Todd v. Hodges

Shulman, Judge.

Default judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff-appellant in a trover action seeking the return of a tar kettle and hire and profit. This appeal follows the ensuing trial on damages wherein the trial court directed the verdict in favor of appellee-defendant. We affirm.

1. In seeking to establish value as to the converted property’s hire, appellant testified as to damages based in part on an unaccepted offer to rent the tar kettle and on a telephone conversation concerning rental rates (the details of which were not disclosed). We conclude that this testimony failed to…