National-Ben Franklin Fire Insurance v. Darby

1. Á statement by the owner of an automobile that he instructed an automobile mechanic to put his car in the same condition that it was in before it was burned is not objectionable as being self-serving.

2. Grounds 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 of the motion for new trial are without merit. The measure of damage to an automobile by reason of a fire is the difference between its market value before and after the fire, if the difference be caused by the fire. The repairs done thereon are but circumstances to show the amount of this difference.

*395Decided November 27, 1933.…