Phelps v. Hunter

Mr. Justice Pam delivered the opinion of the court. 2. Judgment, § 232*—what constitutes entry. The entry of a judgment is a ministerial act which consists in spreading it upon the record or writing it at large in a docket or other official book. 3. Municipal Court of Chicago, § 19*—how judgment evidenced. A judgment of the Municipal Court of Chicago is evidenced not by an order, as entered on half sheets, but by the order as spread out on the record by the clerk.