A general verdict, although it may not in terms answer every issue joined, is nevertheless held to embrace every issue, unless exception is taken at the term at which the verdict is rendered.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-503
Scope of general verdict
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 250 F. Supp. 2d 923 - West v. Media General Operations, Inc. (2002)
Most recently applied in Adkisson v. Jacobs Eng'g Grp., Inc. (February 2019)
Code 1858, § 4247 (deriv
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