Hirschfield v. Franklin

Citations

• 6 Cal. 607

Syllabus

<p>A cognovit is good as an admission in pais after answer is filed.</p> <p>If judgment is entered upon the cognovit and by its authority, then the amount acknowledged would have been the sum of the judgment; but where upon complaint and answer denying the allegations thereof, the acknowledgment is used as evidence, interest may be given by way of damages.</p> <p>In an action against defendants jointly indebted, where one only is served, a several judgment may be entered against him.</p>