Court Opinion

ID: 9648509
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:24:51.351348+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:02.252701
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Minor W. Millwee, Justice. (Supplemental Opinion on Rehearing). Our attention is now called to the applicability of Act 470 of 1949, Ark. Stats., § 27-1729 (1953 Cumulative Supplement). After appellant rested her case in the trial court, the appellee’s motion for a “directed verdict” was sustained and the cause dismissed.' While the motion was not in writing as required by the statute, this defect was waived by appellant’s failure to object on that ground. Thompson v. Murdock Acceptance Corporation, Law Reporter, April 12, 1954. Since appellee’s motion challenging the sufficiency of the evidence was erroneously sustained, § 27-1729, supra, requires that the cause be remanded for further development of the proof in accordance with the terms of said statute. Werbe v. Holt, 217 Ark. 198, 229 S. W. 2d 225. The petition for rehearing is accordingly denied but the cause will be remanded for further proceedings.