WORTH JAMES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. HERRING

No. 5-4135.

412 S.W.2d 838 (1967)

WORTH JAMES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Jean HERRING, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Williams, Friday & Bowen, by Boyce R. Love, Little Rock, for appellant.

Patten & Brown, by Gerland P. Patten, Little Rock, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

We are called on here to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in setting aside a verdict and granting a new trial on motion of the appellee who had been awarded $2,500.00 in an action for personal injuries. Indeed we are called on to determine whether or not the trial court even had any discretion in the matter where the action is for injury to the person, but having concluded that the verdict should have been set aside and...

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