Polhill v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.

I think the court erred in awarding a nonsuit. The plaintiff is always entitled to recover when he proves his case as laid. Kelly v. Strouse, 116 Ga. 872, 881 (43 S. E. 280); Moore v. Central Ry. Co., 1 Ga. App. 514 (58 S. E. 63); Pendleton v. Atlantic Lumber Co., 3 Ga. App. 714 (60 S. E. 377). In the performance of its public' duties as- a public-service corporation a telegraph company is'liable for at'least nominal damages upon proof of any failure to discharge such duties. Glenn v. Western Union Tel. Co., 1 Ga. App. 831 (58 S. E. 83). The petition contained no allegation with reference to…