Nott v. Hill

Citations

• 6 Paige Ch. 9
• 1836 N.Y. LEXIS 234
• 1836 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 41

Syllabus

<p>If is improper to detail the proceedings at length in an affidavit of regularity. The affidavit should merely state that the bill had been taken as confessed upon a personal service of the subpoena, or on a voluntary appearance of the defendant) or upon a proceeding against him as an absentee, as the case may be, and that all the proceedings to take the bill as confessed are regular; except in special cases, where the solicitor wishes to submit the question of regularity to the court.</p>