Ryder Tank Lines, Inc. v. Bentley

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

A question on appeal is whether or not the trial court erred in refusing to admit portions of a letter which was sent to the defendant wherein the plaintiff represented that the “damages” he had sustained by reason of a vehicle collision involving his truck-tractor, low-boy trailer, and D-6 caterpillar tractor were “approximately $1500.00”. The amount of damages awarded plaintiff because of injury to his equipment was $6,169.00, predicated upon the jury’s answers to special issues posing inquiry as to values of his property immediately prior to and immediately subsequent…