The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-01-25

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In the Superior Court yesterday VIM
N. Crissel aud James n. Hendrix hlei :
init for damages against the Louisville
Evansville x - Louis Railway IN the
cum Of $4,000.
They alIege In the complaint that ~
July. lss6. they formed 4 partnership io'
the purpose OF eng aging 10 the n'smn'ac-
ture. purchase aud sale - cross tler ~
the line OF the iefendsni'- road IN infi-
ana. aud that before engaging ~ such
business they had IN interview win ~.
officers and manager OF the defendants
road. as % the treatment of Sail Fnti 40
The p,ainfiffs. and the amount ~ freight
that wound be charged perctr frr harl-
ins cros.-ties. The conferences resulted
in the obi err sni nlnager"f the ~ r
& -. l. Road requesting them = en-
gage II business. ant h" giving them =
fret ghf rate Of :. per CIR ~ their rvsi
That relying upon ~ai'' -'stemen' thes
located and began business AZ nineren.
stations along this road ~ lniiant. ana
during the months o. September AMI
October they purchased and shipped = !.
900 cro~s-ties. They also purchased
large bodies of timber for the purpose 81
making cross-ties and employed large
numbers Of men for that purpose Zach
partner believing the business wnnsi ~
permanent. purchssri = home on ~
line At cost OF -. 100. and permanent.
located themselves a. thes believed.
Thev also made contracts for me ssit
OF ali cross-ties that they should gr' on
purchase aud ship. sbont 100000 IN ~
the net profits Of which were ceni'
each. and that this fact was known 70 ths
officers and manager OF the L.. \ -
L. road. They also say that on oecen'
Der 1. 1886. they were informed BY tt't
manager OF the road that after Jsnnsrs
/. lss7. they would be furnished N
more cars and that they would have &
quit business, AMI that after January l
1887. the rate Of SHIPMENT was raised
from 81 to elf per car
Cr:ssel 4 Hendrix allege that an sgree
ment was entered into with one Dicsin
son TO get up across-tie monopoly A'on-
the road. and to crush ~ others 10 IN
same business along that road. Fo'
these reasons the plaintiffs ask for s15.
600 damages.
The same parties also entered anofhe'
suif for $2.sOO damages against w
SAM road. They ssy during the month
OF December, 1856. and January. l5s5
and January 1857. they hal Az 600 cso--
ties al different stations along the l.. +
" ST. L. (Air-line.) ready for shipment
and although they requested IL. the de
PENDANTS refused 70 furnish them cars 4
transport fbe ties That on January IL
1857. defendants made q pretended rai-'
Of from 81 TO $li per car for transporra
ton. for the avowed purpose Of drivin-
the plaintiffs of this road aud out Of th'
crosstie business. Al the same tiin'
defendants made . corrup, bargain Will
one Dickinson, by which he YVES giyef
the monopoly OF the cross-tie business
on that road, and that Dickinson i giver
the same rate enjoyed by plaintiffs dur
ing the year 1856: that while refusin4
the plaintiffs cars. Dickinson secured -
he desired. This action neces-itated q 4
plaintiffs to sell their ties NJ the station
whore they were stored - 3 ceats each
while they could have gotten 81 cent
II shipped. causing loss Of cents o.
each tie. For these reasons Cri<sel 4
Hendrix feel damaged in the abov
amount.