Driver v. Treadway

The appellant, J. L. Driver, brought suit in the circuit court of Mississippi County for $500 for breach of contract. The jury returned a verdict for. $1 on January 19, 1927. Court was in session on the 20th and 21st days of January, and then adjourned until the 24th day of January, and on that day, January 24, the appellant, Driver, filed his motion-for a new trial.

Treadway thereupon filed a motion to strike the motion for a new trial from the files, on the ground that it was not filed within three days after the verdict was rendered. The court, in sustaining Treadway’s motion, stated: “The…