Legal Opinion

Brock v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 27, 1938No. 2 Div. 112PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON; Chief Justice.

Counsel for the petitioner, in brief, concede the correctness of the opinion of the Court of Appeals as to exceptions to things stated in the oral charge, but insist that the exception complained of was “not merely to something stated but mainly and directly to things not stated or improperly omitted by the trial court from its oral charge.”

“If the oral charge was not as full and instructive as plaintiff’s counsel desired, he could have requested the giving of written charges elucidating and explaining his theory of the case from a legal standpoint and urged error on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
  2. Sudduth v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Kemp v. JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  3. Welch v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  4. Welch v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954

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