· 1/22/1960
United States Casualty Co. v. F. A. Johnson, Inc.
Citations
- 117 So. 2d 438
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- breach-of-contract and professional-negligence claims unliquidated, where dispute about proper assessment of damages created \at least a reasonable controversy\ as to amount of defendant's liability
- \[D]amages are not liquidated if the ascertainment of their exact sum requires the taking of testimony to ascertain facts upon which to base a value judgment.\
- debt unliquidated even though plaintiff recovered full amount of claim because defendant's \asserted defense and testimony created at least a reasonable controversy as to the amount for which [defendant] would be liable if [plaintiff] prevailed\
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Judges: Allen, Shannon, Spoto
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