Slade v. Harris

Error is predicated upon the refusals of the trial court to charge in accordance with several requests, certain portions of the charge as given, numerous rulings on evidence, and the denial of a motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that remarks made by plaintiff’s counsel in argument were prejudicial to the defendant.

Many of the assignments of error based upon refusal to charge as requested are disposed of by application of the often reiterated principle that the trial judge is not bound to adopt and use the language of requests to charge, but that it is enough if the instructions…