The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-03
GETS $4,000 FOR.
. LOSS OF one LEG.
Court of Appeals Sustains Yer
dict From Norfolk in Case Of
Manic Repllan.
INJURED BY STREET CAR
Man Killed BY c. & O. Engine
Also Wins on Appcal-Big
Docket for May Term.


below. the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals yesterday awarded TO
Mamie Rephan. OF Charleston 5. c..
$4,000 damages against the Norfolk
and Portsmouth Traction Company OF
Norfolk for the loss Of II leg. and ended
u litigation which has been pending
for nearly three years
The case was argued in Richmond
last November on appeal from the Cir
cult Court ut Norfolk The opinion
handed down yesterday was by Judge
Boyd
Miss Rcphan was run down by one
Of the cars OF the defendant company
in Granny Street at College Place in
Norfolk on tn, night OF November "A.
1905, when she undertook to cross the
former thoroughfarc.
Suit against the Norfolk Traction
Company was entered by her father.
Harry Rcphan. y jury at Norfolk
awarded $4,000 damages against the
company, but the court reduced this
TO $4,000, withou, objection by coun-
sci for the defense, S. NJ. Brandt. OF
Norfolk. i -
railroad Loses on Appeal
Another opinion was handed down
yesterday by Judge Conner, in which
he sustained the Circuit Court at Hunt
lnStOn, w. " n, IN tue case VI mt
chesapeake and Ohio halfway Com
puny, plaintin in error. against L. Il.
Hawk ms. sheriff, and administrator OF
Samuel G.. Delay, deceased. defendant
in error. Delay was killed by Il yard
engine of tho Chesapeake and Ohio on
The New River Bridge.
a verdict favoring the plaintiff in
the lower court and awarding dam
ages was anidmed.
Yesterday WAS the first day of the
May term of the Court OF Appeals. The
judges in attendance included Circuit
Judges Nathan Goft and j. c. pritchard
and district Judges Edmund Waddill.
Jr.. and John Z. Rose.
Coleman Z. Cowun. Of .eDs,er, y.
C.. and y. u. Cole, of Maysville, Ky,
were admitted to practice.
y third opinion handed down yes
terday was in the following case:
No. 1920 Elkins Electric Railway
Company. appellant. against the West
ern Maryland Railway Company ct A.,
appelless; appeal from the Circuit
Cour, AT Phllippi w y. Opinion BY
Judge Pritchard. Affirmed With costs.
10. a9l, steamer OLD Point Comfort
appellant. VS.. schooner sunny South, ct
q. appellces; appeal from the. District
Court at Baltimore. Md. Opinion by
Judge Brawley Reversed with costs
anG remandcd Ii
# Petitions Denied.
Court made and entered its order
denying petitions Cor rehearings IN
the following cases:
No. 9Sl-liamburg American Steam
Packet Company, appellant Us. Henry
Baker appellee: appeal from the Dis
trict Court at Baltimore. Md. ~
No. 9aS-Mooresvillc Cotton Mills,
plaintif in error. Us. Southern Railway
Company, defendant in error in error
TO the Circuit Court at Statesville.
No. looo-Iames y. Henderson. Re
criver Of pittsburg and Cincinnati
Packet Line, appellant. Us. Kanawha
Dock Company. appellee; appeal from
va.
The following case was argued
No.10lS-E. c.. Coffin and ID. Samuel
White. appellants. rs. the Harris
Woodbury. Lumber Company. appellee;
appeal from the Circuit Court at Ashe-
vile. MIC. Cause argued by \. u.
Cole, of Maysvlle. Ky, for the appel
lants, and by Coleman c. Cowan. OF
Webster, y. c., and James IL. Merri-
mon, of Asheville. y. c., for the APP
pcllccs.
Cnses on Call To-Day.
Court VIII reconvene at II o'clock
this morning. These cases Will be
called to- day: i
No. $50. United States. appellant,
vs, Rebeoca Bloom. appellee; appeal
from the District Court at Norfolk
Va. lIabeas corpus. l.. L. Lewis.
United States attorney. for the APP
reliant
No a57 United States, appellant,
vs.. Abraham Bloom appellee appeal
from the District Court at Norfolk, Va
liaheas corpus l. j.. Lewis, United
states attorney. for the appellant.
No. io22 state of Maryland 10 use
of James " Pryor ct AL. appellants,
vs.. Andrew Miller and wife. and Mayor
and City Council, Of Baltimore, and
Board of County Commissioners, of
Baltimore county. appellccs; appeal
from The District Court at Baltimore,
Nd. TO be argued by II. n Aber-
! crombie Arthur L. Jackson, Raymond
:, Williams and Philip -. Watts. Of
| baltimore. Md, for the appellants,
and by George Washington Williams
and John II. Richardson. Edgar a.
| Poe and sylvan II. Lauchheimer and
| Arthur u. Foster. ]. u. Lindsay, John
rs. I'iddison aud Charles A. Marshall,
OF Baltimore. Nd for tho appellecs.