The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-25
HIS TELEPHONE DIDN'T WORK.
VETERINARY SURGEON JAsME SUES
THE BELL COMPANY.

Bills Because the Telephone
wouIdn't Work. He says-NeEii-
gence and Incompetence of the
COmpany's Employees Alleged as
the Cause of His Troubles.
Suit has been filed in the City Court
against the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany by a subscriber, alleging that he mas
been damaged in the sum of 500 10y the
defective condition of his telephone dur
ing several weeks last fall, due TO me
negligence and incompetency Of the COM
pany's employees.
The suit was filed by Hayward & Hey
ward. attorneys for DR.. A. Jasme.
The petitioner states that Or. Jasme is
engaged in the practice of his profession
as a veterinary surgeon in this CITY, ana
that he had placed in his office a telephone
by the Southern Bell Telephone Company.
for which he contracted to pay $62 per
year. The telephone. he states, gave sat
isfaction up to about Aug. l, When it got
out of order Notice was given the COM
pany. At intervals during about six
weeks, he states, the company
sent several of it's employees to discover
and remedy the defect and it was not
until the last man sent out by the COM
pany, about Sept. TO- that the defect was
remedied in satisfactory manner.
DR.. Jasme says he was informed by this
man. whose name is unknown to him,
that the difficulty arose from a defect
which should have been detected by the
other employees of the company who had
examined the telephone, had they been
competent and responsible, and that the
defect had existed from the time of the
first complaint to he compenay
Dr. Jasme AYERS that by reason of the
incompetency and failure of the employees
of the company to detect and Immediately
remove the defect, loss and dam
age resulted to him for six weeks. Many
of his patrons, failing to get a response
from him over the wires of the company,
gave their business 10 other veterinary
surgeons of the city and others whose
animals were under his treatment, being
unable to communicate with him by rea-
son of the defect in the telephone, refused
10 pay their bills.
DR.. Jasme alleges that he has suffered
serious loss i'm his business by reason of
the proper want of care and diligence in
supplying him with telephone suitable
to carry out the ordinary purposes to
which telephones are applied, and it's fail
ure TO keep the telephone in repair in ac-
cordance with its agreement, and by the
carelessness and incompetency of the SER
wants of the company He therefore asks
for damages in the sum of $500
This is the first suit that has ever been
brought against the telephone company by
a subscriber in Savannah on the ground
OF detective service. The point at issue
is the liability of the telephone company
to it's subscribers for insufficient or defect
i've service, ana as such the case is of con-
siderable interest
In the City Court yesterday suit was
filed by S. c. Catherwood through his at
torneys, Garrard, Meldrim & Newman
against the Savannah, Thunderboldt and
Isle of Hope Railway for the
sum of 5000. being DANA ges
claimed for the death of the son of
the petitioner Leon Catherwood alleged to
De the result of negligence on the part of
the railway company
Ihe petition states that last Dec. IA
Catherwood, a boy years OF age. was on
Apercorn street. where he had a perfect
right TO be. A motor car with trailer at
tacneo, which had been nsed for hauling
iron, came along. The petition states thar
there was only one man on the front car
the motorman, and none on the trail car
ana that there was no light on either car
Inc trailer was attached to the motor car
oy an iron bar about ten feet in length. IT
was about dusk when the car passed
Inc petition states that the boy. seeing
the motor car pass, and not seeing the
trailer, 1t being too dark and there he
ing no light on it, attempted to cross the
stree. Ia the rear of the motor car, when
ne was Knocked down by the trail car ana
dragged a distance of 1O5 feet. SUSTAINING
injuries which resulted in his death a few
days later
The railway company is charged with
neshgence on various grounds, chiefly be-
cause OF the motor and trail sars being
separated distance of ten feet instead
of being closely joined together. that the
car was running at a high and unusual
rate OF speed and that there was no light
Yesterday was return day in the City
Court and number of suits were filed
AS usual the majority are not of speciei
interest The number of suits fled was
not as great as usual
So many of the Savannah attorneys
were absent yesterday in Atlanta in at
tehdahce upon the Supreme Court that no
business was transacted in the Superior
suit to-day. The petit Jurors were ordar
ed discharged until tomorrow tnornjpo
\ letter was received yesterday nv Hon
Hampton L. Ferril from Congressman
w u. Brantley of the Eleventh district
N~tNt'Ap HAaAA " AAAiIlSn luG writer with tho
narles of all survivors of the Indian u,ars
from 1882 to 1856 residing in Savannah
aho also the names of widows
ana helrs of persons who served
In SUCH wars The information is desitn1
for the benefit of these persons.
Judge Ferrill knows of no / dian war
survivors in Chatham county. There was
one Indian war pensioner, a Mrs. Black
who died some time since.
number of the members of the AVIAN
nah bar have gone up to Atlanta 10 an
pear before the Supreme Court. Among
those who went up last night were Messrs
w w. Gordon, Jr., T. NJ. Cunningham
Jr., ". S. Chisholm and w. L. CLAW
Steve Brodie, the bridge jumper has
had his tonsils removed by a surgeon nj
Syracuse, N. Y. The Bowery actor and
saloon keeper believes that this will re-
lieve his voice of much of the hoarseness
which has hitherto characterized il,
Bishop Coleman of Delaware was pub
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