New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York Ex Rel. Henry Hirschberg, as District Attorney of Orange County, Appellant, v…
May 19, 1936271 N.Y. 151
Summary
The Court reversed the Special Term and Appellate Division, granting the District Attorney’s prohibition order and holding that the Special County Judge lacked authority to summon a jury to determine a clerical error, while recognizing an inherent power of courts to correct clerical mistakes in their records.