The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-12
ANACONDA NEWS.
WANTS $4,000 DAMAGES
w. B. May Sues the City of Ana
conda.
RAN OVER A BIG BOULDER
Complaint States That the Plaintiff
Received a Broken Leg and Other
Injuries From Which He VIII
Never Fully Recover.
RAN OVER A BIG BOULDER

Deer Lodge county is getting to pe
rather prominent in the matter Vi pis
damage suits, and If the thing keeps
mn. the courts of this district Will sooii
rival those of Silver Bow in cases Wheie
large amounts of money are lhNoiNeo
Not long ago suit was filed IN tne ~
trict court by J. p. Reins against JOSEPH
"A. HYDE for about 1000 On the % ,iie
date another suit for damages iieois
ing $4,000 was instituted by Mfs. wa
ter against A. II. Mitchell. Io-oay d
$4,000 case between franz Snnois
narties is to be tried. George =. s - ooa
has sued the city of Anaconda LOT so'ooo,
and to make the number or cases iouliu
ont nicely W. B. May yesterday com
menced a suit against the city ol Ana
conda for $40, 900 as damages
The complaint in the case sets loTlh
that the city of Anaconda Is an incorpo-
rated city and as such 1t Is the duty OF
the said city to make ana lay oue
streets and thoroughfares for the con-
venience of the public and it is further
the duty of the said city of Anaconda
to keep the said streets and thorough
fares ia a good and safe condition. For
this purpose by virtue of an ordinance
passed Sept. 5, 1888. the ONCE Oh STREET
commissioner was established anu an
ordinance was also passed estapllsHiiS
and laying out streets and alleys III the
city of Anaconda.
The complaint further alleges tndt oii
or about the Sd day of July, 1885, anu
for a long time prior thereto, there was,
near the corner of Pine street ana Pafk
avenue. in the said city, large rock
or boulder lying upon said Pine street,
which said boulder was dangerous 70
the life and safety of any person or
persons who might travel over sala
street at night. The presence OF the
rock and the dangerous character
thereof had been. or ought to have been,
known to the city of Anaconda and It's
officers, and it was wrongfully and
negligently permitted to remain there
until about the 9Th day of July, 1897.
That on the night of the Sd day OF
July, 1897. and while the said boulder
was negligently left lying in the center
of the said Pine street, this plaintiff
was lawfully travelling on said street
and lawfully driving a wagon there
over and was wholly unaware of the
danger and wholly unaware of the
presence of said boulder. and while so
lawfully driving the wagon, said wagon
accidentally and without fault or neg
1igence on the part of the plaintiff, ran
over the boulder. throwing this plaintiff
from said wagon to the ground in a vio
lent manner. The plaintiffs leg was
broken and he received great bodily in
juries, from which he will never fully
recover. and he was made sick and sore
and suffered great bodily and mental
pain to this plaintiffs damage in the
sum of 10000
That by reason of the injuries SO re-
ceived as aforesaid the said plaintiff
was compelled to expend for medical
attendance and nursing the sum of 5000
That on or about the Both day of Octo-
her 1897, the plaintiff presented a claim
10 the city of Anaconda for $40. 900
which claim. on the Sth day of January
1898, the city council of the said city re-
fused, and still refuses, to pay. Where
fore judgment for $40, 200 is prayed for
Rodgers & Rodgers are the attorneys
for May.