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CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. PAUL

No. 461.

136 S.E.2d 103 (1964)

261 N.C. 710

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Robert Maston PAUL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 29, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leath, Blount & Hinson, by Robin L. Hinson, Rockingham, for defendant appellant.

Bynum & Bynum, by Fred W. Bynum, Jr., Rockingham, and J. A. Weeks, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellee.

HIGGINS, Justice.

North Carolina is committed to the general rule that the measure of damages for injury to personal property is the difference between the market value of the damaged property immediately before and immediately after the injury. The purpose of the rule is to pay the owner for his loss. If the damaged article has market value, the application of the before and after rule is relatively simple. Even in that case, however, the cost of repairs is some...

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