BRAME v. GARWOOD

No. 48947.

339 So.2d 978 (1976)

William Y. BRAME, Jr. and Mrs. Glemar Brame v. Bruce GARWOOD.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snow, Covington, Temple & Watts, E.L. Snow, Meridian, for appellants.

Singley, Minniece, Hamilton, Neville & Hamill, Lawrence W. Rabb, Paul M. Neville, Meridian, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, SUGG and BROOM, JJ.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Reduction of a jury to eleven members occurred during trial of this cause in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Garwood (appellee, tenant) was asserting his tort action against Mr. and Mrs. Brame (appellants, landlord) for personal injuries Garwood received in a fall on allegedly defective back steps of the apartment which he rented from the Brames. He received a jury verdict and judgment for $20,000 which we must reverse.

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