Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Marendino

The following is the opinion delivered at Special Term:

Callaghan, J.:

On the 19th day of October, 1920, the defendant in each of these actions executed a confession of judgment for the purpose of securing the plaintiff against contingent liability which might arise out of the execution of a bail bond in the sum of $20,000 for the appearance of one Nieolo Failla in the “ Ninth District Magistrate’s Court, Kings County.” Thereafter Failla appeared in the Magistrate’s Court and the magistrate indorsed on the back of the complaint filed' against him the following: “ Defendants are already…