67 Ga. 506 | Ga. | 1880
This is our law, and we need not’look elsewhere. It originated in the times when slaves and their hire were, subject matters of constant and important litigation, and the principle is still in our statute- book. It is applicable to this case. The true measure, the just measure, of5 plaintiff’s damages is the value of this screw with reason-5 ble addition for its hire or use. That is precisely what he lost by the wrongful conversion of defendant.
The point in respect to the competency of the witness' McCall, was not argued and is not insisted upon.
Judgment affirmed,