McATEER v. STEWART

No. 84-120.

696 P.2d 72 (1985)

Joseph McATEER, Appellant (Plaintiff below) v. Max Glenn STEWART, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Sullivan and Mark W. Gifford of Brown, Drew, Apostolos, Massey & Sullivan, Casper, for appellant.

James Owens, Casper, for appellee.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and ROSE, ROONEY, BROWN and CARDINE, JJ.


BROWN, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether an order that has not been reduced to writing or memorialized in any way takes precedence over a subsequent written order in the same case which has been properly recorded. The trial court held that the oral order controlled. We will reverse and remand.

A lawsuit captioned Joseph McAteer v. Max Glenn Stewart, arising out of an automobile accident in 1977, was filed February 13, 1981. Stewart, appellee here...

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