The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-01
TWO VERD|CTS RETURNED
Scranton Gas and Water Company
Awarded $27,500.
THE SUN ALLOWED MRS. DAVIS
Jurors Thought She Was Entitled to
S3,000-Suit Between Winton Coal
Company and Pancoast Coal Com.
pany Over Coal Royalties.

After court opened yesterday morn
ing the jury in the case of the Scranton
Gas and Water company against the
Lackawanna Iron and Coal company
filed into court and returned a verdict
for the plaintiff in the sum of $27,500.
The amount sued for was $91, ,941.G6.
In the case Of Mrs. Jemima Davis
against the Peoples Street Railway
company verdict for the plaintiff in
the sum of $4,000 was rendered. In the
ejectment suit of the New York and
Ontario Land company against Mrs.
Laura c. Weidner verdict was given
in favor of the plaintiff. Attorney s.
B. Price, attorney for Mrs. Wedner at
once applied for new trial.
Before Judge Mcclure the trial of the
case Of Mrs. Margaret Hensel against
A. A. Fennyvessy was resumed yester-
day morning. 1t was given to the jury
at 10 m, but up to the hour of ad-
journing last evening verdict had not
been reached. Mrs. Hensel sued to re-
cover for damages done to a house she
owns on Madison avenue in this city
while 1t was occupied by Mr.. Fenny-
vessy as tenant.
Coal Land Case.
An important case in which the Win
ton Coal company is plaintiff and the
Pancoast Coal company defendant, was
next put on trial before Judge Nc
Clure. Ex-Judge Garrick Harding, of
Wilkes Barre, and Attorneys S. b. Price
and John b. Ceilings represent the
plaintiff, and Attorney T.. N. Willard
and ex-Judge II. A. Knapp and ex-Judge
w. II. Jessup the defendant. The ac-
ton Is on the trial list as an assumpsit.
the plaintiff seeking to recover $l2, ,O0O
in coal royalties from the defendant.
The suit really involves the title to a
| portion of the John Anderson farm at
Throop consisting of 1QS acres of coal
land. The plaintiff claims to own a
one-fourth interest in this land, but the
defendant disputes the claim and saws
the Winton Coal company owns but a
one-eighth interest The Pancoast COM
pany Is mining the coal from under this
land and pays the Winton company
royalties on one-eighth interest. The
suit is to recover $1,000 in royalties now
claimed to be due and to settle definite.
ly the exact portion of the property
owned by the Winton company.
Another Similar Suit.
A. II. Winton has a similar suit
against the Pancoast company. He
too, claims a one-fourth interest in
this property, but receives royalty on
only one-eighth interest. A great deal
of record testimony was offered yester.
day proving the course Of the title
to the land from the time the warrant
was issued by the commonwealth tc
John Pierce in 1892, down to the time
the title to the farm became vested
In John Anderson in 1S45 w. w. Win.
ton and A. H. Winton claim to have
purchased one-half of this land now
in dispute from Anderson's heirs, and
w. w. Winton subsequently conveyed
to the Winton Coal company his inter.
est in the property
After the record testimony was hearC
yesterday, County Surveyor A. b. Dun
ming, jr., was put on the stand ant
testified to surveys made of the prop
The attorneys, just before adjourn
ment, requested Judge Mcclure not t
hold a session of court today but t
have the case resumed Monday. HI
decided that the trial should go on to
day.
A Bicycle Case.
The case Of d. Taylor Lacey agains
Patrick Whine was tried before Judg,
Gunster. Lacey was the owner of bi
cycle which he left standing in from
of a house on Washington avenue
where he was making call. The bi
cycle was partially on the curb anC
partially on the roadway, and, he al
leges that Whine came along with
team of horses and a wagon and raj
over the bicycle, damaging it to tn
extent of $40.
Whine says that the bicycle of IT
own valition left the curb and ran ou
in the middle of the street in front o
his horses He was unahle IN nraven