Gulf & S. I. R. v. Beard

Citations

• 129 Miss. 827
• 93 So. 357

Syllabus

<p>1. CARRIERS. Measure of damages for negligence of agent in advising passenger to take icrong route held to he the actual additional cash fare paid.</p> <p>In a suit for damages against a railroad company for the negligence of a ticket agent in informing plaintiff that his ticket entitled him to transportation over a certain route, which was the wrong route, thereby causing plaintiff to expend for cash fare the sum of two ■dollars and eight cents, and also somewhat annoying and worrying him because of misdirection, the actual damages recoverable by plaintiff is the amount paid out for cash fare, namely two dollars and eight cents.</p> <p>2. Damages. Menial anguish or ■worry disconnected from physical suffering not elements of actual damages.</p> <p>Mere annoyance, mental anguish or worry, disconnected from physical suffering, do not constitute elements of actual damages.</p>