Jacqueline's Washington, Inc. v. Mercantile Stores Co.

The appellant, Jacqueline’s Washington, Inc., brought this action for smoke damage to its stock-in-trade, high-fashion women’s wearing apparel, allegedly resulting from a fire which had been caused by respondents’ negligence. The trial court, acting as trier of fact, found that the fire which had caused the smoke damage was due to the negligence of the respondents. However, the case was dismissed for the failure of the appellant to produce *786credible evidence from which the court could determine the amount of the damage. This appeal followed.

Appellant’s assignments of error deal solely with its…