Court Opinion

ID: 9672488
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:55:47.995404+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:16.580025
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ORDER ON PETITION TO REHEAR

PER CURIAM.
Defendant, Appellee has filed a respectful petition to rehear which the Court has considered and does hereby deny, with the exception of the claim for set off against the judgment of amounts purportedly paid to mortgagees against recovery for damages to structures.
So far as the Court has been able to determine the record includes a consent order of dismissal between Leader Federal Savings & Loan and Cambridge Mutual Insurance Company. The order specifically includes the provision that “The dismissal with prejudice embraced in this Order has no effect on the claim or claims of Richard Otis and Carolyn A. Otis embraced in this cause.” The order is signed by the trial judge and is approved by counsel for petitioner.
The motion for new trial charges error to the trial court in failing to set off against Plaintiff’s recovery the sum of $12,500.00 paid by petitioner to Leader Federal Savings and Loan Association.
The answer to the motion for new trial denies there was any agreement for set off between plaintiff, Carolyn Otis and Cambridge Insurance Company.
It is the duty of the parties to make up the record for consideration on appellate review. Apparently any payment made by petitioner to Leader Federal Savings and Loan was made after the mortgage was foreclosed. However, since this case must be remanded to the trial court, if, on remand, petitioner can establish that it paid to Leader Federal Savings and Loan Association any indebtedness owed by Carolyn Otis to that agency it would be entitled to the requested set off on the judgment.
The case is remanded to the trial court for any further proceedings required.
Costs are assessed against Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company.