Court Opinion

ID: 9567214
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:50:43.616548+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:00:25.891243
License: Public Domain

Pannell, Judge,
concurring specially. I concur in the rulings made in the majority opinion, but think more should be said about the two prior actions by the same plaintiff, one of which was against this same defendant in 1971. The "counterclaim” is couched in such general terms that it could include abuse of legal process in the 1971 action and could be construed to be a cross action properly admitting of proof that the 1971 action caused the damages complained of, that is, expenses of litigation, or if evidence thereto be admitted without objection it would authorize a verdict as under a cross claim for damages occasioned by the 1971 action; however, all the proof as to damages went to the expenses of litigation in the present action. It follows, therefore, that since the only damages proved went to the expenses of litigation in the present action, the verdict was unauthorized, as the majority opinion holds.