Gambia v. Howe

This was a judgment confessed by virtue of a power of attorney.

Two errors are assigned; 1. The record does not show with sufficient certainty the ground of liability on which the judgment was rendered; 2. It does not show that the execution of the power of attorney, by virtue of which it was confessed, was proved.

These errors are well assigned. We take it, that in judg*134ments confessed by warrant of attorney, as well as in cases of suits prosecuted in the usual manner, the rec<prd must disclose, with reasonable certainty, the nature of the liability for which the judgment is rendered. When a…