880 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. [ART. 52.

writs or process, to issue any writ or process, and to do all other
acts in relation thereto as such justice would have had if he were
living and acting as a justice of the peace.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 52, sec. 63.

29. If any constable or other officer returns process before
another justice, by reason of the death or disqualification of the
justice before whom the same was returnable, he shall give notice
previous to the return thereof, to the plaintiff or his agent, and
the defendant, of the justice before whom he intends returning;
the same.

Judgments.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 52, sec. 26. 1853, ch. 201, sec. 2.

30. Justices of the peace shall enter up judgment in all cases
brought or tried before them within three days after a final
hearing of the case.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1809, ch. 153, sec. 5.

31. All judgments for the payment of money entered by a
justice of the peace shall be so entered as to carry interest thereon
from the date thereof.

Ibid sec 28. 1841, ch. 139. 1843, ch. 362, sec 2.

32. If the parties appear before the justice on the return day
of the summons, and the justice enters judgment, either by con-
fession of the party or after hearing and trying the case, such
judgment shall be valid, although the summons may be made
returnable before any or some justice of the peace, without nam-
ing specifically which justice.

Ibid. sec. 29. 1843, ch 362, sec. 3.

33. A justice of the peace may enter a confession of judgment
by a defendant without any summons having been issued, and
such judgment shall be valid.

Ibid sec. 30. 1825, ch. 158.

34. In all cases of debt tried before a justice of the peace, he
may enter judgment against either plaintiff or defendant for such