· 12/15/1955
Newman v. BROWN
Citations
- 90 S.E.2d 649
- 228 S.C. 472
- 55 A.L.R. 2d 929
- 1955 S.C. LEXIS 122
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- The damages are not limited to the cost of repairs actually made where it is shown that they did not put the property in as good a condition as it was before the injury
- The damages are not limited to the cost of repairs actually made where it is shown that they did not put the property in as good a condition as it was before the injury
- “It is the undoubted general rule that it is the duty of the owner of the property, which is injured by the negligence of another, to use reasonable means to minimize the damages.”
- It is the undoubted general rule that it is the duty of the owner of the property, which is injured by the negligence of another, to use reasonable means to minimize the damages.
- “[t]he damages are not limited to the cost of repairs actually made . . . where it is shown that they did not . . . put the property in as good [a] condi- tion as it was before the injury” (internal quotation marks omitted)
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Judges: Greneker, Legge, Oxner, Stukes, Taylor
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