Ortiz-León v. Porto Rican & American Insurance
Ortiz-León v. Porto Rican & American Insurance
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
A motion for reconsideration based on two grounds alleged not to have been taken into account by this court.
First, that on reversing the existing judgment for the defendant this court had no proper basis for estimating the amount of damages caused to the complainant. In other words, there was not sufficient evidence of the damages to the automobile.
The court below in its opinion said that the complainant might have segregated the damages caused by the collision from those caused by the fire, but that the complainant had
The other ground of reconsideration we do not find to be at all sound. The defendant alleged that the complainant had not paid the full amount due on the car, as required by the policy. The evidence showed that the title had fully passed to the complainant and that his father had merely given him an advance of $600.
The motion for reconsideration should be overruled.
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