Clemens v. Gilbert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Washington. A judgment was entered by a justice of the peace for $87.50, being the amount of the plaintiff’s demand. In the certificate attached to the transcript it was stated—“ Defendant offered, in presence of the plaintiff, to confess judgment for five dollars, before the rendering of this judgment.”
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In error from the Common Pleas of Washington. A judgment was entered by a justice of the peace for $87.50, being the amount of the plaintiff’s demand. In the certificate attached to the transcript it was stated—“ Defendant offered, in presence of the plaintiff, to confess judgment for five dollars, before the rendering of this judgment.” On the appeal the plaintiff had a verdict for five dollars, and the defendant took a rule to show cause why plaintiff should not pay defendant’s costs since the appeal; which the Court discharged.
1Per curiam
The justice’s docket contains no entry of an offer to confess judgment for a particular sum. The fact that such an offer was made appears in his certificate to authenticate the transcript sent up with the appeal; but it is no part of the transcript; and no better than the unofficial assertion of the justice, which would not be received even under the sanction of his oath.
Judgment affirmed.