Court Opinion

ID: 9684604
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:03:19.419978+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:57.745595
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ON MOTION FOR REHEARING OR TRANSFER TO THE SUPREME COURT
PER CURIAM:
The appellant timely filed a motion for rehearing in this cause, earnestly arguing that this court had overlooked material matters of fact and had misinterpreted the law. The motion for rehearing was granted, and of course this left the appeal as if it had never been heard and the opinion filed became a nullity as if it had never been written. In re McMenamy’s Guardianship, 307 Mo. 98, 116-117, 270 S.W. 662, 667[6] (banc 1925); In re Thomasson’s Estate, 192 S.W.2d 867, 870[4—6] (Mo.1946). The parties were free to brief or argue any point preserved for review, even though that point had not been mentioned upon the first submission. Martin v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., 344 Mo. 83, 85-86, 125 S.W.2d 19, 20[4] (1939). However, the motion was not accompanied by any request to file new briefs or to raise or argue points not briefed when the appeal was originally submitted. We therefore ordered the cause resubmitted to the panel which originally heard the case upon the briefs originally filed and the arguments originally heard and recorded here. Cf. Thummel v. King, 570 S.W.2d 679, 690[19] (Mo.banc 1978).
The cause has been given entirely fresh consideration. Upon rehearing, an appellate court may adopt its former opinion, modify or expand its former opinion, or adopt a new and different opinion, Frohman v. Lowenstein, 303 Mo. 339, 348, 260 S.W. 460, 461[1] (banc 1924); State v. Barnes, 517 S.W.2d 155, 169 (Mo.App.1974), although it may not reverse its former holding without actual resubmission and rehearing of the appeal. Granite Bituminous Paving Co. v. Park View R. & I. Co., 270 Mo. 698, 700-703, 196 S.W. 1142, 1144 (banc 1917). Upon fresh consideration of the entire record, we reach the same result. The opinion heretofore filed on August 13, 1981, is adopted as the opinion of this court.
Successive applications for rehearing are neither required nor can they be entertained. Rule 84.17, V.A.M.R. No further application for rehearing by the appellant is necessary. The motion to transfer to the Supreme Court is denied.
BILLINGS, P. J., and HOGAN and MAUS, JJ., concur.