Case Name: Nathaniel Toby v. Sampson Heidenheimer
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1881-03-23
Citations: 1 White & W. 439
Docket Number: No. 1071, Op. Book No. 2, p. 456
Parties: Nathaniel Toby v. Sampson Heidenheimer.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 439–439

Head Matter:
Nathaniel Toby v. Sampson Heidenheimer.
(No. 1071, Op. Book No. 2, p. 456.)
March 23, 1881.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Winkler, J.
§ 795. Charge of the court; need not be in writing. The provisions of the statute with reference to the charge of the court [R. S. 1316 et seq.] are directory merely, and a verbal charge given by the judge to the jury is not of itself such error as will necessarily cause a reversal of the judgment. It must be shown that the charge was in itself erroneous. [Reid v. Reid, 11 Tex. 585; Chapman v. Sneed, 17 Tex. 428.] The cases cited, although arising under a former statute, are equally applicable to the provisions of the Revised Statutes above cited.
Affirmed.