CENTER v. JOHNSON

No. 87-366.

750 S.W.2d 396 (1988)

295 Ark. 522

Larry D. CENTER, and Barbara Center, Husband and Wife, Appellants, v. Neil JOHNSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles N. Williams, Fayetteville, for appellants.

Mashburn & Taylor, Fayetteville, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

This appeal presents the question whether a trial court may inquire into and modify a jury verdict after the jury has been discharged. We hold that the trial court did not have authority to change the verdict by allowing the ninth juror to sign the verdict eleven (11) days after the jury had been discharged.

The appellants sued the appellee for breach of express and implied warranties in constructing a house for the appellants. The case was...

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