No special form of verdict is required, and where there has been a substantial compliance with the requirements of the law in rendering a verdict, a judgment shall not be arrested or reversed for mere want of form therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-157
No special form of verdict required
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 932 So. 2d 27 - White v. Stewman (2006)
Most recently applied in 932 So. 2d 27 - White v. Stewman (June 2006)
Codes, 1906, § 762; Hemingway’s 1917, § 565; 1930, § 574; 1942, § 1518.
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