In any action the defendant may file a confession of the plaintiff's right to recover certain real estate, or a certain amount of debt or damages, and plead to the residue of his claim; and if the plaintiff further prosecutes the action, and fails to recover more than is so confessed, the defendant shall recover his costs from the date of the confession.
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