Yeager v. Winton Motor Carriage Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Yeager v. Winton Motor Carriage Co., 59 Pa. Super. 506 (1915)
1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 108
Kephart, Orlady, Piead, Rice, Trexler

Yeager v. Winton Motor Carriage Co.

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Orlady, J.,

The question involved in this case was substantially disposed of in Price v. Newell, 53 Pa. Superior Ct. 628, and in following it, the same trial judge fairly and adequately submitted to the jury the disputed facts in regard to the depreciation in value of the plaintiffs’ automobile resulting from the defendant’s negligence in causing the collision. The verdict as rendered might well have stood, but the trial judge in the exercise of his discretion, directed that a new trial be granted unless the plaintiffs remitted all in excess of $500, which was done, and we are not disposed to disturb it. The plaintiff was clearly entitled to damages in some amount, and after a fair trial we discover no reversible error in this record.

The judgment is affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Yeager v. Winton Motor Carriage Company
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4 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Negligence — Automobile—Injury in collision — Measure of damages. In an action to recover damages for injuries to an automobile caused by a collision with another automobile owned by the defendant, the measure of damages is the difference between the fair market value of the automobile before the accident and its fair market value after-wards.