Beverly v. Observer Publishing Company

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 (24 S. E. 2d 681); Barwick v. American Manufacturing Co., 30 Ga. App. 761 (2) (119 S. E. 218); Schuler v. Dearing Chevrolet Co., 76 Ga. App. 570 (4) (46 S. E. 2d 611).

3. Where neither general nor nominal damages are sought and…