Legal Opinion
Investment Securities Corp. v. Cole
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 30, 1937No. 26180PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, J.
The plaintiff sued for punitive or exemplary damages as well as actual damages. In his petition the plaintiff claimed actual damages of $500 for the market value of the car and one dollar per day as hire from the time of the seizure until the time of the trial, a period of 168 days. On the trial the plaintiff testified that the fair market value of the car was $400 instead of $500; and as to the additional value he testified: “I reckon one dollar a day was the reasonable value of hire per day. . . I do not know car values, but I think it would be worth that much, and think that is enough.”…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- City & Suburban Railway v. BraussSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Foust v. KinneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Fire Ass'n v. FlemingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Southern Railway Co. v. JordanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. EskewSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
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3Cited by9 opinions
- King v. TownsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
- Investment Securities Corp. v. ColeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Livaditis v. American Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
- Atlantic Company v. FarrisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- Jim Walter Corp. v. WardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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