Bell Telephone Co. v. Daniel

Kurtz, J.,

Plaintiff telephone company sued defendants, the owners of a certain tractor-trailer truck, and its driver, seeking damages for injury done to telephone company equipment, cable, wire and similar items, and the cost of replacing that equipment after it had been knocked down and damaged by defendants’ vehicle. A jury rendered a verdict in the total amount of the claim as shown by exhibit P-4. Defendants have moved for a new trial. Their liability is not questioned. In support of their motion they contend that the evidence admitted by the court as proof of damages was incompetent and…