Court Opinion

ID: 9848359
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:17:58.147361+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:15.422678
License: Public Domain

CROCKETT, Chief Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur in the opinion of Justice Tuck-ett remanding the case for trial. It does not take the position that the judgment is invalid, but simply that on the state of the record it is impossible to tell whether it is valid and sustainable or not. I have no particular disagreement with the principles of law expressed by Justice Ellett, nor with Rule 75 (m) U.R.C.P. Nevertheless, no rule should he so absolute as to apply even where it works an obvious injustice. Due to the particular fact situation in this case: where there have been a number of hearings over a period of about seven years before the judgment was entered; where there are essential issues which it is impossible to review properly because of the unsatisfactory state of the record; and where this situation appears to he largely due to the fault of the plaintiff, I agree that the ends of justice will be best served by remanding the case for trial.