Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Dikomey Manufacturing Jewelers, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1979No. 13421PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
This appeal raises a single issue: whether the trial court, sitting without a jury, properly excluded testimony regarding the value of a diamond ring, missing after bailment by the owner. Appellant Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. (Hartford) presented two value witnesses at trial, a gemmologist and the ring owner, to establish damages caused by the alleged breach of bailment contract. The trial court struck both valuations as incompetent evidence, and then dismissed on the basis of Hartford’s failure to prove the ring’s value. We conclude the trial court…
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