Central Cab, Inc. v. Ironside, 230 A.2d 790, 126 Vt. 356 (Vt. 1967)
While the photographs, to which the lower court refers in the finding, were not in the strict sense of the term 'physical evidence', as the lower court seems to imply, they were demonstrative evidence of the damage caused to the car of the defendant by the accident. They were verified by the testimony of the defendant that the damage shown was fairly represented. Beattie v. Traynor, Admr., 114 Vt. 495, 501, 49 A.2d 200. With the possible exception of a scratch or two to the right front of the car of the defendant, it is undisputed that the damage to his vehicle was confined to the right rear of the car. The damage to defendant's vehicle shown by the photographs to the lower court was the same as would have been seen by the court if it had viewed the 'physical evidence' of the actual vehicle.
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