DOELGER & KIRSTEN v. NATIONAL U.F.I. CO.

No. 230.

42 Wis.2d 518 (1969)

167 N.W.2d 198

DOELGER & KIRSTEN, INC., Respondent, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Robert W. Wolfe and Wolfe, O'Leary, Kenney & Wolfe, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Robert W. Wolfe.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Herbert A. Eggie of Milwaukee.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

What is the proper measuring stick to use in determining the "actual cash value" of wooden patterns of uncertain age, apparently more than thirty years old, last used in 1958 or 1959 and usable only for the producing of castings for alligator shears, an item of heavy industrial equipment for which there no longer seems to be much public demand?

Plaintiff contends that the proper measuring stick is a replacement cost. Evidence from an expert...

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