Light v. Self
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court, First Division; R. H. Dudley, Judge; 1. The nunc pro turne order was valid at least' to the extent of setting aside the entry made by the clerk as of January 9. All courts have the inherent power to correct their records so as to make them speak the truth and where the judge knows that the record contains a false or erroneous recital it is within his power and his duty to correct the record and make it speak the truth.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court, First Division; R. H. Dudley, Judge; 1. The nunc pro turne order was valid at least' to the extent of setting aside the entry made by the clerk as of January 9. All courts have the inherent power to correct their records so as to make them speak the truth and where the judge knows that the record contains a false or erroneous recital it is within his power and his duty to correct the record and make it speak the truth. It was a matter within his own knowledge. The petition to set aside the order was in apt time and properly overruled. 134 IT. S. 136, 141; 84…
1DissentWood, J.
The county court of Greene County convened on Monday, January 7, 1918, the day fixed by law, for the commencement of one of the regular terms of that court. Section 1356, Kirby’s Digest.
Petitions for the creation of Road Improvement District No. 1 of Greene County, Arkansas, were pending before the court. The court, as shown by an order, entered on its record, consolidated and treated these petitions as one, and fixed January 18, 1918, as-the day for the hear-. ing of the petition. On January 9,1918, when the business of that day was closed, the judge of the court “walked off the bench and…
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