Hattaway v. Dickens
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The chancellor may direct the jury to find a special verdict in an equity case, and to this end may propound to them proper questions to be answered; but such questions should present the issues involved clearly and fully to the jury so that the verdict shall unmistakably cover such issues. Lake v. Hardee, 57 Ga. 459; Brown v. Watters, 61 Ga. 23, 24. The questions propounded by the court in this case presented the issues involved with sufficient clearness and fnlMess. *760Besides, after full opportunity, and after a request from the court to suggest questions…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lake v. HardeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
- Visage v. McKellarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
- Brown v. WattersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
3Cited by16 opinions
- Clarke v. CottonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Salmon v. McCrarySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Rea v. PursleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Baldwin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Clarke v. CottonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
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