The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-01
CITY MUST PAY
For it's Negligence in Two Cases
Where Persons Were Injured.


AS result of two opinions handed
down by the judges of the northern de-
apartment of the court of appeals last
night, the city of Topeka will be out
81, 400.
The opinions are in damage cases
against the city, one for 81, 900 and the
other for $500, and affirnns the decisions
of the Shawnee county circuit court in
awarding damages in these amounts to
the plaintiffs.
The $4,000 damage case was that of
Geo. w. Bradshaw, an old man in the
neighbOrhOOd of 20 years of age, who
nue. on October "a, 1891, and fractured
his right leg. He brought suit in the
circuit court of Shawnee county to re-
cover $40, 500 damages, and was award
ed s., 600.
Pleasant Smelser is the plaintiff in the
$500 damage case. Smelser was injur-
ed at the bridge across the Shunganun-
ga on Lincoln street on the evening of
January H. 1890. He was modest in his
claim for damages, asking but $3.50, and
| the jury in the county circuit court
gave him S400
Besides the opinion in these two dam
age cases against the city. opinions in
81 cases originating in the eastern di-
vision, were handed down last night.
| They are the following:
Lille Morris VS.. S. r. Brown ct. al.
Brown county; affirmed.
John Watts vs.. J. w. Naylor, Shaw
nee county; reversed.
Lawrence Canning company VS. The
H. D. Lee Mercantile company, Show
nee county; affirmed.
Board of County Commissioners of
Doniphan County, Kan, VS.. David AL
len, Doniphan; affirmed.
w. w. Manspeaker ct. al, VS.. Caro-
| line H. Pipher ct. al, Shawnee; affirm
ed.
James Jensen vs. Obidiah Jordon,
Brown county; affirmed.
Alkaline Crane VS.. Charles R. Hughes,
WyandOtte county; reversed.
Thomas r Gb
line Floyd, Wyandotte county; affirm
ed.
Jasper EDDIE vs.. Pash-pah-o, a minor,
Brown county; reversed.
Atlantic Trust company ct. al VS.
G. J. Prescott ct. IT,, Shawnee county;
dismissed.
Lombard Investment company VS.. S.
B. Barker, Wyandotte; dismissed.
Jesse N. Roach ct all. VS. John H
Barry, sheriff, AtchisOn county; affirm
ed.
Salathial Thompson VS.. w. D. Webb
Brown county; affirmed.
S R Smith vs. City of LeavenWorth,
Leavenworth county; reversed.
Peter c. McGilvray VS.. Elias AOser,
Brown county; affirmed.
Henry L. Stevens ct. al, VS. Geo. H
Blake, ct. al, Douglass county; affirm
ed
Daniel Abbott vs.. Board of County
Commissioners of Johnson county, ct
al, johnson county; reversed.
John Gibbins VS.. Y. V. Adamson,
jackson county; affirmed.
Charles T. Daley VS.. J. B. Bartholo-
NEW, Shawnee county; reversed.
Leavenworth Coal Co. VS.. JnO Ratch-
ford, Leavenworth county; affirmed.
A, T. & S. f. r. r. Co. VS. S. S. Peter
son, sheriff, ct. al, WyandOtte county;
affirmed.
Jacob Bryan VS.. P. NJ. Jeffrey, ct al,
Nemaha county; reversed.
Consolidated Kansas City Smelling
and Refining Co. VS.. Joseph Tinchert
Wyandotte county; affirmed.
Geo. w. Williams VS.. John StoWeI
Nemaha county; affirmed.
Dwelling House Insurance Co. VS.. The
Kansas Loan & Trust Co. trustee, Shaw
nee county; affirmed.
Geo. NJ. Peters, ct. al, VS.. John Bran
don, ct al, Leavenworth county; re-
versed.
Mary E. Hesseltine VS.. ]. B. NTcAffee
ct. al, Shawnee county; reversed
Charles Hahn VS.. August KorduIa
Wyandotte county; affirmed.
w. NJ. Hedge VS.. Charles Shedd, ct
AL Brown county; dismissed.
Geo, W; Garretson vs.. G., K. & n. Ry.
Co, ct. al, Brown county; dismissed.
W. p. Gleason, ct al, VS. Abram
Strauss, ct. al, Jackson county; affirm
cd