ART. 22.] CIRCUIT COURT. 1933

so indebted; or if the action be founded upon a verbal or implied
contract, shall file a statement of the particulars of the defendant's,
indebtedness thereunder; if there are two or more plaintiffs the
said affidavit or affirmation may be made by any one of them; or
if all the plaintiffs be absent from the State at the time of the
bringing of said suit, or if the plaintiff be a corporation, the said
affidavit or affirmation may be made by any agent of the plaintiff
or plaintiffs, or any of them, who will further make oath or affir-
mation that he has personal knowledge of the matters therein
stated; and the said affidavit or affirmation may be made before
any of the persons who may take an affidavit or affirmation to
authorize the issuing of a foreign attachment, and may be certi-
fied in the same manner; provided, that when an executor or
administrator brings an action he shall be required to prove the
death of the party whose representative he claims to be, if proof
of such death be demanded in writing within the time required
to plead.

1886, ch. 264.

67. On all judgments by default that shall be entered under-
any of the preceding sections, the court may assess the damages
on proof thereof, without empaneling a jury to do so.

Ibid

68. On all judgments entered in said court there shall be a.
stay of execution until the rule day or the first day of the term
whichever shall first occur, next succeeding the rule day or the
term at which said judgment may have been entered, with the
right to the defendant to supersede the same for six months from,
the expiration of said stay as now allowed by law; provided
however, that the court may, on motion in writing by the plain-
tiff or his attorney, showing sufficient reasons therefor, allow an
execution or attachment or other proper writ to be issued at any
time after the entry of judgment as aforesaid, and before the
expiration of said stay.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 21, sec. 58.

69. In all cases in the circuit court for said county, where, at
the trial thereof, exception shall be taken to any opinion or direc-
tion of the court, and an appeal or writ of error shall be taken,