Court Opinion

ID: 9858762
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 16:37:39.570076+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:55:49.586304
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam
(on motion for rehearing). There are two statements contained in the foregoing opinion which are claimed by the respondents to be inaccurate.
In the opinion, it is asserted: “The parties stipulated that no facts were in dispute. . . .” Upon rehearing, the respondents deny that there was such a stipulation, and their position on this is correct. However, both sides moved for summary judgment; it would appear that there were no factual issues in dispute. In his memorandum opinion, the trial judge declared:
“All of the parties involved take the position that there is no question of fact involved.and that the issues are questions of law for the Court to determine on the motions for summary judgment.”
In their original brief, in this court, the respondents specifically argued that the defendants were not entitled “to complain that the court should have considered factual issues.” This, in our opinion, constitutes an acknowledgment by the respondents that the trial court was entirely correct in its assertion “that there is no question of fact involved.” While we were technically in error in referring to a “stipulation,” the practical effect of the bilateral summary judg*497ment motions was the equivalent of a stipulation as to the facts.
The opinion of the court also stated that the rental payments made during the term of the lease were to be credited in favor of the tenant in the event of a purchase. The respondents charge that this statement is erroneous since only a portion of the rental payments was to be so credited. The respondents’ position is literally correct, but the point is not deemed material to the merits of the cause.
Motion for rehearing denied without costs.