Case Name: Pierce v. Turner
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 433
Docket Number: 
Parties: Pierce v. Turner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 433–434

Head Matter:
Pierce v. Turner.
A clerical mistake in entering a judgment may be amended at a subsequent term, and an execution issued thereon may be quashed.
This was a motion to set aside a judgment of last term,obtained by mistake of the clerk in entering an appearance of R,. I. Taylor, and a confession of judgment in this suit, instead of another, and to quash the execution thereon, there being a good defence — the defendant being sued as executrix de son tort for holding negroes under a marriage settlement.
Mr. Swann, for the plaintiff,
admitted the facts.
Judgment set aside, and execution quashed.

Opinion:
But
Duckett, J.,
doubted whether the Court could, at this term, set aside a judgment of the last term, even upon a clerical mistake.