Turk v. JACKSON ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

Bell, Presiding Judge.

1. Plaintiff brought this action to recover for damage to his automobile occasioned when it struck a low-hanging electric power line belonging to defendant. On trial of the case, the only evidence of the amount of damages was plaintiff’s testimony that another person had estimated it would cost $150 to repair the car, that the fair market value of the car before striking the power line was $400 and that the fair market value afterwards was $250. Plaintiff gave no reasons on which his opinions of value were based and there was no foundation evidence showing that plaintiff…