60 Ind. 189 | Ind. | 1877
On the 4th day of September, 1876, the appellant presented to the court below his petition, or written motion, for the correction of an alleged mistake or omission in the record of a former judgment of said court.
In his petition, the appellant alleged, in substance, that, on the 4th day of August, 1862, he brought an action, in the court below, against John "W. Heddenburg and John Burton, to recover the amount due him from them, upon and by virtue of their having executed to one John Arnold an appeal bond, dated April 30th, 1858, in the penal
The appellee appeared to the appellant’s petition or motion for the correction of the record of the j udgment described in said petition or motiou, and moved the court below to reject said petition or motion; which motion of the appellee the court sustained, and rejected the appellant’s petition or motion, to which decision of the court the appellant excepted, and his bill of exceptions was signed and sealed by the court, and made part of the record.
In this court, the appellant has assigned, as error, the decision of the court below, in sustaining the appellee’s motion to reject the appellant’s petition or written motion for the correction of the alleged mistake in the record of the judgment described in said petition.
It is very clear, we think, that the court below erred, in rejecting the appellant’s petition or motion in this -ease, and in refusing to correct the record of the judgment described in said petition, as prayed for therein.
The appellee has not favored this court with any brief or argument in support of the decision of the court below, and we are unable to comprehend the grounds of that decision. It is well settled, by numerous decisions of
In the case now before us, the record of the cause wherein the court below rendered the judgment, which the appellant sought in this proceeding to have corrected and amended, showed conclusively, and beyond a possible doubt, the exact data for computing the precise sum for which the judgment was rendered. The demurrer of the appellee’s intestate to the appellant’s complaint haviug been overruled by the court, he failed to answer further in said action. In such a case, the last clause of section 382 of the practice act provides as follows: “If a party fail to plead after the demurrer is overruled, judgment shall be rendered against him as upon a default.” 2 R. S. 1876, p. 189. Upon this default, the appellant’s cause of action, as stated in his complaint, was fully admitted ; the measure of this recovery, under the admitted statements of his complaint, was-the judgment described therein, with interest thereon from its date, and the damages thereon awarded by the judgment of this court; the amount and date of the judgment described were clearly and distinctly stated in the appellant’s complaint against
In our opinion, the appellant’s petition in this case stated facts sufficient, if they are true, to entitle him to the relief prayed for therein; and therefore we hold, that the court below erred in rejecting said petition.
The judgment is reversed, at the costs of the appellee, and the cause is remanded, with instructions to overrule the appellee’s motion, and for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.