Court Opinion

ID: 9790158
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:47:21.486079+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:26.730135
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing PER CURIAM. We granted oral argument on the motion for rehearing - and have carefully reexamined our opinion, the contentions of the parties and the record. . We are convinced of the correctness of the opinion on the main issue of the right of the plaintiff to substantial damages for the breach of the rental contract between the parties, and reaffirm it. We are also convinced the trial court was correct when it granted judgment notwithstanding that part of the verdict awarding the plaintiff $5,100 as punitive damages for the breach of the contract. The reason given in the order setting aside the verdict on that point was that there was no evidence to sustain it, and with this statement we fully agree. ■ The plaintiff was given judgment for interest on the $10,000 rental deposit from the time of the cancellation of the contract until the tender back of such sum. The defendant did not claim error because of such allowance, but due to the wording of the opinion we now make it clear that such allowance stands. Except for such slight modification the motion for a rehearing is denied. It is so ordered. LUJAN, C. J., and McGHEE and COMPTON, JJ., concur.