two-issue rule

two-issue rule
The rule that where there are two or more distinct defenses upon which the parties are at issue, a general verdict will stand on appeal if it can be supported on the basis of any one of them, regardless of error in the charges to the jury pertaining to the others. 5 Am J2d A & E § 787. A rule of some courts that if the case presents two separate issues, and if one issue, complete in itself as a cause of action or defense, is submitted to the jury free from error, and the jury returns a general verdict and there is nothing to indicate upon which issue the general verdict is grounded, the issue which presents the claimed error may be disregarded. McCrate v Morgan Packing Co. (CA6 Ohio) 117 F2d 702. For limitations upon the two-issue rule, see 5 Am J2d A & E § 787. See also McCrate v Morgan Packing Co. (CA6 Ohio) 117 F2d 702.

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