Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Bass

1. As to the value of the property destroyed the plaintiff, in his testimony, stated, in reference to the first item, that his opinion as to value related to what he regarded as the “reasonable market value.” He did not repeat this' expression when, in immediate connection, he testified to the reasonable value of the other items. Insistence is made, under the general grounds of the motion for a new trial, that the verdict is contrary to law, as being without evidence to support it with respect to proof of the market value of this portion of the goods. Held: The reasonably construed meaning…