Wood v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

COIL, C.

A jury awarded respondent $35,000 damages for personal injuries. This appeal is from the judgment entered thereon. We shall hereafter refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendant.

Plaintiff contends that defendant’s brief violates S. C. Rule 1.08 in that, plaintiff says, the brief contains no statement demonstrating the jurisdiction of this court and the statement of facts does not constitute a fair statement'as required by the rule. We note at page 2 of defendant’s brief: “Since the amount involved is $35,000.00, this court has jurisdiction.” We have examined defendant’s statement…