The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-22
FOR DAMAGES AND ACCOUNTS.
BIG ATTACHMENT SUIT FILED IN
THE CITY. COURT.

A Claim for More Than 500, 900
AGAINST r.. II. COIeman-J. Il. O'SuI-
Ivan, Injured While Jumping on a
Running Freight Train, Brings
His suit Again-EarIy Winn Sues
the Electric Railroad for Damages.
Corinne Cartin Wants Damages
From the Chatham Furniture Com
pnny.
Return day in the city court yester-
day brought in a large number of suits
Of one kind and another, the majority
Of them being plain suits on notes and
accounts which are due and unpaid. IN
most of these cases judgments are taken
by default, no defense being made.
one large suit filed was that of the Nc
Cure Coke Company against Robert H.
Coleman, claiming an Indebtedness of $685.
7O702 This is an attachment suit, in
which Messrs. Charlton. Mackan &c An
derson represent the plaintiffs. The affi-
davit was made before Justice Waring
Russell. When placed in the hands Of
Sheriff W. F. Blois of the city court he
attached certain real estate mere which
is the property of Mr.. Coleman. or in
which he has an interest.
The attachments were levied against
Mr. Coleman's interest in lots q and %,
Jackson ward, on the west side OF Or
leans square, on which the old Haber-
sham house stands; his interest in Yam
acraw wharf lots No. 4 and the eastern
half of No. 3, on which the old rice
mills stand, and lots No. 29 and 30, Jack
son ward, with improvements. This prop
erty is to be held under attachment I'M
bae Il
Mcclure Coke Company gives a bond OF
$4,000 for any damages that may ac-
crue to the defendant through the suit.
Mr.. Coleman is well known in Savannah.
He was interested in large coal mine
in Pennsylvania, but had practically to
give 1t up at the time of the failure of
the Pennsylvania Steel Company, of which
concern he held a good deal of collateral
John Edward O'Sullivan by his next
friend, Capt. j. +. Brooks, filed a suit
against the Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railroad Company for $4,000 damages.
Sept. II, 1894, when he was 16 years old, he
states, he was on a freight train within
the city limits and was ordered to get off
by an employee, who drew a pistol on him
and threatened to shoot if he did not obey.
In the excitement incident on this
action of the trainman, he states,
he fell under the train and had
his right leg mashed SO that it
had to be amputated at the ankle. He
claims that the accident was due to care
employee who drew the pistol. O'Sullivan
was one of the boys who had been in the
habit of jumping on the trains. This is the
second time this suit has been filed, it
having been non-suited when it last came
up
Early winn, by his next friend, Drew
II. Ward, and through his attorneys,
Messrs. Seabrook a Morgan, filed a suit
for $4,000 damages against Receivers
Young and Collins of the Electric Railway
Company on account OF damages received
being a a Z Castor street
lane and Price street on the night of July
6, 1895. He claims that the lights on the
car were insufficient and that the motor
man failed to ring his bell. His injuries,
he states have seriously impaired his
ability to earn a livelihood
Annie e. Smith, through her attorney, J..
W. Carter, Esq, filed a bail in troVer ac-
ton against Henry Suffer for the recov-
cry of two watches which she claims as
her property. 1t appears that the watches
were borrowed by party who pawned
them, and put up the pawn tickets with
Suffer for a debt he owed him. Suffer re-
deemed the watches, and the plaintiff made
a demand for them, but he refused to give
them up They are valued at $500.
d. Klein q Bro, through Messrs. Charl-
ton, Mackal & Anderson, and Mr.. Walter
c. Hartridge, filed a suit against the
Ocean Steamship Company for $40 with
interest from April IS, 1892 this amount
being claimed to be due on lot of uni
by that firm.
O. Corrinne Cartin, through her at
torneys, Messrs. A. L. Alexander & W.
j. Morrison, filed suit for damages in
the sum of $1,0l5 against W. A. Susong,
the successor to the Chatham Furniture
Company. The ground of her suit is that
she bought a bed room suit and an oak
table from the company in 1892 on the in
stallment plan, on which she paid all bur
Q cents, as her receipts showed, but the
defendant claimed $17 as the amount due,
and she refused to pay it. On this ac-
count she says the furniture was levied on
by Constable Ike Nathans, but was given
pack to her after a week by Justice Ell
singer, after a hearing. During this week
she says she had to sleep on the floor,
through which she was made sick. on
account Of this levy she claims the dam
ages mentioned.