Hayes Freight Lines, Inc. v. Tarver

The sole question here involved is whether the proper measure of damages was applied with reference to the facts developed by the evidence in this case.

Counsel for both parties concede that one who recovers the full value of a motor vehicle completely destroyed by the negligent acts of another or the full value thereof less wreckage or salvage value where the vehicle is damaged beyond repair may not also recover for the loss of the use of the vehicle. The reason for this rule is that in the recovery of the full value of the vehicle, as of the date of its destruction, the owner has been made…