Grant v. Hart

Duckworti-i, Justice.

In ground 4 of the motion for new trial exception is" taken to the charge on the ground that the court instructed the jury generally on the law and the facts as in ordinary cases, and did not -confine the charge to the special issues of fact submitted to the jury. Error is claimed here because the court, after instructing the jury that the case was based upon alleged fraud and deceit practiced upon the petitioners by the defendant, acting with and through others, instructed the jury that if they should reach the conclusion that the defendant was not guilty of the fraud…