Lord v. Mazzanati

This is a particuXxJarly difficult case, because it is obvious that a clerical error was committed by the trial court in the original decree. But that is no reason for this court to reverse its interpretation of its own rules and throw precedent to the four winds. To do so simply dilutes the common law and places this court in the posture of deciding cases involving our rules on an ad hoc basis. I would not reverse the long line of recent authority on the point that the ninety-day time limit set out in Rule 60(b) applies to clerical errors in Rule 60(a). My preference would be to correct the…