Roberts v. Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

1. While the presumptions are in favor of the validity of verdicts, and they are to have a reasonable intendment, so as not to be avoided save from necessity, and while in any case the test of certainty is whether the verdict can be made certain by what it contains or by the record, still the judgment entered thereon must follow the true meaning and intent of the finding; and where it is not possible to frame a judgment in accordance with the certain intent of the verdict as construed with the pleadings, the verdict must be set aside and a new trial ordered. Manget-Brannon Co. v. White Crown…