Earl v. Geftax

This is an action in fraud to rescind the sale of a half interest in a furniture store. On June 19, 1952, at the conclusion of the trial, the court orally announced that it would grant a judgment for the plaintiffs in the amount of seven thousand dollars. No findings of fact and conclusions of law or judgment were ever entered in conformity with the oral decision.

The respondents interposed a motion for a new trial'or for judgment notwithstanding the oral decision, and supported it by affidavits, to which appellants objected. Appellants declined respondents’ offer to afford them an opportunity…