Stebbins v. East Society of Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Supreme Court
Present, Justices T. R. Strong, Welles and Smith. Motion to set aside judgment, and thirty-seven other judgments against same defendants, in favor of other plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the Court
By the court—E. Darwin Smith, Justice.
Before the passage of the Code, judgments were confessed by bond and warrant of attorney: judgment was entered up for the penalty of the bond, and execution issued for the amount specified in the condition thereof, with costs; or for so much thereof as the plaintiff claimed to be due. There was no restraint upon the confessions of judgments for such sums as the parties pleased, and judgments thus entered up could only be set aside on motion, or by bill in chancery for fraud in fact. Judgment by confession, under the old system, had become so common and…
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