Cunningham v. Crane Co.

The plaintiff brought suit in the municipal court of Chicago to recover' damages sustained to his automobile because of a collision with a truck owned and operated by the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $350.

The plaintiff presented his case in the trial court upon the theory that his car had been so badly damaged that it could not be advantageously repaired. The only proof of the amount of damage was his testimony that, prior to the time of the accident, he purchased the automobile for $500 as a used or second-hand one and that, about five…