Serfass v. Dreisbach

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Serfass v. Dreisbach, 141 Pa. 142 (Pa. 1891)
21 A. 523; 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1053
Clark, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams

Serfass v. Dreisbach

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The learned judge of the court below submitted this case to the jury in a fair and adequate charge. This disposes of the first seven assignments of error. The remaining assignments allege that the court erred in not charging as suggested in said assignments. These are sins of omission only; and, as no such points were submitted, we would be loth to convict the learned judge of error in not doing what he was not asked to do. If counsel desired more specific instructions, they should have asked for them.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
H. SERFASS v. F. DREISBACH
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
Omissions of the court below to charge specifically are not assignable for error, where no points for instruction were presented. If parties desire specific instructions, it is their duty to request them to be given.