Cleary Bros. Construction Co. v. Phelps

THOMAS, J.:

A suit was brought in Monroe County by appellee, a widow, to recover from appellant damages for the loss of her husband, and eventually the cause reached an issue and was tried, resulting in a verdict for $35,000.

No bill of exceptions is brought here, for reasons appearing in affidavits presented to the court at the time the motion for a new trial was argued. From these, executed by Mr. H. Reid DeJarnette, Judge Raymond R. Lord, and Miss Ruth Thompson,.the following situation is unfolded: Mr. DeJarnette, in behalf of his firm, conducted defendant’s case both during settlement of…