Norred v. Dispain

Pannell, Judge.

1. Assuming, without deciding, that in a trover case where the plaintiff has elected to take a verdict for the property and its hire, such verdict for hire in the absence of a verdict for the property is unauthorized; yet, “verdicts shall have a reasonable intendment, and shall receive a reasonable construction, and shall not be avoided unless from necessity” (Code § 110-105) and may be properly construed in view of the pleadings, evidence, and the charge to the jury (Bridges v. Donalson, 165 Ga. 228 (140 SE 497)). In the present case, the trial judge charged the jury: “The…