Legal Opinion

President, Directors & Co. of the Bank of Newburgh v. Seymour & Smith

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1817PublishedCited by 9 opinions

ROSS, for the plaintiffs, moved for leave to amend the record ©f the judgment in this cause, by inserting the words “ and Lemuel Smith,’’ after the words “ Wright Seymour,” in the warrant of attorney, and in the memorandum of the record, and by adding the letter s to the word defendant wherever it occurred in the record ; and that the judgment be docketted, nunc pro tunc, against the said Lemuel Smith, defendant.

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ROSS, for the plaintiffs, moved for leave to amend the record ©f the judgment in this cause, by inserting the words “ and Lemuel Smith,’’ after the words “ Wright Seymour,” in the warrant of attorney, and in the memorandum of the record, and by adding the letter s to the word defendant wherever it occurred in the record ; and that the judgment be docketted, nunc pro tunc, against the said Lemuel Smith, defendant. He read an affidavit, stating, that the omission of Lemuel Smith, in making tip the judgment, was by the mistake of a clerk in his office.

1Per curiam

We grant the rule, saving, however, to all persons, the rights they may have, bona fide, acquired either in the real or personal estate of Lemuel Smith, from the 26th day of October, 1816, when the judgment was docketted against Seymour, until the time of granting this rule.

Rule granted.

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  5. Hall v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1833

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