The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-10-22
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NORRIS COUNTY t uRTs.
Important Civil suits Hcsd- Grand
Jury Expected. .in ii llas.

OoAJ A1A PCSNeNA tf41s
The time of the Morris lefats courts
disposition Of ca caseA hslofe Chief
Justice Magic ana the il estigation Of
criminal cases by the q Jury. A
number of civil cases hay AHeady been
disposed of by Justice Ma
The first case tried was Ithat of Eliza
beth Carpenter against John N. Conk-
ling, David F. Leonard q Elizabeth j .
Voght which was an act Aejectment
to recover an alleged It'll property in
possession of the defend on Speed
we'll avenue. The case not finished,
it being discovered that 5e blaintiff had
disposed of her interest Il hA attorney,
G. Frank Axtell. since tne commence
ment of the suit and the cdart held, in
dismissing the action, thai lie suit must
be brought in the nam 6f the new
owner.
The case of Thomas O. Hllock against
the D., L. & w. RailroA Co., which
was re-trial of the SUI originally
brought by the plaintiff TO recover
damages for an assault cbmmitted upon
him by the defendants employees while
endeavoring to force the bla3ntiff to place
some parcels which he carried into the
express car for transportatidn resulted in
a verdict in favor of BUllack for 81 .25,
the value of the goods. Bullock origin
ally recovered verdicB for 81 ,O06
against the company, bus the Supreme
Court set the award aside. holding that
under the contract embodied in the
ticket under which he WIS riding, gave
him no right to carry parcels in the car,
and they were justified in ejecting him,
but adding that they had 10 authority tc
confscate his parcels. Ths case will be
again carried up for further adjudica-
| tion.
The case of Thomas GK Bullock VS.,
Albert Datz to recover thegsalue of some
books belonging to the plaintiff unlaw-
fully held by the defendant, resulted in
the jury rendering verdict in favor of
the plaintiff for $40.
The next case tried was that of Almira
Dabbs VS.. Thomas Cook ,et ais, to re-
cover damages alleged to have been sus-
tanned by reason OF lnjurks received by
falling into an unguardeQ hole up
on the premises of the dkendants, who
were laundrymen in Dssfer and with
whom the plaintiff was Employed. AT
the time Mrs. Dabbs fell Mo the hole il
was filled with boiling wEter and she
was terribly scalded The defendants
denied liability on the grcand tnat Mrs,
Dabbs knew Of the dslS S2rfof the hole
The verdict was fof sJ0J tf saVOr IF liz
plaintiff.
In the case Of William Jordan against
Edward w. Howell, builder, and John
Walters, owner, which was, suit upon
lien claim for wages for work done fo1
the defendants. Judgment was given for
the full amount claimed, like verdict
being rendered in a suit brought by
Stephen Henry against the same defend
ants upon like claim.
The case of Edward W. Howell
against John Walters to recover the
amount due the plaintiff upon contract
for building house for the defendant,
resulted in verdict for the plaintiff for
$571.
The Grand Jury adjourned at o'clock
this afternoon, finding nineteen bills OF
Indictment. 1t is said there were no in
dictments of Morristown liquor dealers.