The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25

lading Issued for illis ear aiid Ni' Scoggin sought Go recover the re- mainder Of the amount be had put
 into the lumber. The jury m the case gave him judgment against the Clark Lumber Company for the sum of SSf30, and relieved the rail- road and Chaney from any respon- sibility.
 Saturday the first case tried was a suit of Dr. C. P Dunman against the Kansas City southern railway. Dr. Dunman sued for Sis doctor fees for treating railroad employees. II was resisted by the defense that Dr. Dunman was moi one of the company's physicians. Against this fl was shown that the patients were sent to Dr. Dunman either by a company agent or phy- sieian. The jury gave pr. Dunman Judgment for S60
 Judge Hon Makes Good Suggestion.
 In the afternoon the grand jury came into court with it's final re- port. There were B indictments turned in. which makes total of 9i. In dismissing the grand jury Judge Hon eomplimented the body very highly upon the business-llke method with which it has dispatch ed the business before 1t, but in view of the fact that so many of the indictments returned were for minor offenses, Judge Hon took oc- casion to state that many of these cases could and should have been brought before the justice courts of the county, and if all officers did their duty in this connection a great amount of expense could be saved the county by having such eases disposed of in the justice courts, instead of bringing them before the grand jury. The grand jury report showed that all county records and property were in fine condition.
 R. P. Harris Gets S1,O00 Verdict
 Thursday the suit of R. P. Harris ys. the Kansas City Southern for damage caused by the burning of lumber and other property at Eagleton was tried. The fire oc- cured during the night of April 29, 1910. Two houses and about 10000 feet of lumber were destroy ed. It was shown on the trial Of the case this morning that heavy freight train throwing sparks pass ed the mill plant about 6 o'clock in the evening. A few minutes after that fire was discovered on an old tramway in some decayed lumber and trash. A man went to 1t and thought he put out the fire. About an hour later it was discovered that this fire had started up again, and again it was apparently extinguish- ed. About ? o'clock that night fire was again discovered. According to the witnesses statements, it seemed to have originated from the same place on the old tram where twice before the men thought they had put out the fire.
 The jury gave Mr. Harris a ver- dict for Si,i02.80.
 Two cases were tried Thursday afternoon. I. A. Floyd of Grannis sued s. P. Lenehan of the same place for s250, claimed as com mission in a land deal. It seemed that Lenehan told Floyd he would give a certain sum for a piece of land owned by third party. He gave Floyd 8 and told him to go and see if the land could be pur- chased. Floyd succeeded in this, but when he returned to Lenehan the latter had decided he did not want the land. The jury in the case decided against Mir. Floyds claim for S250.
 In the suit of D. E. Little vs. G. W. Lacy, the jury gave the plaintiff judgment for s72.67. This suit came up over misunderstanding about the amount of lumber Little fur nished Lacy in building the busi- ness houses of Moseley X Sons and NJ. NJ. Shields. Lacy admitted ow- ing about si5, while Little claimed about Si25. It is said both admit ted there might be errors in their figures, and one of the jurors said after the trial that they just split the difference and in that way ar rived at their verdict.
 In the suit of J. \. Killian against the Kansas City Southern railway, which was tried today, Judge Hon gave the plaintiff judgment for Si0 for the detention of goods shipped to him here The railroad held the goods because 1t was an interstate and the agent here did not have the published tariff rate to tell how much freight t0 charge. Judge Hon held that it was the duty of the road to have such rates and that it was liable for damages for holding goods after their ar rival.
 The case of w. ?. Parks, J. II. Bratcher and W. N. Martin vs F. H. Hamilton, defendant, and the Kansas City Southern Railway garnishee; judgment by default against Hamilton on prom issory note for s375 with interest from July 1, 1907. amounting all to s555.20. Order also given for sale of graphaphone and 95 records to apply on judgment. Garnishement against Kansas City Southern continued to next term.
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