Olliff v. Howard

1. In an action to. recover damages for injuries to an automobile resulting from a collision, the measure of damages is “the difference between the value of the property before the damage and afterwards” (Douglas v. Prescott, 31 Ga. App. 684 (1) (121 S. E. 689)); but in a case where the owner has undertaken to make proper and necessary repairs, in establishing such damage he may include such proper and necessary expenses, provided such items are the direct and proximate result of the collision and represent the reasonable value of such necessary material and labor, and provided the aggregate…