The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-19
MANY SUITS FOR DAMAGES.
RETURN DAY BRINGS BIG BATcn
INTO THE CITY COURT.

Because He Says the Defendant
Against Insurance Comprehensive
Their Levy Wants $4,000 From
the Central Railroad for the
Death of Her Son-M. A. Black Sues
for Malicious Prosecution.
Return day in the City Court yesterday
brought in the usual number of cases,
which are filed there every term. AS it
always happers, many of the lawyers
waited until the last minute, and most
of the suits were filed late in the after
noon
Most of the suits were on notes and ac-
of them were against well-known Savan-
nahians. whose notes do not appear to
have been met promptly. or there has
been some dispute about them.
One of the most interesting of the suits
is that of w. w. Collins against s. L.
Newton. The plaintiff wants $1,000 dam
ages. He charges that the defendant sold
him diseased ham,one which was poison
Gus and unwholesome. He ate some of the
ham, and it made him sick. The plaintiff
said he had been sick ever since, and had
suffered much physical, as well as mental,
agony as the result of it.
w. d. Baggs. worshipful master of AL
tamaha Lodge, f. & A. M, at Johnston
Station, filed suit for S5O4.62, the amount
claimed to be due by the Aetna Insurance
Company on fire insurance policy on the
property of that lodge. The property was
destroyed by fire some time ago, and the
company refused to pay the loss.
Dora Maril filed suit for 500 against the
Robinson Printing Company as principal
and ?. b. Springer as surety on four notes
aggregating the amount named.
Henry Worthington of New York city
filed bail in trover suit against the
Steyens-Clark Company for the purpose
OF recovering some machinery in the pos
session of the defendant which is claimed
by the plaintiff.
Rosalba C. Salas filed suit against the
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
of New York to recover $1,000, the amount
of two policies of $1,000 each on the life of
Augustus C. Salas, who died Sept. 3. 1897
She alleges that the deceased was indebted
to her in the sum of $3,6e752, and states
that although she had made demand for
the amount Of the policies it has been
refused.
w. A. Susong filed suit for 5000 dam
ages against the Florida Central and PEN
insular Railroad. He had a shipment of
horses from Tennessee some time ago and
alleges that one of them was lost whilef
another was badly bruised. The defendant
company filed an answer stating that the
horses were turned over to the plaintiff in
the same condition in which they received
them from the Southern Railway Company
for transportation to Savannah.
M. A. Black filed suit for $1,000 dam
ages against W. T. knight, charging ma
licious prosecution. He states that while
in the employ of J. p Cordray he was
sent around to collect some oil cans. For
so doing it appears, Knight had him ar
rested and charged with malicious mis-
chief. The case was dismissed by, Re-
corder Hartridge. and now Black wants
damages.
Joe Brown filed suit for 5000 damages
against the Savannah, Thunderbolt and
Isle of Hope Railway. He claims
he was thrown from car
rear the Cathedral Cemetery on
Sept &c, 1897, as a result of which his
thumb was broken and he was otherwise
badly injured.
Esther Levy filed suit against the Cen
$4,000 damages for the killing of her son,
Morris Sobel. Sobel was delivering meats
on the wharves along River street on the
morning of Feb. Is, when he was struck
by a switch engine and run over His
mother states that he was earning $40 a
month, and that she was dependent on
him for support.
Anne N. Cleary fled suit for SIS dam
ages against the Charleston and Savan-
nah Railroad for burning some timber
on her land near Monteith when the right
of-way was being cleared.
d. It. Wight, driver for A. Enrich &
Bro, filed suit for $1,000 damages against
the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of
Hope Railway Co. He charges that a
car of that company ran into him at
Duffy and Jefferson streets Nov. Is, 1897.
badly injuring his hip and back.
c. M. Lowther filed a suit for 81 900 dam
ages against the mayor and aldermen of
the city and against the City and Subur-
ban Railway Co. for personal injuries,
caused by the fact, as he charges that their
tracks were several inches above the
street on Barnard street when they should
have been at grade. He was driving from
Barnard into Hull street and being thrown
out, alleges that he was badly injured.
Other suits in which time of fling will
be waived win probably come in during
the next two or three days.