Legal Opinion
Lowery v. Morton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 10, 1946No. 15329PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wyatt, Justice.
The Code, § 110-101, provides: “The ver-' diet shall cover the issues made by the pleadings, and shall be for the plaintiff or defendant.”
This court has held many times that it is not error for a trial judge not to receive an improper or imperfect verdict, and to cause the jury to retire and put their verdict in proper form. See Van Leonard v. Eagle & Phœnix Manufacturing Co., 60 Ga. 544; Blalock v, Waldrup, 84 Ga. 145 (10 S. E. 622, 20 Am. St. R. 350); Vance v. Roberts, 86 Ga. 457 (5), 463 (12 S. E. 653); Baker v. Thompson, 89 Ga. 486 (5) (15 S. E. 644); Jordan v. Downs, 118…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Smith v. PilcherSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Jordan v. DownsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Baker v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Blalock v. WaldrupSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Vance v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
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3Cited by19 opinions
- University Computing Co. v. Lykes-Youngstown Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Fried v. FriedSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Bailey v. Annistown Road Baptist Church, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
- Ballard v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Thompson v. IngramSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
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