New York Court of Appeals

Mahlon Mandeville, Respondent v. Schuyler C. Reynolds, Appellant

February 23, 187768 N.Y. 528

Summary

The Court affirmed the judgment, holding that secondary evidence is admissible when a judgment roll is lost or destroyed, that a defendant's confession of judgment is competent evidence, that an attorney cannot satisfy a judgment without the client’s consent or full payment, that a docket entry of satisfaction may be attacked for fraud in an action upon the judgment, and that an assignment without payment does not give authority to satisfy the judgment.