If the verdict is not responsive to the issue submitted to the jury, the court shall call their attention thereto and send them back for further deliberation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-161
If verdict not responsive, jury to deliberate further
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 743 So. 2d 954 - Sentinel Industrial Contracting Corp. v. Kimmins Industrial Service Corp. (1999)
Most recently applied in Byars v. Moore Planting Co. (January 2000)
Codes, 1906, § 780; Hemingway’s 1917, § 563; 1930, § 572; 1942, § 1516.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.