Case Name: Haden v. Perry
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-03
Citations: 1 Cranch 285
Docket Number: 
Parties: Haden v. Perry.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 285–286

Head Matter:
Haden v. Perry.
Judgment cannot be confessed before the return term of the writ.
The defendant was arrested on a writ returnable to the next term.
Mr. Taylor, for the defendants,
moved for a habeas corpus, to bring up the defendant to confess judgment at this term, and cited the Act of Assembly of Virginia of 19th December, 1792, § 43, p. 113, that a confession of judgment is equal to a release of errors.

Opinion:
But the Court
overruled the motion. See McNeil v. Cannon, June term, 1803, [ante, 127,] and Smith v. McCue, or Askew v. Smith, March adjourned term, 1804, [ante, 159.]