· 11/9/1979
Atlanta Recycled Fiber Co. v. Tri-Cities Steel Co.
Citations
- 262 S.E.2d 554
- 152 Ga. App. 259
- 1979 Ga. App. LEXIS 2888
How courts have described this case
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- awarding of damages is to compensate plaintiff for damages sustained and not unreasonably burden defendants beyond point of compensating plaintiff
- awarding of damages is to compensate plaintiff for damages sustained and not unreasonably burden defendants beyond point of compensating plaintiff
- affirming jury charge that, unless jury decided repair would be an absurd undertaking, proper measure of damages was cost to repair
- warehouse destroyed by fire; damages to be calculated as cost to restore warehouse unless doing so would be an absurd undertaking, in which case the measure of damages should be diminution in value
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Judges: McMurray, Banke, Underwood
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