Cagle v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant had a going business which consisted of the "repair and correction of fireplaces and chimneys.” For the past five years the yearly business earnings had been approximately $13,000, $9,000, $14,000, $14,000 and $12,000 respectively, most of the clientele being drawn from a listing in the yellow pages of the defendant’s classified advertising. In 1976 the listing was ordered and promised but for some reason omitted. Asked what the plaintiff did as a means of securing some income during the year the advertisement was left out, he replied that he ran an ad in…