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BEVERLY v. OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY

34661.

88 Ga. App. 490 (1953)

77 S.E.2d 80

BEVERLY v. OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 1, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. W. Walton, for plaintiff in error.

R. S. Roddenbery, Jr., H. H. Whelchel, Gibson & DeLoache, contra.

FELTON, J.

1. Special damages for the loss of a public office in an election for that office are too remote and speculative to be recoverable. Anderson v. Kennedy, 47 Ga.App. 380, 385 (170 S. E. 555).

2. Where nominal damages are not prayed for and there is no prayer for general damages, nominal damages cannot be recovered. East Side Lumber & Coal Co. v. Barfield, 195 Ga. 505, 508...

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