The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-10-04
Some Of the Big Suits Filed in the
Circuit Court at Hardinsburg
That Will be Called
Next Week.
The Acme Brick Company Sued for
$4,000, and the Patton vitri-
fed Brick Co., for So, 900.
Isabel Johnson VS. r. L. Newsom and
the City of Cloverport against
the Same Defendant.

Running over the docket for the APP
preaching term OF Circuit Court the News
man discovered an unusual number of
damage suits. Some OF them call for ex-
traordinary large sums, while others are
not praying for so much.
The largest petitioner is Mr. G. w.
Bishop. He asks damages against the
Acme Vitrifed Brick Company for ten
thousand dollars. Mr.. Bishop complains
that the defendant, through its agents
and employees, operated and worked its
plant and machinery in the city of Clov-
export in such a careless and defective
manner that the plaintiff, while in its
employ, was crippled, injured and
wounded to such an extent as to have
suffered damages in the sum of ten thous-
and dollars. The petitioners complaints
in this case are short and to the point,
but he has apparently laid his damages
high enough.
The next complainant is Mr.. James II.
McManaway, and he is after the Patton
vitrifled Brick Company for three thous-
and dollars. Mr.. McManaway has
lengthy and voluminous petition cover
ing all the grounds Of complaint that
would have at all fitted his action. He
says that prior to the 23rd day of Sep
TENDER, 1892, he was employed by defen-
dant to take charge of that part of their
machinery called the repress, and to run
and operate it; that while thus engaged
for said company brick too large for the
die or repress got into the repress and in
attempting to remove ii his hand was
caught in it and was so badly mashed and
mangled as to render it useless. lie says
that he was for many months unable to
perform any labor; that said injury was
the result of carelessness and negligence
on the part of defendants and its en-
ployes. He prays judgment for the sum
above named.
The next petitioner is Mrs. Isabella
johnson. Mrs. Johnson was indebted to
DIR. Newsom in the sum of $44. The
Doctor, in order to make his money sued
out an attachment against Mrs. johnson
and had it levied upon her property. The
attachment was discharged in the Mayors
court and Mrs. johnson then instituted
suit here against Mr.. Newsom for one
thousand dollars for wrongful seizure.
The petition lays many grounds of COM
plant. In it is stated that the property
levied upon consisted of her household
effects, such as beds, bedding, chairs,
tables and other household furniture,
| also a cooking stove and the clothing OF
herself and children. All of this, she
says, was OF the value of $500 and was
greatly in excess Of plaintiffs debt. She
says this property was taken from her
possession and held by defendant for
some time to her great discomfort and
| damage, all of which she says was wrong
full and not authorized by law, and p rays
for damages as above stated
The next plaintiff is the City of Clover
port against X l.. Newsom. 1t, by way
OF complaint, says that defendant, New
| som, has extended his Enclosures without
| right over into Center street in front OF
his two lots and embraces blank feet of it
within his fences. 1t says Center street,
as laid down on the plat OF said city, ex-
tends southwark through Haddock and
Haz-lton's enlargement OF said city and
has been regarded and used as a public
highway by said city for more than forty
years; that defendant holds possession OF
same without right, and fails to surrender
same to plaintiff, thereby impeding and
hindering public travel over same to
plaintiffs damage in the sum OF two hum
dred dollars