The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-03
ED. TONCUET
GETS VERDICT
Jury Awards Him $21. OF in
Case Against Hatch
a'@ iemr il
SUES FOR $4,000
Administrator Begins Action
for Gerald Jacobs Death.
Joseph Short Wants Estate In
Pleasant Township PartitlOned--
Court News.

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the estate of Gerald Jacobs, deceased
Through his attorneys Jacoby and
Donthen, filed q petition in the
common pleas court "Wednesday ask
ing damages against the G. d. and
M, and the Marion Railway Light
and Power company.
The plaintiff ALLEGES that because
of carelessness on the. part Of the
defendants, that Gerald Jacobs, who
was only aged four and one-half
years, was run down and killed
by a local street car at point on
Davids street, August gath, 1908.
The plaintiff says that the accident
could have easily been avoided and
alleges that the defendants exer-
cised no care or caution in running
the car
The plafnHdff aslcs for damages In
the sum of $4,000.
The noted will case OF jeremiah
Jones against Mary Bonner was re-
ferred 10 the common pleas cour'
for trial at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Thirty-five witnesses were
subpoenaed and the case will likely
occupy the attention of the court
for several days.
The case involves the estate OF
the late John Jones. The deceased
lett a will at death, dividing the
property In n peculiar manner
among the heirs. The estate amount
ed TO about five hundred acres OF
farm land besides other valuable
interests. It was one OF the richest
rural estates in Marion connty
The plaintiff ALLEGES that the de-
ceased was not in his right mind
when he drew the will and asks
that the court order II set aside,
and the property divided equally
among the rightful heirs.
Attorneys George Scofield and Ed
ward Hill represent the Plaintiff in
court while Attorneys Mouser and
Moloney and Harry N. Quigley' are
acting counsel for the defendants.
The Jury returned a verdict in
The amount of $21.02 favoring the
plaintiff, in the case OF Edward
Tonguet against John T. Hatch. in
the common pleas court. The jury
filed out Of the court room Tues
day afternoon about O'Clock and
returned a verdict twenty-five min
utes later.
The case was appealed to the
common pleas court from Justice
Gompf's court where the plalnhiff
had se0nred Judgment in the
amount Of 50. The plaintiff sued 20
recover $50 which he alleged was
due hm for certain labor perform
ed while transferring certain house
hold goods upon the order of the
defendant.
Immediately eFter the jury's re-
port, the defendant filed a motion
for a new trial. Attorney II. Ed
mond Hill represented the plaintiff
while Louis E. Myers was counsel
for the defendant.
Joseph. Short, through his attor-
ney w. N. Harder, filed a partition
suit In the common pleas court
Wednesday. manning Mary Short and
others defendants in action. i
The plaintiff holds that he is en-
titled to am undivided one-sevenAh
interest in twelve acres OF land lo-
Gated in Pleasant township. He
asks that the court set aside his
interest and parultion be made.
In the case OF Jeremiah Powell
against f. ] Mccormick and others
the plalntff's reply TO the defend
ants answer and cross petition, was
filed in the circuit court through
Attorneys DeGolley and DeGolley
Wednesday. The plaintiff sets up
general denial to the allegations
mentioned in the cross position.