Direct damages are such as follow immediately upon the act done; while consequential damages are the necessary and connected effect of the wrongful act. flowing from some of its consequences or results, though to some extent depending on other circumstances. Civ. Code Ga. 1895, J 3911; Pearson v. Spartanburg County, 51 S. C. 480, 29 S. E. 193; Eaton v. Railroad Co., 51 N. H. 504. 12 Am. Rep. 147.