2 Hilt. 487 | New York Court of Common Pleas | 1859
We have nothing before us in this case but the justice’s return. If the admission, made by the president of the society, was the result of collusion between him and the plaintiff, that fact should have been shown by affidavit. From the return, there was no error in the proceedings or in the giving of judgment. On the return day of the summons the president of the society appeared for the defendants, and admitted that they were an incorporated body.
In the district courts parties may appear and defend in person, or by an attorney of the Supreme Court of this state, or by an agent. District Court Act, 1857, p. 80, § 9, sub. 1. The president, in this case, appeared as the defendants’ agent or attorney in fact, and it will be assumed that he had authority to do so until the contrary is shown. Appearing and pleading in the suit as their agent, his admission upon the joining of issue was binding upon them.
Judgment affirmed.