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EDWARDS v. HOOD MOTOR CO.

No. 244.

69 S.E.2d 550 (1952)

235 N.C. 269

EDWARDS v. HOOD MOTOR CO. et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 19, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Faison Thomson, Goldsboro, and H. T. Ray, Faison, for plaintiff, appellee.

Taylor & Allen, Lindsay C. Warren, Jr., and Paul B. Edmundson, all of Goldsboro, for defendants, appellants.

JOHNSON, Justice.

Before a verdict is complete it must be accepted by the court, but it is the duty of the presiding judge, before accepting a verdict, to scrutinize its form and substance to prevent insufficient or inconsistent findings from becoming a record of the court. Therefore, where the findings are indefinite or inconsistent, the presiding judge may give additional instructions and direct the jury to retire again and bring in a proper verdict, but he may...

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