Gulf Mail Steamship Co. v. W. A. Hammond Steamship Co.

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court amending nunc pro tunc a previous order granting a new trial.

After the transcript, certified by the clerk and by the trial judge, had been filed in this court, respondent made herein a motion for affirmance of the judgment upon technical grounds. It appears that appeal was taken in due time (sec. 953a, Code Civ. Proc.), transcript prepared and filed, and notice given of presentation of transcript to the trial judge for approval. The trial judge approved the transcript on January 3d. Thereafter appellant discovered that through inadvertence…