New York Court of Appeals

Henry Bohlen, Appellant v. the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company, Respondents

June 17, 1890121 N.Y. 546

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that a trial court may amend its findings of fact to correct an inadvertent ambiguity, even after judgment, provided the amendment does not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party. The Court reversed the General Term's order that had invalidated such an amendment and affirmed the Special Term's order.