Evening journal., 1905-06-12
VERDICT FOR MRS.
MARTHA ]. WALLER
Woman Who Sued Whining
ton City Railway Co. Is
Awarded $1,000
LAHaAM { BRO, CASE NOW ON TRIAL

Chief Justice Lore charged the jury
in the case of Martha Waller VS..
the Wilmington City Railway Company
in the Superior Court this morning.
The jury retired at 1890 o'clock. Tes-
/ timony in the case was heard last Fri
/ day. The plaintiff seeks to recover for
personal injuries alleged to have been
received while attempting to board one
of the defendant companys cars. Dam
iel o. Hastings represents the plaintiff
and Walter H. Hayes. Andrew c.
Gray and George n. Davis appear for
the company.
The trial list was gone over and
shows a number Of cases marked for
trial. There are also large number
of special jury cases yet to be disposb II
lof and the term promises to last until
July l..
1t was reported that the case Of
John +. Keator VS.. Alfred p. Steven
son would be settled out of court Hof-
fecker and Hoffecker are counsel for
the plaintiff and David ]. Reinhardt
for the defendant.
Judgment for the plaintiff for 5000
n was entered in the case Of the United
States Of America, use Of Samuel Ba-
con & Sons, VS.. Joseph f. Griffith ct
al. William S. Hilles is counsel for
the plaintiff. Anthony Higgins is
counsel for the defendant.
John Biggs. counsel for the plaintiff
reported that the case of John Dough-
erty VS.. the Peoples Railway Com
pany would be settled out Of court.
7 A jury was drawn in the case Of
) United States, use Of I.anham & Bro.
VS.. Joseph L. Carpenter. Jr., and John
) p Almond. This suit grew out OF a
contract the late John Jacoby had with
the District of Columbia to build q
E large sewer in Washington, d. c
b T. Bayard Hersel and Alexander 3
Cooper are counsel for Lanham & Bro
. and J. Harvey Whiteman, OF this city
= and William Pren(iss, of Washington
e are counsel for Carpenter and Almond
Jacoby sub-let some of the work q
e Lanham & Bro The latter contend.
e that S2.S16.75 with interest from July
1901, amounting in all to S3.47S.66 is still
p due them and are sueing Carpente
and Almond, who Were on $4,000
bond given by Jacoby TO the Unite
States government for the fulhllmen
of his contract, to recover that amount
After making his opening address
\ the jury, Mr.. Heisel for the plaintiff
II NHtItu IN tNlutNte the contract Wllt
Is with the District Of Columbia an
the bondthe bond Of Jacoby. which
with the United States government
Mr.. Whiteman said he would object {
the bond going in as evidence on tn
ground that it was void. He contend
ed that the District of Columbia is
separate and distinct political govern
ment from the United States. That tn
/ commissioners OF the District Z
s. Columbia had not the right to contra'
le in the name Of the United States, @
ID the District is a municipal corporation
ID Counsel for the defendants pro
v duced a number of authOriti,
le in support of their contention. The ma
ter was argued bfor the court for near
lg three hours. The court win give a d
IN cision as to whether or not the bond vi
ne be admitted as evidence this afternoon.
VERDICT FOR MRS. WALLER.
ne The jury in the case of Mrs. Waller Y
e. the Wilmington City Railway Compar
he returned a verdict at 1880 o'clock for SIS
~ for the plaintiff.