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at difere9E amounts. Finally a
compromise verdict was reached.
The jury before which the case
was tried was composed of the

compromise verdict was reached.
The jury before which the case
was tried was composed of the
following persons:
Ed II Smith JF Linyille
Frank Albright J A McCune
7 f Evans VIZ Elliott
Z L Simpson Carl Gilbert
: j. PhlPpS p Crumpackel
w Mckenzie D w Crick
Noble & Tincher and G. M. Mar.
tin were the plaintiffs lawyers, and
Samuel Griffin and Judge C. w.
Ellis represented the defendant.
Last June Mr.. Lane assaulted
Capt. Skeen, and afterward plead.
ed guilty to simple assault and
paid a nominal fine. Later Capt.
Skeen sued for $4,000 damages.
He claims that his nervous system
has been wrecked and that he was
bruised on the head, leaving per-
manent injuries to his eyes, that
he has been under the care of a
physician until recently and was
10 hospital about a month. All
of this, together with a large
chunk of mental anguish" aggre-
gates $4,000.
Mr.. Lane says that Capt. Skeen
had been annoying him for a long
time and on this particular occa.
sion meddled with his affairs which
caused him to strike him under the
heat of passion. Capt. Skeen, how.
ever, denies this allegation.
The plaintiff is the defendants
father-in-law and they have been
engaged in litigation for almost
a year over property matters.
The testimony revealed that
there has been bad feeling between
the parties for some time, and in
the controversy Mr.. Lane had the
support and sympathy of Mrs.
Lane who is Capt. Skeen's daugh.
ter. Mrs. Lane testified that She
had at different times taken charge
of and assisted her father when he
was down and out and without a
home, and at or near the time oi
the assault he was living in proper.
ty provided for him by her and her
husband, under a contract, and re.
fused to either comply with the
terms of the contract or vacate.
This, according to both Mr.. and
Mrs. Lane, was really the starting
point of the trouble. Capt. Skeen
and Mr.. Lane do not agree on the
facts pertaining to the assault
The Captain claims that Mr.. Lane
struck him very hard twice and
that he did nothing at all to pro.
woke the assault, while Mr.. Lane
claims that he annoyed him fol-
several days before, more by &C.
tions than by words, until he Lane,
could not control his temper any
longer. MIR. Lane denies that he
struck Capt. Skeen more than once
We have not learned whether OF
not the case will be appealed. Il
it is settled according to the yer
dict, Capt. Skeen will have only q
small balance after paying expens
es. Mr.. Lane, on the other hand,
will be out close to $500, after
paying costs and attorneys fees,
but even at that it is less than il
would cost to keep on litigating
The last jury case of the term,
The Woods County Bank of Alva
VS. E. Shore, was tried on Saturday,
Samuel Griffin representing the
plaintiff and Noble & Tincher the
defendant. The bank sued to re.
cover two horses purchased by
Shore from one Fred RiDker, claim.
ing a mortgage. Shore claimed
that the horses described in the
mortgage were not the animals
which he purchased, and attacked
the mortgage generally. The jury
sustained his contention and re.
turned a verdict in his favor.
Cashier Kletke of the Alva bank
was here as witness. By agree.
ment only nine Jurors were empan-
eled, as follows:
OF Hit Sam Good
Cole G T McCracken
VIM. Langhart Jas Clark
G E Goff w B Downtain
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