Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-28
THE CITY c|NcHEO
&c., --
Two More Men Get Judgmen
For Damages.
FULL AMOUNT AWARDED
In Each CaSe--An Alleged Gutter
Turned Loose in Judge
Clancy's Court.
FULL o AWARDED

Another suit for damages to property
growing out of Mayor H~arrington's dis
position to cut down streets of the city
and leave houses at either side accessible
by balloon only was tried before a jury in
Judge Lindsay's court today. The plain
tiff was Michael Holland and the de-
PENDANT the City of Butte. Like hundreds
Of other poor people whose prayers for
reimbursement for municipal damage to
their little homes have been given the
horse laugh by the present mayor, Mr..
Holland objected to having his residence
left so high that it could not be reached
with a combination ladder and sued the
city. To prevent the front of his lot from
falling out and possibly burying passing
pedestrians beneath it, Holland built a
. retaining wall and some stone steps
leading UP to the house and asked the
city to stand a portion of the expense.
Thu latter, however, thought that an old
wooden stairway would not have cost
enough to make it an object for Holland
to ask the corporation to bear the ex-
pense and refused to consider his claim.
He sued for $500 and the jury gave him
a verdict for the full amount.
Andrew J. Less had a similar expert
ence with Mayor Harrington's admins
tration. In order to make a financial
showing half as good as that of William
! Thompson. Harrington refused to sane
ton the payment of Less claim OF $ooO
for damages and Less sued the city. AS
soon as the Holland case was finished the
! suit was tried before the court without
a jury and the plaintiff walke off with
a verdict Of guilty in his pocket, the
court giving him judgment for the full
amount.
One of the numerous cases already
tried and pending is to be appealed to
the supreme court and OF the decision IN
it will rest the fate of the entire batch.
Jacob Janieksella is a lucky boy.
Abou two months ago he and ano- 1er
]youngster engaged in a fight with Con
Maxi and in some way not generally
known the latter emerged from the
fracas with a few holes in his flesh, the
result of conjunction with the blade OF q
knife. Janieksella was arrested in con-
nection with the affair, it being alleged a
the time that he welded the knife, anc
was kept in the county JAN untl 'nl
morning when his case was called 10
trial. Before commencing the task o
securing a jury the county attorney con
suited the complaining witness, a strap
ping big man, and learned that thef'
was some question as to J~anleksella
guilt. Not wishing to go to Irlal Wlthou
a good basis for securing a conVlctlo'
the prosecutor then moved for a dls
missal of the action and the court suS
tanned lin. Janieksella was the mos
surprised cub that ever entered ina
court room. He looked at the Judge, the
at the county attorney and ms own iesd
commemorative and sat still, m |
regard the move as a scheme to get mn
to run so those present could all take
shot at him. Finally he made an attemp
to get up. but dropped back so SUDDEN
that he unconsciously threw out ms arm
to prevent himself from 'hIous
the floor, Then his attorney helped MI
ont of his lemm and with a smile o
his face that drew his mouth INTO
strong resemblance to a cut from
watermelon he staggered TO the uo'
ard disappeared.