Jackson v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Appellee, as plaintiff in the court below, .sued Clarence O. Jackson, appellant herein, on the balance due on an account. Trial was duly had before the Court sitting without a jury and on the 18th day of May, 1955, the trial judge wrote a letter to the Clerk of Court of Maricopa County stating in part as follows: “You will please let the record show that judgment be entered for the plaintiff * * * from date * * This letter was received by the Clerk on the following day, but no order was entered on the civil docket until May 31, 1955. The notation in the civil docket…