Court Opinion

ID: 9825854
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 14:10:33.282507+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:41:25.449688
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing Per Curiam. December 18, 1939, judgment in favor of appellee was affirmed on condition. The condition that remittitur be entered was complied with and judgment for $2,000 was affirmed. January 29 the D. F. Jones Construction Company appealed from a judgment of the Lawrence, circuit court, causes Nos. 5758 and 5839 having been consolidated. In cause No. 5758 E. G. Fooks, appellee, had procured judgment for $5,000 to compensate personal injuries. This judgment was reversed for the reasons set out in the opinion. In a concurring' opinion in the Fooks Case it was shown that O. F. Grigsby and W. N. Fallis served as jurors in the ease of Earl Sloan et al. v. Paul Hathcoat, Hathcoat having been plaintiff below. On its own motion this court recalled the mandate in the Hathcoat Case and directed the appellee to show cause why the judgment should not be set aside and the cause remanded for a new trial. Appellee’s response admits that Grigsby and Fallis served on the jury that returned a verdict in his favor. The contention is made, however, that Grigsby’s conversation with Fallis (as reflected by the concurring opinion of January 29) occurred two days after the Hathcoat case had been tried. The fact remains that Grigsby and Fallis were on the jury. In view of the circumstances as reflected by the opinion in cause No. 5758 the judgment obtained by Hathcoat should be reversed and a new trial had. It is so ordered.