Nichols v. Hewit

4 Johns. 423 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1809

Per Curiam.

The defendant below confessed judgment for the amount of an award, before it was published j and then the justice declared it to be in favour of the defendant in error, for 11 cents, and entered judgment accordingly. A confession of judgment ought to be for a certain and specified sum. The justice had no power to enter judgment, on a cognovit for an uncertain and unliquidated amount. The judgment must be reversed.

Judgment reversed.