Court Opinion

ID: 9830652
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 20:21:52.481397+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:25.311552
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On Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing.
[3] We have» concluded that we were in error in sustaining the judgment of the trial court herein, which was for $500 damages for appellee. This judgment was based on the answers of the jury to the following special issues:
“Special issue No. 1: Did plaintiff’s horses sustain any damages as a direct and proximate result of any failure on the part of defendant, its agents or employes, to exercise ordinary care to pr'ovide suitable pens for the separating and loading of said horses?” To which the jury answered': “Yes.”
“Special issue No. 2: Did the plaintiff’s horses sustaih any damage as the direct and proximate result (as said term is herein defined) of any failure on the part of defendant, its agents or employes, to exercise ordinary care (as herein defined) to properly ventilate the box car in which plaintiff’s horses were being transported?” To which the jury answered: “Yes.”
“Special issue No. 3: If you have answered either or both of the foregoing special issues in the affirmative, then state how much in dollars and cents said horses were damaged as the result of such failure on the part of defendant, its agents or employés.” To which the jury answered: “$500.00.”
It cannot be told from these answers how much, if any, damages were awarded for the failure as to each matter submitted. As we have held that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover as to the matter submitted in special issue No. 2, it becomes necessary, in order for appellee to recover in this suit, to show how much, if any, he was damaged by reason of the failure of appellant as to the matter set out in special issue No. 1.
For the reasons stated, appellant’s motion for rehearing is granted, and our former judgment herein is set aside, and this case is reversed and remanded for a new trial.
Motion granted.
Case reversed and remanded.