Nelson v. Leonard

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

The defendant’s appeal is from a judgment of the trial court which granted the plaintiff’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

The pertinent chronological facts were:

February 10, 1982 — The jury returned its verdict for the plaintiff for $1.

February 12,1982 — The plaintiff filed his A.R.Civ.P. rule 50(b) motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or, in the alternative, for a new trial under rule 59.

June 10, 1982 — The trial court granted the plaintiff’s rule 50(b) motion.

Rule 59.1 is here controlling, the provisions thereof being…