Case Name: Eugene Lee McELROY, Appellant, v. Olan Dorman COGBURN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1970-03-10
Citations: 232 So. 2d 446
Docket Number: No. L-211
Parties: Eugene Lee McELROY, Appellant, v. Olan Dorman COGBURN, Appellee.
Judges: JOHNSON, C. J., and RAWLS and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 232
Pages: 446–446

Head Matter:
Eugene Lee McELROY, Appellant, v. Olan Dorman COGBURN, Appellee.
No. L-211.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 10, 1970.
Rehearing Denied April 2, 1970.
Dawson, Galant, Maddox, Boyer, Sulik & Nichols, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Howell, Kirby, Montgomery & D’Aiuto, Jacksonville, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this case an answer to an interrogatory propounded to appellant as to an estimate of repair costs to a damaged automobile of the appellant was read to the jury over the objection of appellant on the ground same was hearsay. The court charged the jury that the measure of damages to the motor vehicle was the difference between the market value thereof before and after the accident. Therefore, the complained of answer to the interrogatory, if error at all, a point we do not decide, such error was harmless. The judgment appealed from is affirmed.
JOHNSON, C. J., and RAWLS and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.