Jeremias v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Briefly but substantially stated, the contentions of the defendant are: (1st) that the petition, without regard to the amendment that was offered and disallowed, is too vague and indefinite to support a recovery of $2500 or any other sum for any kind of damages, because it does not clearly and distinctly set forth any facts to show that any specific amount of damages resulted to the plaintiff as the natural and probable consequences of the alleged delay in delivering the telegram; and (2nd) that the plaintiff was not entitled to amend his original…