The morning news., 1899-02-07
SUING THE STREET RAILWAY.
FOUR PLAINTIFFS WANT DAMAGES
FOR INJURIES RECEIVED.

Mr.. e. L. Prince Asks for 10000
Damages for Loss of an Arm and
Other Injuries Received IA Year
AgO-N. L. Mckee, j. :. Kerr and
Mary DOOIey All Ask for Damages
for Injuries Received While Pas
sengers on the COmpany's Cars,
Which They Claim 10 Have Been
Due to Gross CareIessness and
Negligence of the Company and Its
Employees.
Among the defendants in damage suits
on the docket for the present term of the
City Court, the Savannah, Thunderbolt
and Isle OF Hope Railway heads the list,
both as to number of suits and amount of
damages sued for. There are four suits
against this corporation and the amounts
sued for vary from $500 to S2O,OOO
Mr.. E. L. Prince sues for the largest
amount. While riding his bicycle on the
Waters road, Feb. 9, 1885, on the way to
his home on Henry street. he was run
over by a Thunderbolt car at the Bolton
street junction, from the results of which
he suffered serious injuries, necessitating
the amputation of his left arm. His peti-
tion TO the court also states that several
ribs were crushed and broken and that he
has suffered much physical and mental
pain and irreparable damages the result
of the accident, At the time of the acci-
dent he was SO years old, and was earn
ing a salary of 800 per month.
The allegations in Mr.. Princes petition,
among others, are that the car dashed upon
the crossing without warning beng given
by ringing the bell, and without slowing
down at the crossing, as required by Jaw.
The railway company, in its answer, de-
nies the claim as to the carelessness and
negligence Of its employees and asserts that
Mr.. Prince undertook TO cross in front of
moving car at a place, and in a way
which made it impossible for him to do SO
without causing himself and his bicycle TO
fall upon the track.
The bicycle was totally wrecked by the
accident and for this Mr.. Prince asks $l0G
damages. Mr. Princes attorneys are Gig
nilliatt & Stubbs and Denmark, Adams &
Freeman. The attorneys for the railway
company in all of the cases are Barrow K
Osborne.
The next suit against the street railway
company is that of N. L. Mckee. who
states in his petition that while rassen-
ger on the Habersham street car on Nov. g.
he was struck in the head and body. by a
tree standing in Columbia square within
few inches of the track, and as a result
was thrown to the ground, unconscious by
the force of the blow He states that the
car was SO crowded that he could not OBJ
tain seat, and as it was dark, and other
people were standing up ahead of him, it
was impossible for him to see and avoid
the tree. He alleges gross negligence and
carelessness on the part of the railway
company in constructing its track so close
to the tree, in accepting him as passen-
ger without providing safe place for him
upon the car and not warning him of the
danger in standing in the position in which
he assumed. Mr.. Mckee asks for $1,000
damages Col George T. Cam is his at
torney.
J.. S. Kerr asks the court to award him
damages of $3.50 against the railway COM
pany for injuries and damages incurred as
the result of a collision on the Thunderbolt
line, Dec. 5. The petitioner states that he
was a passenger, that he was thrown out,
striking upon his head and losing several
teeth, besides having his clothing torn
and losing a pocketbook containing $50 in
money and valuable papers. He alleges that
the collision was due to the negligence
and carelessness of the companys en-
ployes Messrs. E. r MacKethan and ".
+. slater are the attorneys for Mr.. Kerr.
The fourth plaintiff against the railway
company is Mary Dooley, who demands
$1,000 for damages claimed 10 have been
inflicted on Nov. "A. She alleges that
she was passenger from Battery Park,
on her way to worship with Brother
Loves congregation at Bryan and Mont |
gomery streets. On arriving at West
Broad and Anderson streets, she, with
other passengers, was ordered to change
cars and take a car standing on another
track nearby. She undertook to do so, but
as she stepped upon the platform of the
second car the car started suddenly
throwing her TO the ground. her clothing
catching on some portion of the car and
causing her to be dragged several feet |
The plaintiff states that in consequence Of |
her condition there were serious results |
which have damaged her physically and
caused much physical and mental suffer- |
ing. On getting up from the ground, the |
petition states, she was informed by the |
conductor of the car which she had first |
taken that his order to change cars was |
an error and that she would have to re- |
turn to his car to reach her destination. |
She did so, but was sick in a short while |
and was compelled to return to her home |
The petitioner alleges that she after |
wards learned that the car which she was |
ordered to take and on which the acci- |
dent occurred did not go in the direction |
in which she was journeyng, but 10 an |
entirely different part of the CITY The |
resulting injuries to herself the plaintiff |
claims, were due to the gross negligence |
of the company's employees and the |
wrong order given by the conductor of |
the car on which she was first passen-
ger.