62 Tenn. App. 705 - Oliver v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 52 Tenn. App. 419 - Templeton v. Quarles · 52 Tenn. App. 606 - Leach v. Leach · Atlantic Coastline Railroad v. Smith · 51 Tenn. App. 423 - Belote Ex Rel. Parker v. Memphis Development Co. · Rhea County v. Sneed
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“The court may re-read the instructions to the jury either at their request, or on its own motion, and it may, in answer to a question of whether an instruction of a certain tenor has been given, state that it has. Any reasonable request by the jury relating to the re-reading of instructions on a topic which is doubtful in the minds of the jury should not be willfully disregarded by the court. Where the jury return a verdict not authorized by the instructions, re-reading of the instructions by the court preliminary to sending the jury out to return another verdict is not improper.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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