· 3/2/1917
Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Kay
Citations
- 73 Fla. 554
- 74 So. 523
Syllabus
<p>1. Each party to a trial at law has a right to have the court instruct the juiy as to the law applicable to the facts in evidence introduced under the issues as made by the pleadings.</p> <p>2. In charging the jury the court should state to them the issues made by the pleadings and it is error simply to refer the jury to the pleadings to ascertain the issues.</p>
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