Nelson Bros. v. Webb

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

1. In the view we take of this case the verdict as rendered by the jury was too indefinite to be the basis of a valid judgment or decree. The Civil Code (1910), § 5927, provides: “Verdicts are to have a reasonable intendment, and are to receive a reasonable construction, and are not to be avoided unless from necessity.” In Seifert v. Holt, 82 Ga. 757, 762 (9 S. E. 843) it was said that “A verdict is certain which can be made certain by what itself contains or by the record.” And see Giles v. Spinks, 64 Ga. 205. The verdict in this case was as follows: “We,…