Court Opinion

ID: 9833402
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:41:10.35839+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:02.374203
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
In his motion for rehearing appellee strenuously insists that this Court erred on both propositions upon which the judgment was reversed, to-wit: that the argument of counsel was improper, and it is not apparent from the record, that this error was harmless.
We have carefully reexamined the record. We adhere to the holding that the argument complained of was improper, in view of circumstances surrounding it, as shown by bill of exception.
The undisputed evidence was that the difference between the values of appel-lee’s car before and after the accident was $150 or $175. The jury awarded the highest amount to appellee. They could not have reasonably awarded less than $150, but could properly have limited it to that amount. We cannot say the jury were not led, by the improper argument, to award the larger amount.
In this view of the case we think the most practicable proper course is to overrule appellee’s motion, unless within ten days he files a remittitur of $25 from the judgment, in which event appellee’s motion should be granted and the judgment affirmed, at the cost of appellee. It is so ordered.
Motion granted upon condition.