Southeastern Express Co. v. Chambers

Broyles, O. J.

1. In a suit for damage to an automobile, where proof was submitted as to the nature and extent of the damage and the sum paid out for repairs, the verdict in favor of the plaintiff was not without evidence to support it, merely because the witness omitted to say that he thought the amount paid out for repairing the car was the reasonable cost thereof. Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Tompkins, 138 Ga. 598 (8) (75 S.E. 664).(a) While proof of what was paid to an automobile mechanic for repairing a car is not a criterion of the value of such services, yet the evidence is…