Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-07-18

ION delivered by the attorney general
upon the request of Judge Sumpter, of
Garland county, citizens of towns and
cities can be compelled to work ON
streets. After quoting from Kirby's
Digest, he says: Municipalities have
jurisdiction and control of their streets
and the duty to improve and repair
them, and also the power to require by
ordinance that the male residents shall
work so many days in each year in
their improvement. and the county
court is without authority to make an
order under said section that will COM
pei the residents of such cities and
towns to work upon the streets there.
of, and this even where the cities and
towns have passed ordinances requir-
ing it, as is In this last instance they
would be compelled to work under the
authority of the ordinance and not Of
the order of the county court
Six Transcripts Filed.
The transcripts in six cases were
filed in the Supreme Court recently,
four Of which were of cases in which
judgments had been secured against
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway Company, as fol-
lows: w. F. Herd against the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Company, on appeal from the
Pope Circuit Court. The suit was
l,co,,rb+ IN ,.oooyor QoRn don,oooc l.
legged to have been sustained on ac-
count of the removal of cattle guard
near the premises of the plaintiff
which permitted cattle to enter his
fields and destroy his crops. Marie
Fuller against the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway Com
pany. Plaintiff sues as administra-
trix of the estate of her deceased hus-
band, Sylvester Fuller, who was killed
in a railway accident at Dermott while
employed as switchman by the
defendent railroad Company. The
amount of damages asked is SIS
900, the lower courts having given
plaintiff $3.50. The case was appealed
from the Faulkner Circuit Court
William Day against the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Company, on appeal from the Faulk-
uer Circuit Court. The plaintiff is a
paralytic and claims that he pur-
chased ticket at Little Rock to Con-
way with the understanding that he
was to be informed when he reached
that station and was to be assisted OH
the train. He claims he was carried
eight miles beyond Conway and that
the trainmen refused to assist MIN
in debarking from the train. He
Is suing for $1,000 damages. Harriet
Gwaltney against the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway Com
pany, on appeal from the Faulkner
Circuit Court. The suit was brought to
secure $4,000 damages alleged to have
been sustained by being thrown from
car. The lower court gave plalntln
a. Judgment for $4,000. Richard b.
Cook against the Ong Chair Com
pany, on appeal from the Pulaski
Circuit Court. The action is for So,Ooo
damages alleged to have been re-
ceived by plaintiff by being injured
by machinery in the plant of the de-
fendent company. The judgment In
the lower court was for $1,000 in favor
of the plaintiff. Alva Moore against
J. w. Campbell, chief of police OF Hot
Springs, on appeal from the Garland
Chancery Court. The plaintiff was
arrested on the charge of violating the
anti-druming ordinance of Hot Springs,
and was restrained of his liberty ana
afterwards fined $50.