The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-19

the CITY court. hayes Is SUING TOT $oU,UUU
damages, alleged to have been sustained
at Rising station, near Ensley, when, 1t
is said, he was struck by one of the
cars of the defendant company.
In the first division of the city court the
case of William Dawson VS. the Birming.
ham Railway, Light and Power company
is on trial. 1t will doubtless be concluded
today.
The following new suits were filed yes
terday in the city court:
Cap Isaacs VS.. the Republic Iron and
Steel company. The plaintiff sues for
damages to the extent of $4,000, alleging
ham Railway Light and Power company
Is still on trial in the second division of
that ne was severely and painfully in
jured July 6, 1906, while employed by the
defendant company and while engaged in
operating a tram car for the defendant
at an ore mine at or near Goethite.
]. II. Gordon VS.. the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company. The petition
er prays for damages to the extent of
$4,000 alleging that in June or July, 1905,
he purchased from a commissary store
operated by the defendant company some
bread which was poisonous and unfit for
food He ate some of this bread, it is
alleged in the petition, and was made
sick. suffering severe and continued pain
and being compelled to go to heavy ex-
penses for physicians and medicines.
Mary Evans VS.. the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company. The
plaintiff, a young woman, alleges in her
petition that on the night of December
49, 1905, she was a passenger on one of
the cars of the defendant company and
requested the conductor to alight at the
intersection of Seventeenth street and
Seventh avenue. She alleges further that
the car carried her beyond that point
and toward Ensley, and that she then
asked the conductor to stop the next in
coming car so that she could ride to
her destination This, she alleges, was
not done, and she was carried to Thomas.
1t is further alleged that she did not
reach her destination until after delay
of three hours, and that she was shock
ed and made i'll because of the danger
from 'boisterous and hilarious persons"
Saturday night before Christmas. She
prays for damages to the extent of $1,000.
Thomas Carlin's Sons company VS.. Will
liam Smith, w. C. Smith and e. A Smith.
formerly partners under the name of 1.-The
Birmingham Iron and Supply company"
and the Birmingham Iron and Supply
company for SIPS on a promissory note.
The case of Nancy Ann Moore VS.. the
Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Rail-
road company on trial in the circuit court,
is now in the hands of the jury. 1t was
completed yesterday shortly after the
noon hour. and the jury had not returned
up to the hour for closing court last
evening.
This is the case in which damages to
the extent of $4,000 are asked for be-
cause of the death of ]. A. Moore. who
was killed by a train of the defendant
company while he was driving a hog along
the road.
The case of w. B. Voc VS.. LeGrand
Pearson is now on trial in the circuit
court 1t will probably be concluded to-
day.
The following new suits have been filed
in the circuit court:
F. M. Davis VS.. the Western Union Tele-
graph company, for damages to the ex-
tent of 1899. The petitioner alleges that a
telegram was deposited in the office of
the defendant company at Columbus,
Miss, January of this year, addressed to
him at the First National bank in this
city 1t is further alleged that owing to
delay in delivering the message the
plaintiff was deprived of the privilege of
attending the funeral of his child.
Latin & Rand Powder company VS.. the
Superior Coal and Coke company and
W. G. Gilmore & Bro. 800 on account.
The following cases are on the docket
of the circuit court for today:
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