Stieler v. Ostrander

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that a district court may construe or clarify a judgment or order that is “ambiguous or uncertain upon its face”
• explaining that “where [a judgment], because of its language, . . . is of doubtful meaning or open to diverse constructions, it may be clarified by the tribunal which ordered it”
• divorce proceedings reopened to clarify and interpret judgment to determine whether trial court intended deceased ex-husband to have sole possession of government bonds
• divorce proceedings reopened to clarify and interpret judgment to determine whether trial court intended deceased ex-husband to have sole possession of government bonds
• clarification of ambiguous or uncertain judgment does not amount to an amendment of the judgment
• “full effect must be given to that which is necessarily implied in the judgment, as well as to that actually expressed therein”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).