Legal Opinion

Hattaway v. Dickens

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 17, 1927No. 5513PublishedCited by 16 opinions

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

  1. Lake v. HardeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  2. Visage v. McKellarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  3. Brown v. WattersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Clarke v. CottonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  2. Salmon v. McCrarySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  3. Rea v. PursleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  4. Baldwin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  5. Clarke v. CottonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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