Jacobs v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Citations
- 76 Miss. 278
Syllabus
<p>1. Telegraph Company. Delay. Special damages. Notice.</p> <p>Failure to seasonably deliver the following message: “ Wait. I mail letter this day with particulars,” will not render a telegraph company, having no notice of the importance of the communication, liable to the damages accruing to the sendee because of the loss of a business situation.</p> <p>2. Pleading and Practice. Demurrer to whole declaration.</p> <p>A general demurrer to an entire declaration should be overruled if' not good as to any of the grounds alleged for relief.</p> <p>3. Jurisdiction. Circuit covni. Amount in controversy.</p> <p>Jurisdiction as to the amount in controversy is to be determined by the whole amount claimed by the plaintiff, and not by what is left to be contended for after the exclusion by the court of special damages.</p>
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