Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-11-06
A Verdict for the Defendant.

In the suit for damages brought by Dr..
VIM. J. Points against Capt. Warren S.
Lurty, both of Harrisonburg, in Judge
Mclaughlin court there. the parties are
nearly as well known in StauntOn as they
are in Harrisonburg. The suit was for
$4,000 damages claimed to have be sustained
by DR.. Points, who was represented by
Gen. J. E. Roller and Col. o. B. Roller
while Messrs. Strayer & Ligget and J. n
Liggett represented the defendant Capt
Lurty. The Register says: 1.-The suit
arises out of Capt. Lurty's appointment as
U. S. Marshal for the territory of Oklaho
ma in May. 1890, and his employment OF
Dr.. Points as marshal s clerk at salary OF
81, 500 per annum. The plaintiff alleged
that when he left Virginia to assume his
duties under Capt. Lurty in Oklahoma he
resigned several offices here that paid from
81 600 to 81 800 a year, and thus relin-
quished his entire income and all means of
sustenance that he had in the world. In
consequence of Capt. Lurty's resignation
of the marshalship in August, 1890, the
plaintiff was left without EN- oloyment OIL
means of support, and returned to Virginia
where it is now impossible for him to re-
gain the Offices he resigned in 1890. Dam
ages in the sum of $4,000 were therefore
asked at the hands of the jury.
''The defendant aggressively Joined issue
on the matters of fact and law, and cited
evidence to show that the climate of Oklaho-
ma endangered not only his health but his
life, and that DR.. Points not only agreed to
his resigning the marshalship, but even ad-
vised and urged this course in the hope of
succeeding to the Office himself. The claim
was also made that the contract was not
fol- any definite time, and that the circum-
stances amply warranted its termination at
the time Capt. Lurty resigned. Both sides
had the testimony OF numerous witnesses,
and number of dispositions of persons liv-
ing in Oklahoma were produced.
1.-The case was given to the jury Thurs
day about noon, and after a brief absence
from the court room, they returned ver,
dict for the defendant
A Uniform Game Law for the State.
At the meeting of the Virginia Field
Sports Association in Richmond last week
the Richmond Times says that Mr.. J.
Lewis Bumgardner of Staunton, made a
spirited talk on the necessity for legislative
action for the better preservation of game.
He said that the laws of the counties diff
cred so materially that hunters were at con-
siderable disadvantage. arising from the
fact that under ignorance of the law they
were hunting in adjoining counties where
the game law yet prohibited. He condemn
ed the wholesale slaughter by pot-hunters,
saying that he had seen at one time as many
as five barrels of birds being shipped from
Staunton to Northern markets. This de-
bate brought forth the following resolution
by Mr.. Bumgardner, which was adopted /:
1t is moved that the president shall be the
chairman, and shall appoint such number as
committee as may be necessary to prepare
suitable and uniform game law regulating
the killing of quail within the borders of this
State, and whose further duty it shall be to
make every effort to get said law passed by
the next legislature. The said committee
shall when it has drafted said law report the
same to the executive committee of this Asso-
ciatlon for its approval before the same shall
be presented to the legislature. 1t shall be
the further duty of this committee to review
all the game laws Of this State and recon-
mend changes where there is apparent neces-
Slty for the same.
President Polk Miller, of the State Field
Sports Association, says the Lynchburg and
Staunton gun clubs are the best in the
State.