The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-07
LOWRY SUIT WAS settled
Scranton Traction Company Agreed
TO Pay Him $4,000.
ANOTHER SUIT MAS BEGUN
ThOmasJ. O'MaIlcy OF South WyominS
Avenue, Is the Plaintiff and lie Asks
100000 from the Traction Co.
North Fad Sland:r suit.

This is the last week of common pleas
court. Judge Edwards is presiding in
the main court room and Judge Arch
bald in No. >. The ejeCtment suit of
James NJ E.verhart aginst George +.
Nesbitt and G. Mortimer Lewis, of
Wilkes Barre. for thirty-siX acres Of
land in Roaring Brook township, which
was resumed in the court room of the
United States building. The case will
so to the jury today.
There was another case on last week
which had not been finished. 1t was
the trespass suit of &, :. Lowry against
the Scranton Traction company for S2j,-
OOo damages. Attoiney John +. Kelly
and Joseph O'Brien representing the
plaintiff. and Attorney Horace T.. Hand.
the defendant arrived at an agreement
on Saturday and a verdict of $1,000 was
taken without proceeding with the case
any further. Mr.. Lowry was perman-
emily injured in a street car accident
! on the Providence line two years ago
and sustained Il severe rupture. Be
fore the accident he was an ableboded
man, bur since he has not been able
to do much work and he also suffers
great pain.
ANOTHER TRACTION SUIT.
AS soon as the Lowry suit was dis
posed of another action for damages
against the Traction company was put
on trial before Judge Archibald in No
2, Thomas ]. O'Malley, of South Wyo-
ming avenue, is the plaintiff and he is
represented by Attorneys John p.
Kelly, Joseph OBrien and NJ. +. Sando.
Attorney Horace L. Hand is for the de-
fendant
The amount of damages claimed is
S20O"o. The first amount sued Tor was
100000, but the attorneys for the plain
tiff withdrew their declaration for this
amount and substituted one doubling
it. Mr. c'Malley is a wei! known resi-
dent of the South Side He was en-
ployed as engineer at the South Steel
mill until two years age. During the
summer of 1894 the mill was Idle and
he went to work on the streets for the
Barber Asphalt company. On June q
of that year a Green Ridge car on
North Washington avenue near Larch
street, ran him down and rolled him
about 100 yards. He was injured 50
severely that his body was q mass of
contusions
DIR. John O'Malley, of Spruce street,
the principal witness in the case for
the plaintiff, was ON the stand when
court adjourned. He was called to
treat the injured man and attended to
him. The doctor said that the plain
tif suffered from corCussion of the
spine, and lost about forty pounds in
weight. The injuries affected the ner-
VOus system to such extent that he is
changed from an easy-GCing, pacific
person to a very grabbed and morose
melanchOlic.
NORTH END ISLANDER SUIT.
Only one case was tried before judge
Edwards in the main court room. Enos
Flynn. the North End business man,
was plaintiff and Mrs. Annie Barrie,
defendant She was represented by
Attorney A. A. Chase. and Attorneys
Hulslander 4; Nosburg appeared for the
plaintiff. 1t was an action for $1,000
damages for s!ander
Mrs. Barrie was charged with going
out on the public highway before a
large number of people and there max
ing use of terms with r,&erence to Mr..
Fiynn's honesty. She denied the ac-
cusations and had two witnesses who
cOrroborated her, while the plaintiffs
side was equally strong with regard to
evidence that she used the language i'm
puted to her. The jury retired at 8
o'clock and at adjournment had not
agreed upon a verdict.