Case Name: HUNTER BROTHERS ELECTRICAL CORPORATION, Respondent v. JAMES P. BALDWIN, INC., Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1987-08-24
Citations: 293 S.C. 301
Docket Number: 22769
Parties: HUNTER BROTHERS ELECTRICAL CORPORATION, Respondent v. JAMES P. BALDWIN, INC., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 293
Pages: 301–302

Head Matter:
22769
HUNTER BROTHERS ELECTRICAL CORPORATION, Respondent v. JAMES P. BALDWIN, INC., Appellant.
(360 S. E. (2d) 306)
Supreme Court
Chris B. Staubes, Emily G. Johnston and Mark A. Mason, Clawson and Staubes, Charleston, for appellant.
J. Randolph Pelzer, John P. Algar and Stephen P. Bucher, Pelzer and Chard, P.A., Charleston, for respondent.
Heard Oct. 8, 1986.
Decided Aug. 24, 1987.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The trial judge was without authority to amend or modify the earlier order of the trial court to include an award of attorney fees. The decretal paragraph of the order did not expressly award attorney fees, and the judge's authority to amend the judgment ended with the expiration of the term of court during which the judgment was rendered, except as to corrections of clerical or formal error. Center v. Center, 269 S. C. 367, 237 S. E. (2d) 491 (1977). Accordingly, the order appealed from is
Vacated.