Kollman Stone Industries, Inc. v. Keller

KEITH, Justice.

This appeal presents another instance wherein a trial judge, while attempting to correct an erroneous act on his part, has run afoul of the strict and unyielding rules governing the finality of judgments. Our further statement will serve to support our action in reversing and rendering the judgment from which the appeal has been perfected, thereby reinstating the first judgment signed in the cause.

Statement of Facts

The appeal is by two of three defendants below from an adverse judgment rendered in a suit seeking a recovery on two promissory notes. Defendants filed their…