Case Name: Hill against Downer
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1814-10
Citations: 11 Johns. 461
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hill against Downer.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 461–461

Head Matter:
Hill against Downer.
fe^antpraye<i before a justice, and which was refused, funtari'iy* con^frit; ««“‘was the defend^ ^íitTeguií* nty.
IN ERROR, on certiorari, from a justice’s court. In a suit by Downer against Hill, before the justice, Hill requested an adjournment, before issue joined; and offered to make ... . . , , , affidavit, and give security. The justice inquired about his defence; and a desultory conversation ensued between the parties and the justice, at the close of which, the justice told the defendant, Hill, that what he set up as a defence could not avail him, if proved 5 and therefore refused the adjournment; upon which Hill confessed judgment for six dollars fifty-one cents, and judgment was entered accordingly.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
There does not appear to have been any unfair advantage taken of the defendant below; and by voluntarily confessing judgment, he has waived all previous irregularity, if any.
Judgment must be affirmed.