Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Mills v. Union Springs Guano Co.

FOSTER, Justice.

The judge is alleged to have made a bench note on the verdict finding for plaintiff and assessing the damages. Unless it otherwise appears to be ordered by the court, there is a duty thereby impliedly directed to be performed by the clerk to enter the judgment at length on the minutes. Besides the cases cited by the Court of Appeals, we note that 1 Freeman on Judgments, § 48, makes the same assertion with a list of cases. The judgment is only proven by the minutes, and unless formally entered on the minutes it is not appealable, and not provable as a completed judgment.…