Court Opinion

ID: 9833720
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:57:59.853671+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:06.186523
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
Mrs. Lawson gave the value of the different articles of furniture which in the aggregate amounted to about $660. The jury found the property to have been of the value of $476.05, considerably less than the evidence would have justified. The jury evidently credited the testimony of Mrs. Lawson to the extent of the values found by them, and any contention thát the evidence did not support the verdict is without any basis. Mrs. Lawson in most instances showed what had been paid for the articles of furniture and how long they had been used, and on these facts she based her valuation. This clearly distinguishes this case from that of Galveston, H. & S. A. R. Co. v. Giles (Tex. Civ. App.) 126 S. W. 282, which is cited by appellant as being in conflict with the opinion in this case. In that case this court' held:
“What he based such estimate on he did not disclose. It may have been an arbitrary and fanciful estimate. It was certainly in his power to show the cost of that character of goods, and from this, with evidence of its use and deterioration and condition at the time,- the court or jury might ascertain the reasonable value.”
That decision is in entire harmony with the opinion in this case.
Mrs. Lawson swore that she had two large heaters and one oil stove, and the jury allowed pay for two heaters and one oil stove, and yet appellant states that appellees only claimed two stoves, and the jury found for three stoves. The other objections to the inclusion of articles not claimed are of a like character. As before stated, the $18 remitted covered all excess in the verdict.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.