Title: STANARD v. SAMPSON
Citation: 1909 OK 13, 23 Okla. 13, 99 P. 79 6
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: January 13, 1909

STANARD v. SAMPSON Annotate this Case STANARD v. SAMPSON 1909 OK 13 99 P. 796 23 Okla. 13 Case Number: 2127 OK Ter Decided: 01/13/1909 Supreme Court of Oklahoma STANARD v. SAMPSON et ux. Syllabus ¶0 1. TRIAL--Appeal and Error--Verdict--General and Special--Waiver of General Verdict--Estoppel to Assert Error. In all cases triable by a jury, the parties thereto are entitled to have a general verdict returned, and at the request of any party thereto, in addition to the general verdict, to have the jury directed to find upon particular questions of fact, to be stated in writing by the party or parties requesting the same. 1a. When any party to an action triable by a jury permits the general verdict to be dispensed with by order of the court, and the answers or findings upon the particular questions of fact to be returned into open court and recorded, without any objection and afterwards files a motion for judgment in his favor thereon, he will not be permitted thus to induce the court to commit an irregularity, and, after speculating upon its result in seeking a judgment thereon in his favor, be heard on review here to complain because no general verdict was returned, but same will be treated as waived. 2. TRIAL--Special Verdict--Judgment. When a jury return their answers to the particular questions submitted, and no motion for a new trial is filed for a re-examination of the facts or to set same aside, the only question for the trial court is to determine whether or not it is proper to render judgment on the facts as found, as applied to the pleadings. 2a. Where a party moves for judgment in his favor on a special verdict, no motion for a new trial or to set aside such findings having been made, and excepts to the action of the court in rendering judgment on such findings, he thereby admits, so far as such action of the court is concerned, that the special findings state the facts fully and correctly. 3. APPEAL AND ERROR--Presentation and Reservation of Error--Motion for New Trial--Necessity. A general verdict not having been returned, but answers to specific questions, both sides having filed and presented motions for judgment thereon, in the absence of a timely objection with proper exceptions, and the assigning of such action as error in a motion for a new trial, the same will not be reviewed here 4. TRIAL--Special Verdict--Signing by Foreman--Waiver. When the special answers or findings are returned, the jurors each being polled ad seriatim answered that the same as read by the clerk were his. No objection was made by either party, or request, that such special findings or answers should be signed, and each party filed and presented a motion for judgment in his or their favor on such special findings. Held, that this was a waiver of the irregularity, in the foreman not signing the answers or findings as required by the statute. 5. BILLS AND