general verdict

general verdict
The final declaration by the jury as to the truth of the matter submitted to their determination and at issue between the parties. 53 Am J1st Trial § 1005. The response to and decision upon the issues between the parties upon the evidence adduced, rendered with such certainty and in such form that judgment can be entered thereon. Stafford v King, 30 Tex 257. A general verdict for the plaintiff imports a finding of all issues in the plaintiff's favor and, in a case where the evidence was susceptible to different inferences, that the jury drew inferences favorable to the plaintiff. Railway Express Agency v Little (CA3 Pa) 50 F2d 59, 75 ALR 963.

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