Court Opinion

ID: 9854522
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:08:40.683896+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:08.429498
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McINTYRE, Justice
(dissenting).
It has been difficult for me to understand on what basis my colleagues persist in saying, “Shaffer claimed only $199.70 to be the unpaid balance due upon the note as of the date he brought his action.”
Unfortunately the pretrial order, which is referred to in testimony, does not seem to be in the record on appeal. However, I have read and reread plaintiff’s complaint. *18It clearly alleges in allegation No. 2 that defendant owes plaintiff the sum of $199.70 on the note, together with reasonable attorney fees in the sum of $60.00, “interest and costs.” Also, in his prayer, plaintiff demands judgment against defendant in the sum of $199.70, attorney fees in the sum of $60.00, “interest and costs.”
In its judgment the court found that plaintiff was entitled to recover $199.70, “plus interest in the sum of $55.92,” and attorney fees in the sum of $60.00. It then gave defendant a set-off of $200.00 for the value of the automobile, leaving a balance to the plaintiff of $115.62.
We all dislike dissents, but when a partial reversal is predicated on what the dissenter conceives to be an erroneous representation of the record, it seems to me fairness demands that the minority view be expressed.