Messmore v. Roth

In Division 1 the majority rules that the evidence was sufficient for the jury to measure damages, in that purchase price when comple*865mented by age of the personal property and its condition when lost to plaintiff would provide an adequate basis for a determination of its fair market value. With that I agree. Hoard v. Wiley, 113 Ga. App. 328, 334 (147 SE2d 782) (1966); Cunningham v. Hodges, 150 Ga. App. 827 (1) (258 SE2d 631) (1979), and cases cited. “Ordinarily the measure of damages where property has been converted is its market value at the time of the conversion.” Park v. Swann, 20 Ga.…