Case Name: Hurlbut & Semple et al. v. Virdie Lang
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1895-03-13
Citations: 10 Tex. Civ. App. 168
Docket Number: No. 1231
Parties: Hurlbut & Semple et al. v. Virdie Lang.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Civil Appeals Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 168–169

Head Matter:
Hurlbut & Semple et al. v. Virdie Lang.
No. 1231.
Correction of Judgment After Appeal.—Petition against Hurlbut & Semple and S. A. Sparks, sheriff. Trial and judgment against Hurlbut & Semple and Sam Sparks, sheriff, etc. The defendants appealed. After the appeal was perfected, upon motion of the appellee, the judgment in the lower court was corrected so as to make it conform to the petition. An additional transcript contained the corrections. Held:
1. That it was within the power of the lower court after appeal to amend the judgment, though the jurisdiction of this court had attached.
2. The error was manifestly clerical, and this court could have corrected the judgment (there being no other error assigned) and rendered such judgment as should have been rendered below, without the correction.
Appeal from County Court of Bell County. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Furman.
A. M. Monteith, for appellants,
cited Dunlap v. Sutherlin, 63 Texas, 38; Hall v. Jackson, 3 Texas, 305.
W. S. Holman, for appellee,
cited McNairy v. Castleberry, 6 Texas, 288; Chestnutt v. Pollard, 77 Texas, 87.

Opinion:
COLLARD, Associate Justice.
This is a suit by appellee, Virdie Lang, against S. A. Sparks, sheriff, and Hurlbut So Semple. The petition complains of S. A. Sparks, sheriff, and Hurlbut So Semple, a firm composed of Bert. E. Hurlbut and Frank J. Semple. Judgment was rendered in favor of appellee against Hurlbut So Semple, a firm composed of Bert. E. Hurlbut and Frank J. Semple, and Sam Sparks, sheriff, etc., from which defendants below have appealed.
The only assignment of error relates to the variance in the names of the defendants as stated above, because of which we are asked to reverse the judgment and remand the cause. After the appeal was perfected, upon motion of appellee in the lower court, the judgment of the court was corrected so as to make it conform to the petition, making the judgment read against S. A. Sparks, sheriff, etc., and Hurlbut So Semple, a firm composed of Bert. E. Hurlbut and Frank J. Semple. An additional transcript of the proceedings had upon the motion to correct the judgment has been filed in this court. It was within the power of the lower court after appeal to amend the judgment, though the jurisdiction of this court had attached. Chestnutt v. Pollard, 77 Texas, 87. The error as it originally stood has been eliminated by the amended judgment. The error was manifestly a clerical error, and this court could and would have corrected the judgment and rendered such judgment as should have been rendered below, without the correction by amendment. The defect in the original judgment was not called to the attention of the lower court or the plaintiff until the appellants' brief was filed in that court.
The judgment of the lower court as amended appearing to be in form as it should have been at first rendered, it is affirmed. The costs of the appeal are taxed against the appellee.
Affirmed.
Delivered March 13, 1895.