Bundy v. . Sutton

Has tbe trial judge tbe power to make material amendments to a verdict, as rendered by tbe jury and accepted, and thereupon enter judgment upon such verdict so amended?

A verdict is a substantial right. A trial judge in tbe due and orderly administration of justice has tbe power to set a verdict aside in bis discretion or as a matter of law, and it is bis duty to do so when a palpable miscarriage of justice would result. The ultimate objective of tbe law is to guarantee justice to all tbe parties. A trial is tbe process ordained and sanctioned for realizing that objective. A jury in proper…