Kory v. Less

Hart, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). It is well settled here as elsewhere that every court of record has control over its own judgments and decrees, and has power, as well after the term is ended as while it lasts, to correct clerical mistakes and to cause them to speak the truth. The reason is that the entry in the record should correspond with the judgment or decree which was actually rendered, and the court has the power, and it is its duty, even at a subsequent term, to make such changes in the entry as will make it conform to the truth. Of course, under the guise of an amendment, there…