The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-31

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= Mas perpetustsd, / did file an
.Sst is, eSoce & Skinner,
, swer' enS for Ne, employed by
|. { attoe smith, filed N answer for
!, 1dge judgment Wy rendered in
d oe. 4 ! l0 smith on disclaimer,
i;and he t rs minded ma shows that
=, to any ia %. nrostituting office, nor
acting with, OF d iof dec, by the
. The r Sas' that Harper rpS asnoe was
q where II u / did not have 0r ddght to
=" m ,'ssio nl court 'l na where vt to
the linz Ten was. fhe t me, affse
were taxi "a agains. samtas
compelled . great pant pay int to the ID
present my Stion Q (which Juo
sioners court, NoI>r -+9T dSdt idvog
caster was the presi>. no. -,
asking them to pay back to me the
amount / was compelled to pay, and
they refused to allow me a cent.
The present commissioners court
never at any time stated that they
would pay my claim If would have
Judge Smith, and the old commits
sioners court to o k it. Such state
ment is absolutely untrue. The
first intimation | ever bad of such
a proposition, was by reading the
Judges article This present court,
although informed that Groce d
Skinner had been employed by
Judge Smith, as attorneys for Han
cock in the case Of Harper VS. Han
cock ct al, never paid them a cent.
See Skinner's testimony on file with
the county clerk.
When the application was made
to the old court to open this road,
Harper contested it, and J +. Lam
caster was his attorney.
After the refusal of the court to
allow my claim, brought suit in
the Justice court. The case went
against me, and / appealed to the
county court. On trial before a
Jury, notwithstanding the present
Judge tried to charge me out of
court, / recovered a judgment for
the full amount claimed. Judge
Lancaster set that judgment aside
and gave the county a new trial. At
the next term of the court / sug-
gested that the court was disquaii-
fed to try my case, because he had
been attorney for Harper. This the
court overruled. / then filed appli-
cation for change of venue, in which
set up the fact that the judge was
violently prejudiced against me and
against my case, that he had pre-
judged my ease, and that | could
not have a fair and impartial trial.
This application was sworn to by
me, and three other reputable citi-
zens. This was overruled. We
then went INTO trial Judge Smith
testified, that at the time Of the in
junction, he was county judge. That
he wrote the notice to Harper for
myself and that the commissioners
court ordered me to serve it. That
he, as county judge, for the COM
court, employed Groce
d Skinner to represent me in the
said case. Mr.. Skinner stated that
they were employed, and fought the
case to a finish and that the COM
court had never paid
them for their services. | testified
in my own behalf that | acted only
under the instructions of the court,
and that | had paid the amount i
was seeking to recover. | really
thought Harper's fence was not in
the right place. The defense intro
duced the judgment against me in
the case of Harper VS. Hancock ct
al The Judge instructed the jury
to find for Ellis county. | appealed
the case to the court of Civil APP
peals at Dallas They affirmed 1t
without an opinion. My attorneys
filed a motion for rehearing asking
that august Body" to give the
reasons for their affirmance of the
case, their reply was; motion for
rehearing overruled. F" The law has
said Judge Lancaster was right.
Another judicial robbery has been
upheld by our courts, and Justice
has hid her face in shame. | am
Disguised with such law, and have
been at work on my farm, try Ing to
recoup nay losses and intending to
let this matter drop, while swearing
never to act as road overseer again.
Judge Lancaster wei knows that
a great wrong has been perpetrated
on me. / will now wait and see
what he win have to say about his
action IN the Livingston case. Mrs,
Livingston Is widow. She haC