Segers v. Williams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion to amend decree. Before Judge Fite. Whitfield superior court. November 6, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
1. It was not error to overrule the demurrer to the petition to amend a judgment so as-to make it conform to the verdict.
2. A judgment may he amended by order of the court so as to make it conform to the verdict upon which it is predicated, even after the execution is issued. Civil Code (1910), § 5697. The mere lapse of time between the rendition of the judgment and the motion to amend is not sufficient to constitute a bar. Rucker v. Williams, 129 Ga. 828 (60 S. E. 155); 23 Cyc. 877. The judgment rendered in this case did not conform to the verdict, but enlarged thereon; and. therefore it was…
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