112 Ga. 837 | Ga. | 1901
Mary E. Lougbran sued Watson & Powers for damages for the loss of certain jewelry which she alleged was stolen from her while a guest of the hotel kept by the defendants. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and upon the defendants’ motion for a new trial being overruled thfey excepted.
As, in any view of the case, the defendants are clearly and justly liable to the plaintiff for the market value of the property at the time of the loss, and the sole ground upon which a new trial is granted is that the evidence as to this market value is not sufficient to support the verdict rendered by the jury, a new trial is ordered upon this question alone, with direction that this shall be the only issue submitted to the jury, and that when the jury shall have found the market value of the property at the time of the loss, to which the jury may, if they see fit, add interest to the date of their finding, a judgment shall be entered in favor of the plaintiff against the defendants for the amount so found.
Judgment reversed, with direction.