74 Ind. App. 199 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1920
This appeal is from a judgment in favor of appellee for $741.94, in an action to recover over
It is next urged by appellant that it was error on the part of the trial court to admit in evidence the testimony of certain witnesses as to the number and size of the lights used in lighting the courthouse, the number of hours they were used, and the bills rendered for such lights, after the defective meter was replaced by the new one. Appellant concedes that the old meter, when inspected in May, 1916, was defective and running fast, and that the new meter installed May 30, 1916, registered correctly at that time; but it is contended by appellant that, since the evidence does not show that the new meter had been tested from time to time during the twenty-three months after it had been installed, the action of the court is error, for the reason that such evidence formed the basis for a conclusion that the old meter was defective at all times, which conclusion could only be reached by building inference upon inference.
The judgment is affirmed.