New York Supreme Court March 15, 1864 (People v. Campbell)

By the Court. —Clerke, J.

The statute of 1862 (Laws of 1862, 975), is emphatically a remedial statute. It gives a Justice of the District Courts, in the city of Hew York, authority, “ upon motion before him, to open and set aside any default made in any action tried before or by him.” These are the words.