Brown v. Page

Neither of the plaintiffs has claimed that the verdict of the jury in either case was against the evidence. In both cases the reasons of appeal are the same, and relate solely to specified parts of the charge to the jury and to refusals to charge as requested by the plaintiffs jointly. In considering the merits of these reasons, it must be remembered that it is the duty of the court in its charge to the jury to give instructions correct in law, and adapted to the issues raised by the pleadings and the evidence produced in support of those issues and against them, and sufficient to guide the…