The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-07

DIR. j. j. Laneity Thinks Ito is Wrongly
Prnsec ted.

Rev. DR.. J. J. Lanerty yesterday filed
a bill i'm the Law and Equity Court. pray.
ing that W. s. Hardison be enJoined
from prosecuting a certain suit against
him. The bill sets forth that IN l&2 Har'
olson applied TO Or. Laferty for work
at his mill az Crozet I'm Albemarle coun-
~, and that, taking pity on his forlorn
condition. he had given Harrison WORK
at 81 p per day. boarding him at his own
table; that the man proved 10 be lncom-
petent. but was still permitted 10 work
and finally had a spell Of sickness al
Dr. Lafferty's house at very great expense
10 the Doctor.
Subsequently Harrison said that he had
a lot of old saw-mill material In North
Carolina which he proposed that Dr.
Lafferty should send for and purchase
such Of IL as he could use. The Doctor
advanced the money 10 pay freigh'
charges. and the material which is de-
scribed as a lot Of old Junk. was taken
to Crozet. together with three yoke of
miserably poor oxen, the property OF
Harrison.
Or. Lafferty used a small part Of the
Junk" and agreed 20 pay for 1t, but IL
was not worth more than $50. Upon the
material and the oxen he advanced 5000
with the understanding that Harrison
would refund the same, but this was
never done.
During all this time Hardison made
no claim whatever upon DR.. Lafferty. but
afterwards came to Richmond and told
Dr. Lafferty's son that the Doctor pro-
posed 10 give him two or three hundred
dollars for the stuff and drew SlZs on ac-
count. The Doctor was very indignant
when ne heard this and Hardison suisse
qsentiy went to his room al the TX
49, FIN t.Ff q h. IlI md ~
declared that he meant no harm, and
begged for money. The Doctor read him
a moral lecture. and let him go. But the
money was not returned by Harrison,
and this sWelled HardisOns Indebtedness
to him 10 at least $3.50.
The Doctor thought that this was the
last he would know OF Hardison, but
to his great surprise Hardlson subsequent
~ rendered him an account for services
tat s. per day. junk. and oxen, amount
ing 10 1920 Doctor Lafferty believes
that Hardlson knew of the requirements
Of the discipline OF the Methodist church
that members Of that denomination shall
upon the demand Of one OF the parties
submit their differences 10 arbitration
and also believes that Hardison expected
that the Doctor would pay hush money
At any rate Hardison called for arbltra-
ton, and the Doctor had TO submit. DR.
W. j. Jones. j. II. Warden. and Rev.
Dr. K. y. Siedd were the committee They
met at CrOzet, in a barn. on a bitter
cold day. and Or. Sledd was IN great
hurry 80 leave because Of the Illness Of
his wife. No Witnesses for Or. Lafferty
were called or allowed 10 testify. and
the committee. without investigating the
case. finally compromised on $40 fol
Harrison.
Dr. Laffery bitterly opposed their. adj
justment. and asked that the question
be reOpened at q more suitable time.
DR. Sledd said that the case had not
been investigated. and all the. arbitrators
agreed to reopen. but Hardison objected,
and the committee decided that they had
no right to reopen. Or. Lafferty gave
notice of his purpose to fight this award
and demanded that Hardison file the
same in the Circuit Court of Albemarle
as the submission required. when the
Doctor would protest against H. But
Harrison instead. after threats that he
would do so. brought charges against
Or. Lafferty in the Methodist church.
But the charges were dismissed, and the
Doctor eXOnerated.
The above are the facts as set forth in
the bill Harrison subsequently brought
suit in the Law and Equity Court. esti
mating his damages at 5000. Hence the
petition for an injunction has been filed.