ARRINGTON v. ROBERTSON

No. 7328.

114 F.2d 821 (1940)

ARRINGTON et al. v. ROBERTSON.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

September 9, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Comber, Jr., and William H. James, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

B. Nathaniel Richter and Louis S. Hankin, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before MARIS, JONES, and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether it was reversible error for the trial judge, in the absence of counsel for the parties and without notice to them, to send instructions in writing to the jury, pursuant to an inquiry by them, after they had retired from the court room and while they were in the jury room deliberating upon their verdict. The instructions thus given consisted of a copy of two points for charge which had been...

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