G. H. & S. A. R'y Co. v. Dunlavy

Citations

• 56 Tex. 256
• 1882 Tex. LEXIS 26

Syllabus

<p>1. Charge of court — Statute construed.—The statute requiring the instruetions to the jury to be in writing is directory, and a violation thereof cannot be assigned as error.</p> <p>2. Charge of court.— It is error to instruct the jury in a suit for damages against a corporation in which exemplary damage is claimed, to return a verdict for such damages as they believe from the evidence the plaintiff is entitled to, without furnishing them a rule for their guidance in discriminating between actual and exemplary damages.</p> <p>3. Damages.— In a suit for damages in which both actual and exemplary damages were claimed, the verdict was for $150 actual damages, and for $237.50 “for insult.” Held, the verdict by its terms excluded the idea that a larger sum than $150 for actual damages was intended.</p>