Hanna v. Palmetto Homes, Inc., 1453
Decision Date | 16 January 1990 |
Docket Number | No. 1453,1453 |
Citation | 389 S.E.2d 164,300 S.C. 535 |
Parties | Bennie L. HANNA, Respondent, v. PALMETTO HOMES, INC., Horton Homes, Inc., Sentry Indemnity Company, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Defendants, of whom Horton Homes, Inc. is the Appellant. Appeal of HORTON HOMES, INC. . Heard |
Court | South Carolina Court of Appeals |
Allen C. Pate, of Florence, and James B. Richardson, Jr., of Richardson and Smith, Columbia, for appellant.
Ronald J. Jebaily, of Jebaily & Glass, Florence, for respondent.
The sole question raised by Horton Homes, Inc., in its appeal from the jury's verdict of $9,000 in favor of the respondent Bennie L. Hanna is whether the evidence supports the amount of the verdict returned against Horton. We find that it does so and affirm.
In 1983, Hanna bought from the defendant Palmetto Homes, Inc., a mobile home manufactured by Horton. After numerous failed attempts over a four-year period to repair the mobile home's defective roof, Hanna sued Palmetto, Horton, and their sureties alleging causes of action for negligent repair, breach of contract, and breach of express and implied warranties.
At trial, Hanna's expert testified that the roof could be entirely replaced and the unit put in good condition for $7,426.84. He also testified that, even with complete repairs, there would be some depreciation in the value of the mobile home. Although Hanna's expert could not place a specific figure on the amount of depreciation, Hanna himself, without objection, estimated it to be $5,000.
Horton's claim of insufficiency of the evidence to support the amount of the verdict centers upon Hanna's failure to provide a basis for his $5,000 estimate. Such failure, however, goes only to the credibility and weight of the evidence and not to its sufficiency, coming in as it did without objection. See 88 C.J.S. Trial § 155 at 302 (1955) (); cf. Cantrell v. Carruth, 250 S.C. 415, 158 S.E.2d 208 (1967) ( ); Brown v. Ryder Truck Rental, --- S.C. ----, 389 S.E.2d 161 (1990) ( ). In a law case, the credibility and...
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