Court Opinion

ID: 9551374
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:52:12.369326+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:39.725729
License: Public Domain

*55Thompson, C. J.,
concurring:
Although I agree with the result reached I would prefer to rest the decision squarely upon our Rules of Civil Procedure. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Yackley and against the Hahns for $50,906. Judgment was entered. The Hahns timely moved for a new trial. The district court entered a conditional order for new trial unless Yackley would accept $20,-000 within 20 days. This conditional order was permissible. Hotel Riviera, Inc. v. Short, 80 Nev. 505, 396 P.2d 855 (1964); Bonelli v. Jones, 26 Nev. 176, 65 P. 374. Yackley did not consent to the reduction. Instead, he filed a notice of appeal. At that moment the district court lost jurisdiction of the substance of the case. Jurisdiction over the merits was transferred to this court. Of course, residual power remained in the district court to entertain specified applications incidental to the appeal, such as applications pursuant to Rules 73 and 76. However, it no longer possessed the power to reconsider the propriety of its conditional order for a new trial. When it endeavored to do so it acted in excess of its jurisdiction. Since the instant appeal is from an order entered by the district court upon motion to reconsider the conditional order granting a new trial, the appeal must fail, and the matter remanded for another trial in accordance with the conditional order therefor.