The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-17
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Sued for Nearly Three Hun ''.
dred Thousand.
AN OYSTER BED the I n 3 CAUSE Y g:
Andrew. Jones Brings the suit Eta
5g Judgment Against 1i' the ..
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NEWPofa T NEWS, VA, Rob. 1o..- One me
81 tho most important civil suits ever |'el
brought In A IN. Eastern Virginia court r.
Ii on trial In tho Circuit Court, be-
i foro Judge J.5;W. q. Blaclstone, here here
Tho case is that Of the Newport News =
shipbuilding and Drydock Com mp par =; /,
agulnst Andrew :. Jones, and the amount W
involved ID nearly three hundred Thousand lis't
dollars. II y, X .s \. !.
"a rho attorneys In the case are b. = g.
BlcKford, representing the shipyal g. ana ana
I Ncssrs Meredith ana Pollard, Of Rich
mo1d, ana Colonel Marquis Jones, o. .s tils
city, representing Jones. MI. Bick l'! tor g
began 10 speak this morning when the
case was taken up and was speaking WtenE
court adjourned tonight. Mr.. Meredith NJ ~
y III probably open for the other sue SO 70
morrow. l I'll 55s5 .S
h rs WHAT PLAINTIFF CLAIMS.
~ IN 1891 a.. j. Jones leased o large tract
81 oyster lands, located just above the
plant Of tho Newport News shipbuiIldtliilng
ana Drydock Company, from the govern N,e.i,. !.
lment. IL In 1885, hen st cks were Du "
q Tor the batt,eshipl Missouri ne tsh,pyhrd
company, It ii claimed, occupied Y po r,
" Mon.} of Jones s Il oyster grounds, uno Y
n which the lessee had planted oysters four
years before. q Soon afterwards this. suit
vas \ entered, Jones bringing an un law
ful entry and detainer action 70 secure secure
I possession OF ilB property y ne ship yard
secured an Injunction res rain!ng the
plaintiff from prosecuting tho common
law action, and throwing the case ~ 70
equity. Dispositions have bee taken rom
time to time, numerous surveys g. nave l'Ies
been made, and, after hearing the hrsu-a
nent Of tho attorneys, Judge Blackstone
viii have to decide to what cxtcnt Jones
y has been damaged. 4 s$3s III 53s3
S8S53 CLAIMS. BIG SUM. @ 5
#$s zones II claims that The yard occupied l'e'L
something over fifteen acres 81 y Boys-
ter Beds and DANA gcd, In all, one hundred
and twenty acres. HI asks for SEQ per
year sixteen years. on 81 one hun
dred and twenty acres. lss VA 81
Il soran q soranset, and Peter Soransen,5
q two 81 ms, who were q rrested. recently
b. Immi grafton Inspector y. r. Villains
on the charge OF Attempting TO assist
sea man TO desert from the British steam
ship Manchester Inventor. were held Tor
the Federal grand jury to- day BY United
States commissioner "A. G.. Garrett Dep
ntu,g Marshal Miller took the prisoners to
Il Norfolk to hold them for tho grand Bjur y.
II one . & the men confessed his guilt
JUDGMENT AGAINST MODERN IS. 2 ;'sl>, ss$t5
.s2I IA tho Circuit Court Fl to-day the Jury
gave Mrs. Eta Morris Judgment Tor
$1,000 against the Grand Fraternity Of
I Benevolent Order OF Moderns. The suit
4 Was brought MS the result OF the refusal
& OF the officers OF tho order TO pay, u
policy held BY the plaintiffs husband, who Who
died last August. Tho officers refused
to paw on the ground that deceased died
from the excessive use Of drugs. a mo-
7 ton to set, aside the verdict will be ar
Rucd during the next term OF the court.
Mrs. Keith Sinclair died to-daysat noon
her home near Hampton. The deceased
vas the daughter OF the late Colonel JET.
rerson Phillips. She is survived by her
4 husband two SONS and daughter.
Henry Bishop. a notorious little negro
thief, who has served numerous Jail terms.
Y was sentenced to ten years In the pent-
tolltiary IN tho Corpora ton Court to-day.
The boy was charged with burglary. s-
Mayor S. r. Buxton and City attorney
s. T. "a -AIassie paid an official call TO Cap-
tain Jantzen OF the German cruiser
Panther, Ibis morning. Captain Jant-
z zen visited the mayor several days q so
and Invited him aboard the Panther.