Caprita v. Caprita

When faced with the defendant’s request to dismiss her cross-petition on December 31, 1943, did the trial court have the power to approve an entry journalizing its decree as of December 13, 1943, the date the complete and final decree was announced?

Courts of record have inherent power to make their records speak the truth. The function of an entry nunc pro tunc is the correction of judicial records insofar as they fail to record, or improperly record, a judgment rendered by the court, as distinguished from the correction of an error in the judgment itself, or in the failure to render the…