Cowan v. Ross

Decided December 15, 1866

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1866-12-15

Error from Caldwell. ■ The case was tried before Hon. A. W*. Terrell, one of the' district judges. The defendant in error, on the 21st of January, 1858, brought his suit against D. M. Porter, the intestate of the plaintiff in error, on a promissory note for $222. On the 29th of April, 1858, the defendant filed his answer of a general denial.

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Decided 1866-12-15

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Donley, J.

¶1—It was competent for the court, on motion and notice to the plaintiff in error, to amend the entry of a previous term of the court, so that the action of the court shall truly appear by the record. This is believed to have been settled in the case of Burnett v. The State, 14 Tex., 456.. It is there said: “ A record so amended 'stands as if it had never been defective, or as if the entries had been made at the proper term.”

¶2No error is perceived in the record as it now appears in this court, and the judgment is

¶3Aeeirmed.