Hopkins v. Walter
This text of 11 Ill. 543 (Hopkins v. Walter) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Illinois Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
This was an action of debt, founded upon a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace. The only question presented for our consideration is as to the validity of that judgment. We entertain no doubt as to the authority of a justice of the peace to render a judgment by confession, when the party was before him and acknowledges an indebtedness to an amount within his jurisdiction. A confession between the parties to a suit furnishes the most satisfactory evidence of indebtedness. The judgment in question is not technically drawn, but enough appears to justify us in affirming the judgment, with costs.
Judgment affirmed.
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