Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-04-27
D|SPOS|NG OF
THE CIVIL CASES
Verdict Directed in Eject
ment Suit.
SUIT AGAINST R. R.
A Man Met With Accident While
Intoxicated and Sues Central
for Damages.

The first case taken up for trial
yesterday in Supreme Court. before
Judge Cole. was Msnley Marcus
Gillian, ct al. against Samuel e.
Mason, in ejectment. Henry S.Alvord
for plaintiff and Herbert c. Bartlett
for defendant.
This is a case brought by the heirs
OF Sallie M. Gillian to eject the de-
fendant from small farm in South
Vineland. which he held under five
year lease. the time having expi d
over year ago. Mason. the defen-
dant, now claims to own the premises.
A deed from Charles K. Lands to
Ssllie NJ. Gillian in 1868 was offere d
in evidence
Miss Charity Gillian, of German
town, Pa. was the first witness called.
She is one of the heirs uf Sallie NJ.
Gillian S estate, and made the lease for
the property, dated April Goth, 1905,
which ran for five years. 'At the ex.
piration of this term, she testified
Mason refused to vacate the premises.
on the ground that he had paid for
he property in the rents he had paid.
The defense was that the defendant
had agreed to purchase the property
according to the terms expressed in the
lease, and had offered mortgage
agreed upon previously, for the
balance of the purchase money above
the amount paid in rent This was
p. refused.
= After hearing the evidence the
Court directed the jury to find for the
plaintiff rendering verdict of guilty
as to the defendant. The jury did so.
The next case was that of Bar
tholomo Ferretti against the Central
Railroad Company. of New Jersey.
| to recover for injuries sustained from
being struck by the train. The
plaintiff was represented by Edwin
F. Miller, the defense was conducted
by George Holmes and Walter Fl.
| Bacon.
Ferretti had driven out to Charles
s. Kinds hotel, he explained on the
witness stand, to get two quarts of
beer and half gallon of whiskey. On
| his return home, and crossing the
railroad tracks. he was struck by the
train and had leg broken. This
happened on April End of last year.
10 answer to question he said 'he
had two legs and got one broke
His wagon was broken by the
collision and this suit is to recover for
both his injuries in the loss of his
vehicle. He testified that when the
engine struck the wagon, he sprRng
upon the back of his horse, and
piece OF board from the wagon was
dashed against his leg. breaking it.
Louis Lorerzi gave testimony cor
roborating in some degree, Ferretti's
evidence. He said the train was a
freight
Thomas Cummings was in the
vicinity of the accident on Brewster
road, snd heard the noise when the
train struck the wagon and hear d
Ferretti crying.
DR.. Cunningham was called and
said the man had sustained a broken
leg
Oontributory negligence was tho
derence
W. S. Bacon, the civil engineer.
was sworn and identified map which
he had made of the locality of the
accident.
Paul Geoffetti testified that he heard
the train crash into the wagon and
heard Ferreti calling help me out;
help me out The witness was sit
ting on his portico. only short
distance from the scene of the accident.
J. W. Murphy said he was at Kinds
hotel that night and saw Ferretti
there. Ferretti was drinking; and
was intoxicated when he left the
hotel. Ferretti, he said, was too
drunk to be put in charge of teams.
DR.. Cunningham was called by the
defense to tell what was the condition
OF Ferretti when he attended bis leg
at the hospital. He said Ferretti was
intoxicated and in order to keep him
from having delirium tremens after
the broken bone was set he had given
him .whiskey in tablespoonful doses.