The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26
CIRCUIT COURT
j. A. Perry Gets Judgment
for $8,783 Against Doe
Run Lead Co.

The suit of James A. Perry against
the Doe Run Lead Company and the
Estate Of f. P. Graves for a judg-
ment for money loaned by the plain
tiff, was called for trial last Wednes-
day morning in the Circuit Court. Mr..
Perry was an employee Of the Doe Run
Lead Company and the suit is for the
recovery of $4,000, which he AYERS in
his petition was given at various
times to Mr.. Graves, then Superin-
tendent of the Doe Run Lead Com
pany, for the use of that company.
There were number of witnesses to
be examined and the trial occupied
most of the two days, Wednesday and
Thursday. ~ lsyll..l-t Qlusl
There was evidence introduced by
Mr.. Perry's attorneys tending to es-
tablish his contentious, and that Mr..
Graves had, unknown to him and af-
| ter the latter had become financially
! embarrassed, renewed the Doe Run
notes to him by executing his personal
obligation. The Doe Run Lead Com
pany introduced testimony to prove
that all the company's notes were
shown by its books to have been paid,
and that the Perry notes were not
among these.
The case was given to the jury
about eleven o'clock Thursday morn
ing and after couple of hours DELHI
GRAFTON it returned verdict in favor
Of the plaintiff, as follows:
"We the jury find in the issue in
this cause for the plaintiff, James A.
Perry, and find that the defendants
are indebted to plaintiff in the sum
of $S,783 with interest at 6 per cent
from February IA, 1913"
Plaintiff filed motion for new trial
and in arrest of judgment.
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