Johnson v. Hanson

O’QUINN, Justice.

Forbes Hanson, individually and as next friend of his minor son, brought suit in April of 1977 against C. R. Johnson to recover $2,500 in claimed damages growing out of an automobile collision. After Johnson failed to answer or make other appearance, the trial court “rendered and entered” a default judgment on May 4, 1977, awarding plaintiffs damages in the sum of $1,200.

Three months later, on August 4, 1977, the trial court entered a judgment nunc pro tunc, purportedly to correct the earlier judgment, which increased damages to $2,500, the sum originally prayed for in the…