Case Name: Martin and Chamberlain against Moss and another
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1810-05
Citations: 6 Johns. 126
Docket Number: 
Parties: Martin and Chamberlain against Moss and another.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 126–127

Head Matter:
Martin and Chamberlain against Moss and another.
NEW-YORK,
May, 1810.
A justice can-judgment, by gai'nstSa>Iparty," <<¡ücst!¡Vrl on" his" tfoa such'wS han(l-wrfung^of without aiij-prol cess, or further ■m'OOf.
IN error, on certiorari. On receiving a paper, together with a note, purporting to be signed by the defendants below, authorizing the justice to confess judgment, the justice, from his knowledge of the handwriting of the defendants, and without any process, or other proof, entered a judgment, by confession, for the plaintiffs below,
The cause was submitted to the court, without argument.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The justice could not legally enter a judgment, unless the defendant appeared in person, or by attorney, before him, in court, and confessed judgment, or had been duly summoned, as in ordinary cases.