The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-04
A DAY IN THE COURTS.
JUDGE ASHES ILLNESS NOT AS
SEVERE AS REPORTED.
Three Suits for Damages Filed in the
District Court--Three Gases OF Lunaoy
Tried in the Probate Court.


The cheering intelligence was received
yesterday morning that the illness Of Hon.
c. Il. Ashc, Judge Of the Eleventh dis
trict court was not as severe as had
been reported that 1t had assumed no
serious form and that his condition was
materially improved over what IT had
been the day previous. In tha afternoon
news Of continued improvement Of the
judges condition was received. coupled
with the Information that he win In all
probability be able to he present IN court
Monday. II not to resume his position on
the bench. AZ least sufficiently long 10
charge and instruct the jury In the case
or u. +. Mactiregor against VI. Ihlman,
which Jury Is being kept intact ana ready
for service whenever Judge AShe shall be
abln 10 charge II and put the case In it's
hands. This jury has heard all Of the
testimony and arguments In the case aud
as soon as charged will he ready 10 20
to It's rooms and consider tho case.
~
There were three suits for damages filed
in the district courts yesterday. one Of
these, which was Transferred from the
district court Of Wharton county to the
courts here, is the suit of Thomas Pipkns
against c. &. Ellis, Pipklns is an OK
county convict and Ellis was the con
| tractor for the work Of The county con-
Nl'lS or W nnitOn county al the time Pin.
klns VAS serving his time. Plpkins claims
that he was maltreAted and ill-used and
brings suit for damages in the sum OF
5000. $1,000 actual damages and $1,000 ex.
! emplary The petition is very long aud
voluminous one.
Charles s. Spence who filed suit against
the Houston Packing company in the dis
trict court yesterday, claims $4,000 ac-
tual damages, $1,000 on account being In
capacltated 70 earn money since injury
and lessened ability TO earn money in the
future. aud 500 as amount due for medi-
cal services and attention, or a total Of
| ment. on November O. 1901, the plnintift
! was carrying two bucEetsful n boiling bot
| roofns material and distributing said ma.
| terlal on the roof which he was repairing.
J IN ascending the roof with the two bucket &
/ Of boiling hot material 10 his hands his
| toe caught on wire stretched across the
! roo Of said building and he fell, splitting
the buckets of hot tar on the roof and
falling into II. burning the rIrht eide OF
/ his face. right ear and side OF his head,
arms 6oEs ad to Saf Ss bone skin 'n ani e
sever ely burned that his life was despaired
! for some time, The Injuries thus received
are the cause Of this sui, for damages
! Elizs Thomas and Patsy Thomas, wife
and mother Of Sanders Thomas, deceased.
in their suit against the Gulf, colorAfo
and Santa Fe Railway company, prays for
Judgment against said railway company
| for $1,000. $4,000 actual damages and 500
/ for burial expenses incurred In the In.
| torment OF said Sanders Thomas. de-
I ceased. Sanders Thomas was the section
hand on what Is known as the "Pearland"
! section OF said railway company's branch
railway line from Houston to Alvin and
/ while going 10 his work ON the morning
/ OF November Il. 1sCl, on q hand car the
1 aand cnr was run into and run down by a
! Train ~ the defendant company. Just
/ before the hand ear was run into by the
! train Thomas icapci from the hand car
| which was IN rnpid motion, ia order "a
! keep from being crushed under the train
J ana In leapiug he fell and 30 Injured him
4 self thet ne died IN few hours there
after These arc the claims made By mi
/ plaintiffs and an which they base theii
cause ~ action for damages,
There were three cases of lunacY hearc
before Judge E. H. vasmsr in the probate