Fox v. McCurnin

On June 14, 1928, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $4,000, and on the same date the clerk entered judgment on the verdict. This the statute required the clerk to do. Code, 1927, Section 11575. In due season, defendant filed- motion for new trial. On September 8, 1928, the court “ordered that the verdict rendered herein, in the sum of $4,000, be reduced to $2,000. If plaintiff files in writing by September 18, 1928, a remittitur of the verdict in the sum of $2,000, agreeing to take the same as his verdict in the case, the motion for new trial and exceptions are…