Ruiz v. American Trading Co.

On Application for Rehearing.

THOMPSON, J.

The defendant, who is appellant, complains of error in the opinion and decree rendered in the first two cases styled above, in allowing interest on the amounts awarded the plaintiffs. The prayer of the petition was for interest, but the jury failed to give plaintiff interest in its verdict. The plaintiffs did not ask for a new trial on the ground that the jury had omitted interest, but the court in signing the judgment'allowed the interest.

The defendant' appealed, and the plaintiff in each case answered the appeal and prayed that the verdict be…