Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-31

A SUIT IN which several citizens of
this county are interested win come
up at the June term of the United
States district court which opens at
Madison next week The suit referred
to is that of VIM. b. Jarvis, lawyer
whose alleged residence is in Illinois
against James Edwards, X. Williams,
j. M. Chandler, M. A. Harper, James
Blight and VIM. Nolan, for injuries said
to have been sustained by an upset from
wagon in which defendants and plain
tiff were riding. The alleged injuries
are said to have been incurred on the
sixth of September last, while the party
were en- route from 1.-The Mansion
House in Lancaster to Platteville," IN
which trip the plaintiff says he en-
barked at the instance and request of
the defendants, and at which time he,
plaintiff, occupied seat that was I'M
fastened and which overturned and
was thrown, together with the plaintiff
thereon seated, off and from said car
riage into and upon the e street and
highway of Lancaster, by means of
which one of the legs of said plaintiff
was fractured, famed and bruised,
and the said plaintiff was other
wise greatly injured, wounded, cut
and bruised The indictment is
formidable one, but the at
torneys for the defense claim that the
plaintiff has fractured the truth TO a
much greater extent than the bones of
his body were fractured on the sixth of
September last. The truth of the mat
ter seems to be that team, owned
by Mr.. Ed. O'Neil, of Hazel Green,
and driven by James Edwards, came
up from that village with jurors for the
term of court then being held in this
city. The defendants in the above
named case being ready to depart took
advantage of the return of the team to
oct home, the most of them living at
Hazel Green. As they were getting
ready to start Jarvis came out and
wanted to secure passage rs far as
Platteville. The others told him there
was room and they supposed he could
ride but would probably have to pay
the driver something. All embarked,
but when they had gotten only II short
distance out of town, near the school
house, the driver, Edwards, happened
to discover that he had left his halters
at the hotel and accordingly started to
turn around to go back. While doingso
the wagon was tipped up and the seal
on which Jarvis was sitting, not being
fastened, he and the seat were tilted
out. He was considerably shaken
up both in mind and body by the tum
BILE, but aside from that and few slight
bruises, sustained no harm. The leg
breaking, it is is alleged by those who
were present, existed only in the inn
agination of the elderly party. Jarvi.
forthwith instituted suit against Ed
wards and O'Neil but afterwards LEI
O'Niel out and included the defendant,
named above, charging that they had
chartered the conveyance and promis.
ed to convey him safely TO his desti
nation. From all the evidence at HAND
it would appear as though the claim o
the attorneys that the whole affair wa
a Matchmaking scheme of the most ag
gravated nature was true. Jarvis al
leghg himself to be citizen of Illinois
and the defendants being citizens Of
this state throws the case into the Unit
ed States court. The plaintiff appears
in person for himself. For the defense
Is Clark & Mills of this city, Carter &
Cleary, of PIatteville, and Brown 4
O'Conner.