Case Name: Burch v. Whittington
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1825-05-09
Citations: 1 Blackf. 348
Docket Number: 
Parties: Burch v. Whittington.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 1
Pages: 348–348

Head Matter:
Burch v. Whittington.
The defendant, in a suit by the agent of a county, appeared and confessed judgment. Held, that he could not afterwards, in error, contend that the suit should have been brought by the county commissioners.
ERROR to the Scott Circuit Court. — Debt by Whittington, a~ gent of Scott county, against Burch for money due to the county. Judgment by confession for the plaintiff.
Howk, for the plaintiff.
Thornton, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Holman, J.
The plaintiff in error contends, that this suit should have been instituted by the commissioners of Scott coun-ty, and not by the agent. If such he the case, he should have made the discovery at an earlier period. He not only appeared in the Circuit Court, but acknowledged that he could not gainsay or deny the plaintiff's action. If he could not gainsay or deny the action in the Circuit Court, he cannot be permitted to do it here .
Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed with costs.
A judgment by confession is a release of errors. Lewis v. Brackenridge, ante, pp. 112, 116, and note 5.