Berkowitz v. Pierce

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.

This appeal is from a judgment for $450 entered in the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas by the trial court sitting without a jury in an action to recover the value of household goods of the plaintiff-respondent which were destroyed by fire while on storage with the defendant-appellant at his warehouse.

It appears that a son of the plaintiff, a member of her household, had knowledge of what articles were stored and what they had cost when purchased. He was allowed over objection to state his opinion of the value of the goods. His mother, the…