Hall v. Hamilton

This was a confession of judgment in the Superior Court of Cook county, at the June term, 1874. The declaration concludes to the damage of the plaintiff $614, and the cognovit confesses an indebtedness of $634, and judgment was rendered for that sum. The warrant of attorney, by virtue of which this judgment was confessed, authorizes and empowers Forrester, or any other attorney, to enter the appearance of the defendant, to waive service of process, and confess judgment on a note in favor of defendant in error for the amount due, at any time after maturity, with an attorney’s fee of twenty…