Court Opinion

ID: 9533193
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:29:21.772407+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:56.613905
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ELLETT, Justice
(concurring and dissenting).
I concur in that part of the decision which reverses and remands the case to the trial court but dissent from the granting of a summary judgment to the plaintiff. Mrs. Kay claims that she was prejudiced in that the appellant assumed the control of defense of her cause for more than three months and thereby prevented her from making a settlement with her son, etc.
This would seem to present an issue of fact; and while it may be a matter which will be difficult to prove, nevertheless I doubt that we can say as a matter of law that it is not true.
There is another principle of law involved in this matter which prompts me to dissent from ordering a summary judgment for the appellant, to wit: The order denying its motion for summary judgment is not an appealable matter.1 It is not a final judgment. I, therefore, think the matter should be remanded to the trial court for such further proceedings as may be proper.
CROCKETT, J., concurs in the opinion of ELLETT, J.

. Doehler Metal Furniture Co. v. United States, 2 Cir., 149 F.2d 130; 3 Barron & Holtzoff, Federal Practice § 1242.