The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
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e SultS. Inc 1rSt CONSIDERED was that
?. Albert and George Chase, of Burlington
n against the Riverside Traction Company
This suit was the result of the acciden
= at the Pearl street bridge, Burlington, il
:. December, 1911. A trolley car had gon
+ about halfway over the bridge when i
r suddenly went down. There were severa
: passengers aboard and the wonder i
that nobody was killed or seriously in
lured. Albert Chase, IL years old, wa
D in grocery wagon and as it approached
E the westerly end of the bridge the drive
stopped his horse, fearing there might bt
collision if they met the car on the
bridge, the animal not being particularly
: quiet when meeting trolley cars. So the
team was stopped. The car advanced a
short distance on the bridge when the
structure gave way. This caused the
) trolley feed wire to snap and it was
; claimed the wire wrapped around the
, wagon, struck Chase, shocking him and
knocking him from the wagon. His
clothing was burned and he received in
juries by being thrown to the sidewalk
that put him under the care of a physi-
clan for three months and he is still
getting treatment from Philadelphia
specialist. In addition to the charge
that the trolley company was liable
young Chase held that Burlington
county was also responsible as the bridge
was not of a substantial and safe
character
In addition to the claim of the boy for
the damages he had sustained the father
asked compensation for the loss of his
sons services. The plaintiffs started out
to prove that the trolley company was
at fault because it had not properly oper-
ated its line, running at an excessive rate
of speed over defective bridge, with an
improperly constructed feed wire. 1t
was also claimed that the county of Bur-
llngton must bear some portion of the
blame of this accident because it had al
lowed defective bridge to be operated
without giving it the right sort of in
spection.
puted the extent of the injuries claimed
by the boy. He held that Chase was on
the street soon after the accident, APP
parently as well as ever. In any event
he did not think the trolley company
could be held responsible but that the
county was more to blame as it did not
take proper care of it's bridge.
This statement brought Budd M. Rigg,
county solicitor, into the case. He said
he would prove that the bridge was all
right, had been in use for long time
without sign of weakness, that the
local Freebooter had frequently inspected
the structure, and that the accident was
due entirely to the car jumping off the
track, thus causing the bridge to collapse.
The case went along all right until
James Mercer Davis, who was conduct
ing the plaintiffs side, introduced some
testimony which was surprise to the
other side, SO an adjournment was taken
until the first of September.
Bennedetto Batisti, whose name in
dicates his nationality, brought suit
against Barry & Anderson, who con-
duct the worsted mills at Bordentown
Batisti lost an arm while an employee in
the mills by having it caught in piece
OF machinery. The case was to have
been heard on Wednesday, but when it
was called the announcement was made
that settlement had been effected by
paying the plaintiff $4,000.
Martin w. Curran against j. Brennan
and William Robinson came next. Cur
ran is physician, living at Chatsworth. |
The defendants live at Winslow Junction. |
Curran, at one time was in charge of the !
Winslow Inn and when he gave up he |
took with him some goods that it was
claimed did not belong to him. In order |
to sustain this idea search warrant was |
secured at the instance of Brennan, who |
is special officer. When the searchers |
visited the residence of DIR. Curran they |
found some silverware marked "W. l."
which purported to be the mark of the |
lnn- This was taken away and the next |
day the searchers returned and took |
more property.
Then the doctor took a hand in the |
matter and looked over what had been |
left. When he got through with his in
yentOry he felt that some things had |
been taken in which Winslow Inn did |
not have any title, they being his per-
sonal property, on which he placed a |
value of $457. so.
The defendants said they had not taken |
except articles to which they |
were justly entitled, and intimated that |
the doctor had removed the articles him
self, but this idea was quickly dispelled |
and the jury rendered a verdict in favor |
OF DIR. Curran for 5000. He was repre-
sented by V. Claude Palmer. The de-
fence was conducted by Joseph Beck
Tyler.
The next suit was on a contract.
Louis +. LOwden, the Rlverton contrac-
tor, was the defendant, and Joseph L.
Evans, of the same place, was the plain
till. The amount claimed was $500.
Lowden had secured contract and had
sublet portion of it to the Hoffmier Con-
struction Company, of Riverside. Hoff-
mier abandoned the subcontract and left |
a balance of $500 due for material, which
Lowden was asked to settle, but he de-
clined to do SO on the ground that he
had settled in full with Hoffmier and
was not responsible for the balance
Plaintiff had served notice on the de-
PENDANT to pay the claim and held that |
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lustment of the matter. This raised a
question of law and the jury was relieved
from further consideration of the case,
Judge Carrow taking the matter under
advisement. In this case the positions
OF the attorneys was reversed, Mr.. Tyler
representing the plaintiff and Mr.. Palmer
appearing for the defendant
Judge Lippincott held his monthly |
session of the Orphans court. The will |
OF the late Frederick Walton, of Beverly, |
was subject of contention. The matter |
had been before the court on the admis- !
sion of the will to probate and the Judge |
had ordered that it be admitted. Appli- |
cation was made to have an administra- |
tor appointed during litigation over the |
endeayor to break the will This Judge |
Lippincott refused and Ernest Watts, |
who appeared for the caveator, announced |
LIS AhoChCAOi vi Tying tuc case W JIlc |
Prerogative court. In the meantime the |
estate will be allowed to remain as it |
now is, awaiting future decision. Joseph |
A. Boyer, named as executor, was
directed to give bond for 500, 900, to be
executed so as to take effect at any time
that he may have assurance that he has
authority to transact the business of the
estate.
Charles Schenck, lad IA years of age,
was taken from the New Jersey Chill
dren's Home Society, at Trenton, by
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. G. Lewis, of Pemberton,
had lived with the latter for four years,
and they had become so much attached
to him that they applied to the court for
permission to adopt the boy, which was
readily granted. The boy will hereafter
be known as Charles Frederick Lewis
A paper was offered for probate, pur-
porting to be the last will and testament
of Mary w. Lewis, of Bordentown.
Harold B. Wells objected to this proce-
dure claiming there was another will in
existence. This case was continued
until the second of July.
Unless something very urgent is
brought to his attention Judge Lippin-
colt will suspend the sessions of court
from July Is until August 81.
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