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338 S.W.2d 280

Parris v. Jackson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 14, 1960

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1960-07-14

Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently November 1975

8 state decisions

Relies on Union Bus Lines v. Moulder · City of Waco v. Darnell

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Decided 1960-07-14

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¶1On Appellees’ Motion for Rehearing

¶2Appellees urge that we erred in holding that jury misconduct occurred and it was harmful.

¶3We adhere to the holdings originally made.

¶4Alternatively, appellees urge that since the misconduct occurred only in connection with the damage issues after the jury had: answered all other issues, we have a case of the verdict being excessive and this can be cured by remittitur. Appellees offer a remittitur and urge that the judgment of the trial court should, upon the filing of a remittitur, be reformed and affirmed.

¶5The suggestion is not unappealing to us. We find, however, on briefing the matter, that under the facts of this case, the Supreme Court, through the Commission of Appeals, in City of Waco v. Darnell, 35 S.W.2d 134, holds that remittitur will not *285remove the taint of the misconduct present here. See also Union Bus Lines v. Moulder, Tex.Civ.App., 180 S.W.2d 509, no writ hist.

¶6The motion for rehearing is overruled.

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