Case Name: William Broisted, Plaintiff, v. Henry Breslin, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1886-12-14
Citations: 5 N.Y. St. Rep. 67
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Broisted, Plaintiff, v. Henry Breslin, Defendant.
Judges: Barnard and Pratt, JJ., concur.
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 5
Pages: 67–68

Head Matter:
William Broisted, Plaintiff, v. Henry Breslin, Defendant.
(Supreme Court, General Term, Second Department,
Filed December 14, 1886).
JUGDMENT — CONFESSION OF — WHAT STATEMENT SUFFICIENT — CODE ClV. Pro., § 1274.
. Where the statement of facts in a confession of judgment for money due, was that “ the defendant at different times borrowed of the plaintiff divers sums of money, and also purchased of the plaintiff horses, and on an accounting of their dealings together this day, there was found to be due from the defendant to the plaintiff, the sum of $2298, and for which amount this confession is made.” Held, sufficient to sustain the judgment entered in the action.
Appeal by one William R. Potts, a judgment creditor of the administratrix of Henry Breslin (but not a judgment creditor of Henry Breslin), from an order entered on a decision made at Special Term, Kings County, denying a motion made on behalf of said Potts to set aside the above entitled judgment entered in favor of William Broisted (since deceased) upon the confession of said Henry Breslin since deceased.
The confession was as follows :—
“I do hereby confess judgment in this action, in favor of William Broisted, for the sum of two thousand, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars, and authorize judgment to be entered therefor against me.
“ This confession of judgment is for a debt justly due to the plaintiff, arising upon the following facts: The defendant, at different times, borrowed of the plaintiff divers sums of money, and also purchased of the plaintiff horses; and on an accounting of their dealings together this day, there was found to be due from the defendant to the plaintiff, the sum of two thousand, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars, and for which amount this confession is made.”
(Signed), “Henry Breslin,
Defendant.”
Albert G. McDonald, of couusel for Broisted, exr., resp’ts; B. F. Edsall, for app’lt; Thomas Darlington, of counsel.

Opinion:
Dykman, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the special term, denying a motion to set aside a judgment by confession on the ground of the insufficiency of the statement upon which it was entered.
Passing without decision, tlie very serious question which confronts the moving party, respecting his right to invoice the relief he desires, we have examined the statement by the light of such decisions as have been made in cases analogous to this and find it sufficient. It discloses the dealings and transactions from which the indebtedness arose, and then specifies the amount found due from the defendant to the plaintiff, upon an accounting between them, respecting, such dealings, and states in legal effect that the confession of judgment was for the debt justly due to the plaintiff, in view of all those facts.
Where the judgment is confessed for money due, as in this case, the statute requires a written statement which shall state concisely the facts out of which the debt arose, and show that the sum confessed therefor is justly due. Code, 1274.
While it is true that the statement hi this case fails to specify the times at which the horses were sold, or the money loaned, or what particular proportion of the debt arose from either transaction, yet such defects were held insufficient to invalidate the judgment in the cases of Freligh v. Brink, 22 N. Y., 419, and Harrison v. Gibbons, 71 N. Y., 58, and these authorities are sufficient to sustain the judgment in this action.
The attempt to establish actual fraud Avas a failure, and the appeal cannot prevail on that ground.
The order appealed from should be affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.
Barnard and Pratt, JJ., concur.