Northwestern Equipment Co. v. Sofe

Citations

• 91 Wash. 118
• 157 P. 459
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1017

Syllabus

<p>Damages — Evidence—Sufficiency—Nominal Damages. In an action for damages to a new concrete mixer, except the boiler and certain parts that were placed in a warehouse, evidence of the difference b.etween the market value of the machine including the parts in the warehouse at the time it was taken, and its market value when returned, is insufficient to show the damage, or to entitle plaintiff to more than nominal damages, there being no evidence of the value as it stood at the time it was taken without the parts stored in the warehouse, or of the value of such parts, from which the damages might be ascertained.</p>