Maslow Cooperage Corp. v. Jones

CULLEN, Commissioner. An attempted appeal by the Maslow Cooperage Corporation from a civil judgment against it was dismissed by this Court because
there was no showing made, in accordance with KRS 21.060 and 21.070, that the amount in controversy was such as to confer
jurisdiction on this Court. See Maslow Cooperage Corporation v. Hofgesang, Ky., 316 S.W.2d 126 (petition for rehearing overruled
this day). While a petition for rehearing was pending, the corporation filed a motion in the trial court for an order to "correct"
the judgment by stating therein the amount in controversy, in accordance with KRS 21.070. The trial judge advised the parties
that he would overrule the motion, on the ground that he had no jurisdiction to correct the judgment while the case was pending
in the Court of Appeals on petition for rehearing. The corporation then instituted the present original proceeding in this
Court, seeking an order of mandamus to compel the trial judge to take jurisdiction of the motion to correct the judgment.