If the verdict is informal or defective, the court may direct it to be reformed at the bar. Where there has been a manifest miscalculation of interest, the court may direct a computation thereof at the bar, and the verdict may, if the jury assent thereto, be reformed in accordance with such computation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-159
Verdict may be reformed at the bar if informal or defective
Applied in 3 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, § 779; Hemingway’s 1917, § 562; 1930, § 571; 1942, § 1515.
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