Waterway Terminals Co. v. P. S. Lord Mechanical Contractors

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• holding that unless an appellate court can fairly say that the instruction probably created an erroneous impression in the minds of the jury that affected the outcome of the case, no reversible error occurs on account of an erroneous instruction
• “* * * cases should not be reversed upon instructions, despite technical imperfections, unless the appellate court can fairly say that the instruction probably created an erroneous impression of the law in the minds of the jurors which affected the outcome of the case”

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