The age-herald., 1900-12-16
THE JURY GIVES
 HOWELL $1O,OOO Five Other Plaintiffs Ask for
 $57,000 JUDGMENT DAY IN COURT Order In Jones Valley Iron Company Case-Bids Asked for County Medi- cines-Marriage Licenses, But
 No Divorces.
JUDGMENT DAY IN COURT

Yesterday was a busy day with the courts, although business was of the rou- tine order. The State courts were all in session, although the Criminal Court has ~adjourned for the holidays
 Circuit Court.
 In the Circuit Court verdict of S10O was | rendered in the case of J. s. Hammond vs. Jefferson Swift. A verdict of $2OO was ren- dered in the case of Tom Stobert vs. the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany. In the case of Berney National Bank ys. W. M. Pentecost and M. F. Howell, a suit on a note judgment was rendered for $6O16. Judgment by consent was rendered for $1S5 in the case of John Moore vs. Bes- semer Soil Pipe Works, a judgment of $15 was rendered in the case of Guy Cooper, ys. Warner Smiley Company, and w. M. Newton. In the trespass cases of the State vs. Charles Austin and John M Ratten- berry, both defendants were acquitted. E. B. Keller has filed suit against the Alabama Steel and Ship-B Building Compa- ny for 5000 damages. He claims that on | March 23, 1900, while employed by defend- ant as a weight-master, he was on top of a l freight car, on defendants property at Ems | ley, and while said car was being moved he | was knocked off by a steam pipe of defend- ant which extended across the track and 1 was not, sufficiently high. Plaintiff was knocked off and injured J. M. Ingram has filed suit against the
 Besemer Land and Improvement Company | for $20,000 damages, He claims that on No- | vember ,, 1900, he was employed by plaintiff l in a coal mine an explosive was set off too | near him and he was greatly injured by the | shock and had to have a surgical operation performed.
 Will Jones has filed suit against the Kan sas City, Memphis and Birmingham Rail- road Company for $10,000 damages. He says that on November 27, 1900, while in the employment of defendant on one of its en- zines said engine was derailed near Horse Creek and he was injured. That the acci- dent was due to an unsafe condition of the track.
 w. D. Fraley has filed suit against A. A. Gambill and G. W. Collignon for 5000 dam ages He alleges that they spoke of his
 work painter in a way calculated to in- jure him.
 U. S. Court. In the hearing before Judge Bruce at Montgomery relative to the bankruptcy
 proceedings against the Jones Valley Iron
 
 Rogers, Brown & Co. parties. This firm | was also permitted to remove the iron at
 the Williamson furnace on giving a bond for the forthcoming of the iron or its value
 on the final termination of the case, and
 to pay all judgments recovered against
 them in the final trial in case they are
 found liable.
 In this court J. B. Selman, as adminis- trator of Eugene Selman, has filed suit against the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
 road Company for $2O,0O0 damages. He
 claims that on February 2S, 1900, his in- testate was an employe of the defendant, working as a f1agman and brakeman Q
 freight train in Shelby County; that on said date his intestate was ordered by the conductor to go between two cars to couple
 them at time when the engineer was not at his post, which fact was known to the
 conductor, and that while standing there
 said brakeman was knocked over and killed
 City Court. In the first division of the City Court the
 case of w. H. Howell vs the Southern Rail-
 way Company ended in a verdict of $1O,0OO for plaintiff. Plaintiff was a flagman and had his leg cut off in accident. He sued for S25 900. He was a fine specimen of manhood He was 6 feet inches high,
 weighed 190 pounds and was A years old. Minnie Robinson has filed an equitable petition against Kate Jones ct al. for the recovery of lot of land in Birmingham known as lot 15, block 152, Elyton Land Co. Criminal Court. In the Criminal Court yesterday J. l..
 Kinney convicted some weeks ago of for f~ fxry1N i,, fha
 penitentiary. His motion for new trial was overruled.
 Marcus Feibleman, who was convicted of selling ''hop jack" without a. License, took an appeal to the Supreme Court and gave bond of $100.
 There was mistrial in the case of R. A. Barck
 Court has adjourned until after the holi- days.
 Court Items. Bob Pryor was taken to Rockdale Ga. yesterday where he is wanted on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Petitions in bankruptcy were filed by W. B. Clifford A. l.. Grim, J. T. Tate and Ed King.
 The Board of Revenue has passed a resolution that acquisitions for drugs for
 the jail and almshouse must be filed in the office of the board one month before the supplies are needed. Bids will be asked for by the board on all orders of $5 and over
 Marriage licenses issued to Hugh M. Huff and Belle Lillard, Alonzo L. Car mack and Sabra Slimp Jesse Meharg and Lula Spruell, William D. Logan and AL berta Leatherwood.
 CONDUCTOR DEAD.