The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-21
ONLY ONE CASE WAS TRIED
verdlcts Were Taken, However, In
Several Other Actions.
ONE DOLLAR GIVEN ,MONAnAN
Allowed That Amount for Damage Done
to His Property Mrs. Ann O'Grady's
Entire Claim Allowed by the
Jury-O,her verdicts Taken.

There was only one case tried in
common pleas court yesterday, that or
the scranton Stove works against the
Lackawanna Lubricating company to
recover a debt of $42. Ut was heard be-
fore Judge Gunster In the main court
room and consumed the greater part of
the day. Attorney Charles II. Welles
looked after the interests Of the stove
works. and Major Everett Warren APP
peared for the lubricating company.
A contract was entered into by the
parties to the suit In 1891, by the terms
of which the stove works was to cast
for the lubricating company iron grease
cups and cylinder lubricators. These
were furnished. but 1t was alleged that
they were not Of the kind of iron speci-
fled and therefore of no use to the de-
fendant company. as they could not be
put In lathe and turned and finished.
1t was alleged that on account of the
failure of the plaintiff to furnish the
right kind of iron cups the defendant
was compelled to M a large order, FOR
which they were intended, with brass
cups that We're much more expensive
and large sum of money was lost In
consequence. A great deal of test-
mony pro and con was heard. and at
2.30 the case was given to the jury on
Judge Gunster's charge. A verdict had
not been agreed upon at 4.3O p. m.
After the case went to the jury court
adjourned for the day.
Allow cd One Dollar Damages.
Before Judge Searle. In court room
No. 2. the trial of the suit of Thomas
MOnahan against the borough of Blake
ly was resumed The testimony OF the
defense was to the effect that the land
owned by Monahan lies In the course
OF an old mountain stream and that
water gathered on 1t and covered 1t
long before the culvert was built, which
Monahan contends made his land
valueless to him. Tx-Judge Ward made
the closing address to the jury for the
defendant. and Attorney T. V. Powder
ly for the plaintiff. At II o'clock the
jury retired and at go filed into court
with a verdict awarding ,Monahan nom.
inal damages In the sum of 81. One Of
the Jurors was opposed to giving the
plaintiff anything, and other wanted
to fix the amount at cents.
1t Is said that Mr.. Monahan Is not
displeased with the verdict. as 1t set
ties, as we'll as verdict 1000 times
larger would. the principle that the
borough Of Blakely damaged his prop
erty by the construction of the culvert
in question. 1t is said that he will soon
time Of the bringing of the suit just
tried to, date. A number of other prop
erty owners Of Blakely who assert, as
Monohan did, that the building of the
water way injured their properties, will
also bring actions against the borough
Of Blakely.
The jury in the case Of H. A. Depuy
against Jesse A. Brady returned a YER
dict. after court opened yesterday
morning. in favor of Depuy for the
sum Of $39. In the case of Peter Con-
roy and /. T. keene. the Jury returned
a verdict In favor of the defendant.
1t did not take the jury long to agree
in the case of Mrs. Ann O'Grady, of the
West Side. against the Prudential In
surance company. In less than an hour
1t had framed verdict for $685.. 95 for
Mrs. O'Grady. the full amount of her
claim.
Second Week of the Term.
The second week of the term of COM
mon pleas court will begin Monday
and Judge Thomas Morrison, of Smeth-
port, Mexican county, will be here to
assist the local judges The first case
on the list is the big action in eject
ment of William Won Storch aga jnst