McCrary v. Gano

On the trial of this case, the same being an action upon promissory notes, the court “ directed a verdict for the plaintiff for principal, interest, and attorneys’ fees.” The plaintiff’s attorney then prepared, and the foreman of the jury signed, a verdict finding for the plaintiff stated amounts as principal and attorneys’ fees. There was, however, in this verdict, no finding as to interest. After the jurors had dispersed, the plaintiff’s attorney *296called the court’s attention “ to having left out the interest in the verdict, which was a matter of calculation from the notes; and the court…