Mitchell v. Mitchell

Sears-Collins, Justice.

The parties were divorced following a jury trial on May 6, 1992. The jury found, “as to the issue of property division, none.” However, the jury awarded certain real and personal property to the wife, Bonnie Mitchell, as “alimony.” Among the items awarded to the wife were two parcels of real estate and a tractor.1 Announcing the verdict in court, the jury foreperson, after reciting those and the other items awarded to the wife, stated that the husband, John Mitchell (the appellant), was to receive “the remainder of the property.” The foreper*183son’s last statement does not…