The age-herald., 1900-11-14
WAS FRESH CREST
 FOR DAMAGE MILL Lightning and Mule and Cow
 and Other Things SWELL THE MIGHTY VOLUME Claimants Again Run Riol In Filing Suits-Marriage Licenses and Di- vorces Desired-SmaIl Verdicts
 Rendered - Court News.
SWELL THE MIGHTY VOLUME

In the courts yesterday, the damage suit
 feature showed signs of renewed activity.
 One man occupied the entire time of the
 Criminal Court and will consume part of
 today. Some people wanted marriage H.
 censes and some divorces. There were some
 small verdicts and big suits.
 Circuit Court.
 In the Circuit Court the suit of Mark
 A. Collins vs. the Kansas City, Memphis
 and Birmingham Railroad Company is still
 on trial.
 William H. Martin. as administrator of
 the estate of Edward S. Martin, has filed
 suit against the Pratt-Ensley Light and
 Power Company for $20,O0O damages. He
 claims that on August 25, 1899, his intestate was rightfully in a room in Pratt City
 used by defendant as restaurant, and that
 the defendant had neglgently caused or allowed to remain in said room electric
 wires not properly insulated. and that a
 heavy charge of electricity was discharged
 into said room from said wire which caused
 the death of his intestate. A suit was recently brought by said plan- tiff against the Consolidated Electric Light
 Company for the same accident, but 1t was | non-suited
 Taylor Presley has filed suit against the Southern Railway Company for $100 dam- | ages, claiming that on September 19, 1900, | the defendant so negligently operated @ | train at McComb's trestle that 1t ran upon and killed mule belonging to plaintiff Louis Robinson has filed suit against the | Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company | for $500O damages. He claims that on De- | tober 3, 1900, while an employe of the de- l fendant and engaged in and about the busi- | ness of defendant, some of the cars which | defendant was operating collided with oth-
 CTS with great force, causing plaintiff to fall | against one of said cars, receiving certain | injuries.
 City Court. In the first division of the City Court in the suit of John c. Howard vs. B. B. | Conner, there was verdict for plaintiff of l $10.
 In the case of McGeever Furniture Com- | pany vs J. K Hayes, there was a verdict ] for defendant This was suit for $54, and l the jury was out six hours before reaching | a verdict.
 In the second division of the City Court
 there was judgment of $3O5 61 in the case | of Alabama Brewing Company vs. I. NJ | Rubel
 A divorce decree was rendered for plain | tiff in the case of Lee Rawlinson vs Bessie Rawlinson, on the ground of abandonment | J. M. Landrum has filed suit against Pete | Hickman, Jr., Mrs. Fannie Massey and 1 Tom Massey for $3OO0 damages. He claims that on November 15, 1899, he | was in the possession of tract of land near | Mount Pinson, upon which he~had a mill and gin run by a stream of water, and that | the defendant on said date shut off the | water by dam above his mill and kept | 1t so shut off until November 12, 1900, pre- l venting his running said mill during the | time and causing him loss of 5000. | Robert A. Morris, as administrator of | Benjamin Patterson has filed suit against | the Birmingham Gas Company for $10 600 | damages. He claims that on September 8, ! 1900, the defendant was in control of cer- | tain cars on a track near the gas plant, | and it so negligently operated them as to permit them to run upon plaintiffs intes-
 tate, who was a minor years old, injuring | him so that he died. | George w. Hopson has filed suit against
 
 for $1OO damages for alleged killing of
 plaintiffs COW by negligently operating a | train at Woodlawn.
 l J. R. Smith has filed suit against Essie | Smith for divorce on statutory grounds. court News. l Tax returns came in with a rush yes- | terday. The tax assessors office has be- | come popular.
 l Marriage licences were issued yesterday | to John Morrow and Mrs. Annie Kenne- l brook; Gilbert Foster and Mrs. Lena T. Luther D. Rose and Pearl Eugenia Darby; | H. w. Laird and Lida Cassidy.
 Petitions in bankruptcy were filed by Ike | Harris and w. E. Milford. | The Criminal Court was occupied yester- | day in the trial of George Davis, accused l of fraudulently conveying property. The | trial will be concluded today. There was a touching scene in the jail 1 yesterday between George McMekin, the l boy recently brought back from Columbia,
 S. C., and his mother She was trying to 1 make him understand how his conduct | grieved her, but the boy appeared callous l and heartless. It seemed that the prison bars which separated them prevented her words from reaching his heart. |
 | EDMOND CAHEEN DEAD