If the plaintiff accept the offer, and give notice thereof to the defendant or his attorney, within five days after the offer was served, the offer, and an affidavit that the notice of acceptance was delivered in the time limited, may be filed by the plaintiff, or the defendant may file the acceptance, with a copy of the order, verified by affidavit; and, in either case, the offer and acceptance shall be noted in the journal, and judgment shall be rendered accordingly. If the notice of acceptance be not given in the period limited, the offer shall be deemed withdrawn, and shall not be given in evidence, or mentioned on the trial. If the plaintiff fails to obtain judgment for more than was offered by the defendant, he shall pay the defendant's costs from the time of the offer.
Making of offer not cause for continuance or postponement.Sect. 503. The making of an offer, pursuant to the provisions contained in the foregoing section, shall not be a cause for a continuance of an action, or a postponement of a trial.
CHAPTER II.—Submitting a Controversy.
How parties may submit a controversy.Sect. 504. Parties to a question which might be the subject of a civil action, may, without action, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and present a submission of the same to any court which would have jurisdiction, if an action had been brought. But it must appear, by affidavit, that the controversy is real, and the proceedings in good faith, to determine the rights of the parties. The court shall thereupon hear and determine the case and render judgment, as if an action were pending.
What constitutes the record.Sect. 505. The case, the submission, and the judgment shall constitute the record.
Judgement of same force as in an action.Sect. 506. The judgment shall be with costs, may be enforced, and shall be subject to reversal in the same manner as if it had been rendered in an action, unless otherwise provided in the submission.
CHAPTER III.—Offer to confess Judgment.
