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Bond v. A.H. Belo Corp.

Texas Court of Appeals

602 S.W.2d 105 (Tex. Civ. App. 1980)

Torts
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Becky Bond (plaintiff) lent family photographs, birth records, and other important documents to a writer for The Dallas Morning News (defendant), who lost them. The parties stipulated the documents' actual monetary value was $2,500 but agreed their sentimental value was greater. Bond sought damages based on that sentimental value, but the trial court awarded only the $2,500 actual value, and Bond appealed.

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Whether damages for the sentimental value of personal property are recoverable when the property has its primary value in sentiment rather than in the market.

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