Lewis v. First State Bank & Trust Co.

SAVOIE, Judge.

ON RULE TO SHOW CAUSE

This matter arises out of a Show Cause Order issued by this Court, ex proprio motu, ordering Wilbur C. Lewis to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed. The reason for the dismissal is that the appeal was not timely filed.

The question here is whether an obvious clerical error in the date on a judgment will have the effect of voiding that judgment so that delays for taking an appeal therefrom do not begin to run until the error has been corrected.

A final judgment was signed in this case on September 14, 1981, but the document was erroneously dated…