A general verdict, although it may not in terms answer every issue joined, is nevertheless held to embrace every issue, unless exception is taken at the term at which the verdict is rendered.
Code 1858, § 4247 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 4); Shan., § 6085; Code 1932, § 10343; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1318.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 232; 24 Tenn. Juris., Verdict, §§ 2, 11, 13.
Law Reviews.
Procedure and Evidence — 1954 Tennessee Survey, 7 Vand. L. Rev. 895.
Cited: Osborne v. Frazor, 58 Tenn. App. 15, 425 S.W.2d 768, 1968 Tenn. App. LEXIS 292, 35 A.L.R.3d 338 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1968); Clinard v. Pennington, 59 Tenn. App. 128, 438 S.W.2d 748, 1968 Tenn. App. LEXIS 336 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1968); In re Pitner, 696 F.2d 447, 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 23050 (6th Cir. Tenn. 1982); Hill v. Doe, — S.W.3d —, 2008 Tenn. App. LEXIS 396 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 30, 2008).