Meakin v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “In any action arising ex contractu, when the plaintiff’s claim against a defendant is for a sum certain or for a sum which by computation may be made certain, and the plaintiff shall have filed, at the time of bringing his action, a complaint verified by himself or by his agent, or shall have filed with his complaint an affidavit executed by himself or by his agent, and if said verified complaint or said affidavit shall set out the sum he claims to be due, exclusive of all set-offs and just grounds of defense, and a copy of said verified complaint or affidavit shall have been served upon the defendant, the clerk, upon request of the plaintiff or of his attorney, shall enter judgment for that amount and costs against the defendant, if the defendant is in default for failure to appear, as provided in Rule 12, and provided further if the plaintiff or his attorney shall file at the same time an affidavit in compliance with the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended. (Revised January 1, 1964)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Goudie v. William Norwitz Co.