Medvidovich v. Sterner

Egan, J.,

A confessed judgment cannot stand if it exceeds the power conferred in the instrument authorizing its entry. Such a judgment must rest on a foundation that will support it after *691the closest scrutiny, and one cannot take for granted that the use of a printed bookseller’s form will eliminate subsequent attacks designed to strike the judgment from the record. Where the warrant of attorney “empowers any attorney of any court within the United States or elsewhere to appear for tenant, and with or without declaration, confess judgment against tenant, etc. ...” judgment cannot be confessed…