Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Guard

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

Reversing.

This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment for damages in the sum of $500, found by the jury to have resulted from the negligence of the appellant company in failing to deliver an unrepeated interstate telegraphic message.

The appellee, Norman M. Guard, brought this action in the Pike circuit court in May, 1938, to recover damages in the amount of $1,600, representing the salary he would have received as principal of the McVeigh high school, had he not been prevented (as alleged) from securing such position by the negligence of the defendant company,…