Wilson v. . Posey

Plaintiff delivered to the defendants a winter coat to be cleaned. The coat was lost and never returned. Plaintiff instituted this action in the county court of Buncombe County to recover damages, alleging the value of the coat to be $22.50, and alleging, further, inconvenience, loss of time from school and the like.

At the trial in the county court, defendant requested, in writing, special instruction as follows: "That in no event would the jury be authorized to answer the issue in an amount exceeding the fair market value of the coat as of the date the same was delivered to the defendant,…