161 S.E. 486 | N.C. | 1931
Motion for judgment on verdict rendered at prior term.
Civil action to recover on two promissory notes, tried at the May Term, 1930, Buncombe Superior Court, which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs. Through inadvertence, omission or error, no formal judgment was signed by the judge, or if signed, such judgment has been lost or destroyed.
At the June Term, 1931, after due notice to the defendant, the plaintiffs moved for judgment nunc pro tunc on the verdict. The motion was allowed, and from this ruling the defendant appeals.
Affirmed on authority of McDonald v. Howe,
Speaking to a similar situation in Ferrell v. Hales,
`In Aladdin's tower Some unfinished window unfinished must remain.'
"Not so in legal proceedings which deal with matters of fact, not fancy. The judge, at the next term, seeing the record complete up to and including the verdict, properly rendered judgment nunc pro tunc. This *815
was practical common sense and is justified by precedent. Bright v. Sugg,
Affirmed.