Bd. of County Com. of Caddo County v. Novy

The plaintiff in error has appealed from the judgment rendered against it upon the verdict of a jury. The pertinent facts necessary to an understanding of the controlling question in this case are brief and un-contradicted. After argument of counsel, the court submitted the case to the jury and provided it with two prepared forms of verdict; one finding for the defendant and one finding for the plaintiff with the amount of recovery left blank. The jury retired and thereafter returned into the court. The foreman handed the court’s instructions and the prepared verdicts to the judge who…