Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-09
S45,0OO DAMAGES
Is THE SUN TOTAL ASKED
VARIOUS PERSONS
Thre ugh jackson & Starr. Attorneys
Ons Suit Against the City and the
Other Against thes Big Four and
the Pennsylvania, Respective y.

| Ofher Against fhes BIG Four and
the Pennsylvania, Rsspsctivey.
| This was essentially a day for dam
age suits at the court house. Within
ten minutes there were fled at the
Office of the clerk of the court, this
forenoon, FIVE damage suits, ageregst-
| ing in amount. S45 900 in the demands
| made. One was against the city of
Richmond. and was for So 900. while
the other four were against the Big
Fcnr and the Pennsylvania companies,
respectively.
THE CITY CASE.
she case against the city is that of
Oliver Pickett, who claims that he was
injured by falling into a sort of pit
FALL left in the making of a sewer
across the sidewalk on the vest side
Of Fit. Wayne avenue, north of the
railroad, near the intersection of nortn
Z street and close to Starr park. He
alleges that his injuries would not
have occurred except that the city and
her employees had been negligent in
the matter of closing up the ditch and
rendering it safe place to cross.
THE BIG FOUR CASE
The suit against. the Big Four is en-
titled George II. Eggemeyer, admins
traitor of the estate of the late William
B aldwin, deceased, VS.. the Cleveland
Cincinnati, Chicago & ST. Louis rail
way, for damages. Demand $4,000
Baldwin was killed on the Big Four
near New Trenton, Frsnklin county.
Indiana, March 8, 1898. He was a
brakeman on that road at the time.
The administrator claims that the
death was due to the negligence of the
defendant. Baldwin was a resident
and a native of the western part of
this county
DOC" FUsoN's SUIT.
The suit of J. E. Fuson, freight
conductor, was fled also. He asks
| $40, 900 damages for alleged injuries
III which he claims his skull was frac
tured, his wrist broken and other in
iuries inflicted. The train on which
Euson was running, according to the
complaint, was running westward, be-
tween Hamilton and Richmond. when
the coupler on a Nandalia ear be
came broken, causing the train to
| break into two sections. The proper
signals were given and the usual effor,
was made to stop the train by setting
the brakes on the hind section
The engineer, according to the fur
| Their statement, stopped his engine
on down grade when the sec
| tions were about twenty car-lengths
apart, and the coming together of the
two sections threw Fuson from the
train inflicted on him the injurie:
| stated, together with others almost
too numerous to mention. He claims
! 4 defective coupler and the negligence
~ the engineer as Tho ellen euts OF ths
company's culpability in the matter.
This was in december 1897.
J. Z. STANTON.
John Stanton. fireman, who was
hurt near Campbellston, Richmond di-
vision September 10 last. by the giving
way of stake on the side of the 10
comotive, asks for $1,000 damages
All these suits were fled by Jackson &
Starr.
OTHER COMPLAINTS.
Jackson & Starr. in addition to the
above list of complaints. have filed the
suit of the Richmond Loan & Savings
Association VS.. William Almetzer e'
al on note. and to foreclese mortgage
Demand 800.
The Sandwich Manufacturing com
pany vs.. Fl. Cheesman ct al, on note
and to foreclose chattel mortgage
Demand $500. Also by Jackson &
Starr.
Same attorneys file suit of Second
National bank VS.. Stephen and AIMS
| Thomas, to set aside fraudulent con
lveyance.
| Same file suit of Richmond Loan
Savings association vs. Il. Q AustiI
ct al, on note. and to foreclose. De
mand $3.50.
Same file suit of same VS.. Rebeccs
Cleckner ct al, on note and to fol g
close mortgage. Demand $500.
Same file suit of Abigail j. Need
ham VS.. Francis NJ. Lee, on note. De
mand.
S. c. Whitesell filed the complain
of William Steinbrink vs.. the city o
Richmond and William Wagner, con
Tractor. The demand is 1925.