Frank E. Wood Co. v. Colson

A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff in a suit against a partnership and its two individual members, both of which members, it appears from the record, had been personally served. Judgment was entered against the partnership and only one of the partners. On a subsequent petition the court refused to amend the judgment so as to include the other partner, because an inspection of the docket showed that such other partner had filed a plea in bankruptcy. Held: A judgment must conform to the reasonable intendment of the verdict upon which it is based, and it may by order of the court…