The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-23
SUITS MANY AND VARIOUS.
,ucu LITIG ATIOS ron THE NOvEu-
MN TERM or THE CITY COURT.

Return nay Brought Petition After
petition 60 the once of clerk War
tnu Russell and Kept the Officers
al me sherin Busy serving Pro-
c..se.-John ~. Collins suing Three
Insurance Companies at One Time.
c,ty out for Plantation Rent.
N.r.pnper Man wants Reparation
for the Way He Was Treated az
Liberty City-Damages for Lost
Toes.
rf. November term OF the City Cour,
ID. slvunnah promises TO BE- one Of the
tge.a., for several years. Many cases had
.,r.ad, been filed and yesterday. the re-
,urn day Tor the term. the number was
very largely increased
The suits Med are OF every character.
enhancing actions for damages for per
soual and other injuries. including inju-
rt,. To the reputation. claims on notes ana
open accounts, due for merchandise and
services Of every kind and number
OF miscellaneous legal proceedings that
cover practically the entire field OF the
jurisdiction OF the city Court. II hall
tae cases are tried. Judge Norwood viii
be- busy man during the next term. ana
.hs court officers will nave no reason to
regard their positions as sineoures.
suing Three az Time.
John u. Collins filled suit against three
fire Insurance companies. for amounts AK
er,aailur 5000 The defendants are the
Iverpool and London and Globe In
surluoe Company. OF which $500 Is
81 imoJ. the Fire Association OF Phlladel-
pha. which the plaintiff says owes him
g.ui9. and the Scottish Union and
National Insurance Company. from which
Mr.. Collins AYERS 81 ssh Is due. Each
defendant, of course. Is sued separately.
but all OF the claims spring from the same
hrc loss. and are dependent upon the
samc stots OF facts.
The plaintiffs saw-mlll at Doctortown
Ga. about ffty-three miles from Savan-
nah. was burned some months ago. the
mill lumber tools and other property
covered by the terms OF the three policies
OF Insurance he held. being completely de-
etroyed hy fire. Under the three-quarters
CLAUSE which obtains IA most policies of
insurance now written he could only r.
cover this proportion of his loss and IL Is
for this that he sues.
lie declares that ne has complied with
every legal requirement imposed hy the
companies or exactcd by the law hui
that the companies refuse 20 comply with
their contracts and pay him the amount
Of his policies. The plaintiff IS represent
al by Messrs. Osborne q Lawrence
The Rent of Tvvickenham.
The Mayor and Aldermen are striving
20 collect rent from Floyd & Co. aud
j. W Conner The city claims that the
DEFENDANTS are Indebted 10 II in the sum
OF 81 so Cor the rent OF Twlckenham plan
tation. II Is set out IN the petition that
city Attorney Adams flied Ia court that
the plantation was originally leased TO
John r. Gullmartln & Co. and by that
firm the lease was assigned to the de-
PENDANTS. who thus assumed the obliga-
tion and becumo responsible for the rent
The rental fixed in the original lease to
Guilmartin a Co. was 500 per month. and
30 "a claimed that eighteen monthly pay
ments are now due and unpaid.
Operator Was Responsible.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
a. called upon 10 defend an action for
damages for 5000. which t. brought
against the corporation by Marion Lucas
a member Of the city stan Of the Savau-
nah Press The action for damages IS
based upon the alleged misconduct Of the
telegraph operator al Liberty City. where
by tho plaintiff claims 10 have been in
iured IN pocket and placed IN a situation
which caused him q considera bic amount
Z OF mental anguish.
~ The trouble arose on the occasion Of the
w ecent race troubles at Liberty City.
which are well within the recollection Of
the reading public. The plaintiff went
down TO the scene OF the trouble 10 rep
resent his own paper and a number of
others. and on one OF the nights. when
the trouble was at It's hight wrote two
or three telegrams Tor transmission TO
Northern and Western papers. The tele-
graph operator. instead Of transmitting
the messages at once. and preserving their
contents inviolate. as. II Is insisted by the
plaintin. II was his duty TO do. submitted
them 10 tho inspection Of the members Of
the mob.
The contents Of the messages did not
please them at all and they turned upon
the newspaper man with torrent Of
abuse and profanity and volley OF
threats They were armed. and the plain
tin says he was in considerable fear Of
his life or OF receiving serious bodily in
jury at their hands. He was forced by
them TO tear up his messages and IN this
way lost the amount he would have re-
Ceived from the newspapers to which they
were directed. and 90 which he had in
structad the operator TO send them. Ills
boss in this particular he estimates at 50,
ana the other 1850 ne asks the court 10
allow him as solace and balm for his
i4i,, ted feelings. He claims that all the
D wan. titles to which he was subjected ami
all the danger in which he was placed
can be directly attributed and traced 10
the action OF the cOmpany's employe at
Liberty city. MIR. Lucas Is represented by
Ir n. L. Colding.
Wants Pay for Lost Toes.
James Mccoy. a former employe of the
E,aboard Air Line Railway, sets forth in
a petition in which that railway company
SIS made the defendant. that he has lost
two toes IN its service. upon which he
puts a value OF sl.O)o each Mccoy was
helping 20 unload some cars belonging TO
t.e company. when, through the nesh-
gtncc Of somebody else, part OF the load
was precioitated on one 81 his feet. The
heavy iron mashed and lacerated two OF
Do toes. and the injuries he received
.tusod him 20 be confined IN the Georgia
lnnrmary for nearly month. He is rep
rH#pnted bv Messrs Harrison a. Myrick.