The statutory mandate (CPLR 3218, subd [a], par 2) that a confession of judgment be entered upon an affidavit by defendant "stating concisely the facts out of which the debt arose and showing that the sum confessed is justly due or to become due" is designed for the protection of third persons who might be prejudiced in the event that a collusively confessed judgment is entered, and not for the protection...
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