The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-16
VERDICT FOR S5OO|
MRS. ASHLEY GETS JUDGMENT
 AGAINST CENTRAL RAILWAY,
sued Because She Was Taken To Wrong Destination By Train of Defendant COmpany-A Jury
 Disagreed.

Because she was taken to Cuthbert
 Ga, rom Montgomery, instead of to her nestlnation. Andalusia, Mrs. F. F. Ash Icy was awarded $500 damages against
 City Court Jury at s:a5 O'Clock fast evening. The railway company will ap- peal the case to the Supreme Court.
 pany for sued She the easN sawag tga com September l5, l9o4. she purchased d ticket at Montgomery. to go to Anda- lusia oyer the Central by way of Un- daughter, Miss Aileen Ashley. She alleged that. through negligence, she was not informed by the conductor
 that she had to change cars at Union Springs and. before she knew it, she had been taken to Cuthbert. Ga. She claimed to have suffered great injury.
 both mentally and physically. and was delayed in reaching Andalusia. At
 expense of the railway company and the next morning she was taken free as q passenger back to Union Springs. Union Springs to Andalusia because her ticket from Montgomery to Anda- lusia had not been returned to her by the train conductor.
 The trial began at noon yesterday and the case reached the jury about 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Principal witnesses were, Mrs. Ashley. her daughter and Conductor H. ceedings was stubbornly fought by op- The civil division of the City Court of Montgomery had an unlucky hrst day for the trial cases by jury. At 9:3o o'clock last night jury was unable to reach a verdict in one case after be- ing out since II a.. m.. and was dis charged for the night. while. through 1e dispose of more than half of the cases that had been set down for trial yes- terday.
 The case in which the jury has dis: Company. vs. c. H. Scott ct al. The , plaintir. in this proceeding: is seeking to recover judgment for $260 for bill Ra Bay !'f%Hf Hotel ~% compans. M Charles H. Scott and the other defendants admit tnat they were stockholders in the hotel company. but take the position that
 they cannot be held separately for the claims that the scott's purchased the | liquor, representing themselves as 1 owners of the hotel. | in favor of the Scotts. The jury re- | mained out all day and went without | supper until they were released at 9:30
 o'clock this morning for further delib-
 eration. On being released 1t was in-
 timated that the jurors were as far
 from reaching a verdict as they were Two juries were empanelled in the
 civil court yesterday for the trial of cases this week. The jury. which has
 tho Scott case under consideration Is
 composed of T. J. Kelly, H. IT. Hinds.
 George M Powell. 1T, J. l.. knight3n,
 Cochran H. F.. Rroxton, A. F. Ham mond and L. c. Curry.
 was composed of W. !. Rhodes. $. c.
 Miller, David P. Smith. w. r. Dees,
 liam Knox. Joseph Robinson, l.. D. q.
 Smith, Lewis Cloud and J. II. Cheat | ham.
 In the case of Oscar Frommel and
 Brother vs. c. H. Bartlett. a suit on
 account. a verdict was rendered for l the plaintiff tor $958.60.
 l For want of prosecution the case of
 Mrs. J M. Eulce vs. the Montgomery Traction Company was dismissed. Mrs. | Buice sued the Traction Company for
 s1o,00o for alleged injuries received
 on a street car.
 1 By consent. q verdict for the defend
 ant was rendered in the case of Fannie l E. Webber vs. the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company.
 l The following cases. set for yes-
 terday ware passed until today: Sallie | " Winter as executrix. vs. Rebecca M.
 Pollard. Felix Tyler vs Atlantic Coast
 Line Railway Company J; D. Lewis
 vs. Montgomery Street Railway.
 The civil court will meet again at 10 | o'clock this morning. The call for to- day is as follows: Elizabeth billiard
 and Eliza Harmon ct al vs Jake Dyer.
 Mrs. Fannie Webber vs. Atlantic Coast
 Line Railway Company. Lucy E. Ken
 dricks vs. A. Nachman Jane F. Miller vs F. M. Mosely. Graves and Ander- 1 son vs. Hattie Miles and c. G. Miles.