on default, obtained judgment for the sum of $18,000. The default having been made absolute, the case was referred to the court for assessment of damages. There is in the record a report of the clerk containing the computation; but the judgment recites a finding by the court on proofs taken in open court.

An objection, not much insisted on, was made, that, in the affidavit of publication, while the affiant described himself as “ printer and publisher of the Three Rivers Herald, a public newspaper,…