State ex rel. Hawk v. McCracken

For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

Relators asserted in their complaint in mandamus below, and again on appeal, that following the trial court’s July 12, 1984 grant of summary judgment in the underlying case, defendant Clinton Memorial Hospital’s attorney, on July 20, 1984, mailed a “draft entry” journalizing the ruling to plaintiff’s attorney; that on August 15, 1984, defendant’s attorney presented the proposed entry, signed only by himself, to the trial court; that this entry was journalized on August 17, 1984; that the court did not specifically…