Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-31
A Number of Big Damage Suits
Come Up In Federal Court
Cedar Rapids
JUDGE n. I. REED WILL PRESIDE
Docket of the Circuit Court Contains
Number Of Important Gases to Be
Tried at the September Term-The
District Court Business Will Be
Somewhat Later.
Special to Tlmcs-RepublIcan.

and circuit courts for the Cedar Rap
ids division will open in this city, Tues
day, Sept. 10, at 2 p. m. The presiding
judge will be Hon. Henry Il. Reed.
| In the district court the business
is likely to be lighter than it has been
40 case of any Importance on the Grim
| NAL calendar. A few cases of selling
liquor without having paid the gov
eminent tax are about all that will
come before the grand jury.
In the Circuit Court.
| Nor is the docket in the circuit
court especially heavy altho II all the
cases should be tried there would be
enough to keep the court going for sew
eral weeks. Some of the cases are Of
considerable Importance.
Kaiser VS.. milwaukee,.
j. L. Kaiser, administrator Of the
estate of Edward Kaiser has q suit
against the Milwaukee for $4,000 dam
ages, alleging that the company and
it's employees We're responsible for the
death OF Edward Kaiser who was
car inspector for the company. This
cause has been continued several
Zines, having been filed on April Z. 1903.
| Kaiser was killed April !, 1902. at the
| Milwaukee station at Marion, Iowa,
When passenger train came into the
station at o'clock in the evening he
proceeded with his duties as car In
| spector. A switch engine was backed
up against the rear OF the train. and
Kaiser was caught beneath the wheels
aud killed.
Edwards vs.. tho Northwestern.
| In the case OF Lambourne A. Ed
wards VS.. the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway Company, the planti'f
| says that he was a brakeman In the
employ of the company In FEBRUARY
1908, when an engine was deralied near
Muchakinock and he was permanently
injured about the hips. back and pei
Wis He asks damages In the sum OF
$50 600. alleging that certain switch
was old and out of repair and that the
wheels under the old engine We're IN
the same condition The combination
making derailments very liable to hap
pen.
Clifton Hotel Damage Suit.
C. A. Asplund, administrator OF the
estate of A. p. Johnson, deceased,
brings suit against the Bever Land
Company and Young and Lansing, ask
ing for damages in the sum OF Slo,-
400 for the death of Johnson IN the
Clifton hotel fire. This case was DOCK
eted for the September term OF court
and q stipulation was then filed tnat
n .hon,d he continued until the April
term.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clingernan asks dam
aqes from Reps and Jungk In the sum
Of an, 600 for injuries received IN ran
from, the first floor down the stairway
which leads to the basement. PlaintiH
o,ai,,s that the stairway was not prop
erly protected. IL.
wiluam Woodside brings suit
aoa,nst Albert vasey, w. r. Laybourn,
u y Stoehr. Henry Dirks. e. H. Holt,
q r. Pieper. Gerd Diekoff. Harm
schultz. L. ]. Rowell, John A. Mess
ond e. I. Christie. BY the laws OF
the state of Colorado when corpora
ton fails to file Its annuai report q.
the state house, then all the stockholm
ers Of the corporation are lndlVlduails
table for the debts of the corporation.
It is alleged that the Neptune Mining
Company, of which the defendants arc
stockholders, failed to file It's annuaf
report as the law requires ana hehce
the suit is brought against these stoch
holders for debts said to be owed by
the company, aggregating $o,oa4,os.
Clarkson VS.. tho Milwaukee.
Hester Nj. Clarkson. administrator
of the estate of James p. Clarkson. mas
filed a petition against the chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul, asking Juds>
ment in the sum of $4,000. me petit-
ion alleges that on the gath day or oc-
tober. 1902. while the said James f.
Clarkson was attempting to cross the
defendants line of railway on foot
where the same intersects Fifth stree,
in this city, the defendants employees
nepligently ran fiat car upon him, IN
turing him so that he died shortly
thereafter. The defendants answer Is
that IL Clarkson had looked and lis
tened before attempting to cross the
track he would have heard and seen
the train and would not have been kills
ed.
DeahI VS.. the Illinois Central.
In the case of A. b. Deahl VS.. the
Illinois Central the plaintiff claims OF
the defendant the sum of $4,000. 1t Is
alleged that the plaintiff was pas
senger on one of the defendants pas
senger trains, March II, 1908. when
the train collided with car upon
sidetrack at Pomeroy; that the plain
tiff was severely and permanently M
jured and thereby prevented from
transacting big business negotiation
which would have been very profitable
to him.
Osborn VS.. the Milwaukee.
A case recently fled is that of Mrs.
Hattie NJ Osborn VS.. the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul. The petition
states that the plaintiff. an unmarried
woman was Il passenger from Maquo-
keta to Delmar Junction, September 4,
1902, 1t is alleged that the train was
stopped considerable distance from
the platform, in dark place where no
light was placed, and the plaintiff was
requested to get off there. The steps
were some distance from the ground
and an employee OF the company under
took to assist the plaintiff of the car.
He failed to provide an additional step
and failed to warn her of the character
of the place where she was alighting.
She stepped upon some obstacle on the
ground and was permanently Injured.
The amount of damages asked Is s15.-