The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-12
ASKS $4,000 Il
FOR DAMAGES
David FLETCHER Sues Canton-AkIon
Railway on Account Of Injuries
Received.
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David Fletcher, of Canton, has sued
the Canton-Akron railway company for
500, $50 damages for injuries received
in mixup with street car on South
Market street, February 26, 1902,
The petition was filed Tuesday
morning by Attorneys Webber & Tur-
ner, and 1t alleges that the plaintln
was on his way home at the time OF the
accident, and while waiting for one
car to pass he was struck by another.
1t Is charged that the car was run
ming at an unlawful rate of speed,
more than 12 miles an hour, and that
there was no warning given of the ap-
proach of the car 1t is charged that
If the motorman had been watching
his business he could have seen the
plaintiff upon the track and stopped
the car in time to avert the accident.
Fletcher was hurled some distance
by the force of the collision with the
rapidly moving car, a great cash was
cut in his head, several ribs broken,
one finger broken and his body and
limbs bruised, and he received in
ternal injuries which caused him to
suffer from hemorrhages for some
time afterward.
The expenses, loss of time, doctor
bills. ETC., are estimated at $3.50, and
additional damages to the amount OF
800 900 are demanded as 1t is claimed
that some of the injuries are perma-
nent in their nature.
OVER THE CHILDREN.
II Is ntVco
against Myrtle Buss. an answer has
been filed by Mrs. Buss. This is q
case in which Myrtle Buss secured a
divorce from her husband some time
ago and was given the custody of the
three minor children. The two older
ones are in the Fairmount home and
when the divorce case was settled the
husband was ordered to pay that in
ctitution Sl6 month for the purpose
of keeping the children there so that
they would not be sent out to some
outside home, as the wife wishes to
make home for them as soon as they
reach an age when they can be to
some degree self-supporting.
The husband has never paid any of
the money ordered by the court, but
TtCtHIiy uieu HlotioH " HdNe tuc
decree changed so that he be given
the custody of the children. Since the
wife secured the divorce, Buss has
married again and objects to paying
the alimony.
In her answer Mrs. Buss claims that
the children were sent to the home
for the reason that after the husband
had deserted her he refused to furnish
money to support them. That when
she told him that she must send them
away If he did not contribute to their
support, he replied: 81 do not care a
d--n where you send them, you'll
not get any more money"
The wife will oppose the giving OF
the children into the custody of the
father, as she claims that he is not a
proper person to have charge of them.
Mrs. Buss lives in Canton and is en-
ployed in the Dueber works The hus-
band lives In Akron. c. G. Bow Is at
torney for the woman.
WANTS A NEW TRIAL.
A motion for new trial has been
filed by the defendant in the case of
DR.. F. D. Davis against the Lake Erie
Alliance and Wheeling railway, in
which the jury returned verdict for
/ s., ,460 damages for injuries received
In an accident at Minerva. The usual
allegations of error are set up as a
reason why the new trial should be
granted.