White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-25

company for the loss Of that member.
1t would have bean to his interest had
he lost all his fingers instead of a hand,
could that have been arranged; but as
he lost the whole hand, the iury decide
he had been deprived of only S4700 of
his natural life capital For two hands,
( the number allowed to human being,
| the legal valuation would therefore be
S9i00 In the case of the loss OF a whole
! arm, the dollar value, acc 3rdlng tD thu
ruling OF tue courts. is even les, than
that awarded for the hands alone. Mrs.
Davidson, a lady 81 years Of age, was de-
| prved OF her right arm in a railroad
collision, for which the Texas Railroad
company had to foot the bill A jury
docidel that the loss meant about 5000
worth Of damage to the injured lady, but
/ the supreme court overruled the decis
! ion and reduced the amount to $1,000.
This places the value of two arms at
S5COJ
Ribs arc costly Farmer Qninn Of
Long Island, who sued for damages
when he had three ribs broken in "a
Loug Island railroad collision, recovered
damages to the extent OF 5000. This
being the quotation for three ribs, it
follows that every man with the normal
allowance of ribs, is possessed of 10000
in that portion Of his frame.
Thigh bones are also valued at fancy
figures. Charles Thompson had a
thigh bone broken in a collision on the
line of the Louisville Railroad company,
and sympathetic jury came to the
conclusion, after learning that the leg
had to be sacrificed, that the injury to
the thigh was worth to Thompson sl5,-
600. A man with two sound legs can,
therefore, congratulate himself on being
worth 100000 in these two members.
Legs can be quoted at various prices,
according to the position of the break,
that necessitates their removal. Thus
w III dIl ANlOOIOs NllO SuJll ll1O -lhtttlopIl
Railroad company for the loss of a leg
below the knee got $4,000 damages to re
pay him. The railroad company con
sidereG this was a pretty high quotation
for human legs and they took the case
to the supreme court There it WAS de,
clded that leg was worth $4,000
Two legs, therefore, be worth $4,000 to
their owner. The toes are valued at
$1,000 apiece, or $40 900 Tor ten toes The
$lC00 isure was the decision arrived al
by a jury in Norfolk, Va, in the case OF
David Burge against the Norfolk and
West Virginia railroad passing over his
foot.
The hearing OF man is valued nj
5000 which John Hamilton got from
the Third avenue cable road for deaf
ness caused by being thrown from his
wagon in collision between the wagon
and cable car. Two ears, $1,000.
Nerves are not valued at a high price
Simpson Waldron managed TO secure
only $1,000 from the st. Paul Railroad
company WHOM he sued for damages OF
account OF his shattered nervous system
after a wreck, in which he was badly
shaken up. Most people would be glaC
to part with their nerves for less THAI
this, but according to the jury valuatio'
this is the figure at which they should
be quoted. The lungs are priced al
5000 James Hand sued the Union
Pacific Railroad company for damage
after an accident that caused the weak
enIng OF his lungs, and a jury concluded
that lungs were worth to Ll;.n the sun
Of s50C0
) The value OF the whole anatomy o
, man has been placed in round numbers
: 10y jury at S25,0)0 Francis Holland,
j perfectly healthy man, was so injured il
; an accident on the Chicago Railroad
! Company's limo, as to become a menta
, and physical wreck, without the slight
+ est hope of recovering his faculties
The jnry decided the company ought t,
, pay $500 to console him FOR the los
OF mental and physical health. HaC
} they awarded damages according to tn
foregoing amount fixed upon at variou
J times AS the valuation OF the hnmal
/ frame, they would have given Mr.. Hol
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