Case Name: Edward Telinde v. The Ohio Traction Company
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-12-11
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 875
Docket Number: 17868
Parties: Edward Telinde v. The Ohio Traction Company;
Judges: Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Allen, J., concurs in proposition 2 of the syllabus and in the judgment.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 875–875

Head Matter:
Decided December 11, 1923.
17868
Edward Telinde v. The Ohio Traction Company;
error to the Court of Appeals of Hamilton county.
82. CHARGE TO JURY.
Merely reading pleadings by the court, in a negligence case, without defining thej issues, does not sufficiently comply with 11447 GC. (72 OS. 586 approved and followed) — If the charge contains no other than formal directions as to assessing the damages, it is erroneous.

Opinion:
MARSHALL, C. J.
1. Where in charging the jury in a case where the petition alleges negligence and the answer alleges contributory negligence the court merely reads the pleadings to the jury and does not otherwise define the specific issues, such charge is not a sufficient compliance with Section 11447, General Code, and is erroneous. (B. & O. Rd. Co v. Lockwood, 72 Ohio St., 586, approved and followed.)
2. In a negligenee case a charge to the jury is erroneous which contains no other instruction upon the subject of the measure of damages than the following: "If you find in favor of the plaintiff, then it is your duty to assess the amount of damages to which you in your opinion think that he is entitled."
Judgment affirmed.
Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Allen, J., concurs in proposition 2 of the syllabus and in the judgment.