United States v. Findlay

The defendants have moved "that a special finding of the facts in said cause with the conclusions of the court thereupon, conformably to the opinion of the court heretofore filed in said cause, be made . . . and filed nunc pro tunc as of the April, 1913, Term of the above entitled court and as of a date prior to the 17th day of June, 1913, the date of the making and entry of the judgment.” At the hearing on the motion, counsel for the defendants, taking the position that the opinion or decision of the court really constituted findings of fact and that all that was required was an amendment of…