The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-17
He Sees DOUBLE
T. W. Campbell Says He Can't
Work at Trade.
He Is a Carpenter and Trouble
Is Serious.
He SUES The CITY FOR S6, 325
For Damage to Eyesight and
Other Injuries Received
When He Rode His Bicycle Into
a Pile of Leaves.
He SUES The CITY FOR S6,325

What chance has a carpenter who,
when he Srasps nail between A
thumb and finger of one hand and a
hammer with the other, sees two
thumbs, two fingers, two nails, two
hammers and four hands? What
chance has a man SO afflicted, to es-
cape injury While following his trade .?
That's what F. W. Campfield wants
to know. Campfield is a carpenter
the carpenter who claims to have had
double vision since he ran into pile
of leaves in the street last fall and
fell off his bicycle.
Charging that the city of Topeka is
liable because Commissioner w. g.
Tandy, acting as mayor, issued an or
der permitting the raking of leaves
into the streets, Campfield, who lives
at Sol Lane street, brought suit in the
district court today for S6,S25 dam
ages for injuries he claims to have
sustained when he fell over the pile of
leaves.
The suit was filed by l. S. Lash
brook and w. c. Ralston, former city
attorney. The entire action is based
upon what in is characterized as
either a dereliction of duty or a viola
ton of an ordinance by Commissioner
Tandy.
There is a city ordinance prohibiting
the placing of leaves and other rub
bish in the streets. 1t is charged in
the suit that Tandy, in violation of
the ordinance, issued an order permit
ting people to pile their leaves in the
streets. Tandy has stated that he is
sued no such order. Then. Campfield' S
attorneys hold, Tandy was dereict in
his duty as q city official when he al
lowed the leaves to be placed there.
List of Injuries.
Campfield is a man so years of age
and last fall rode a bicycle to and
from his work. He states that on Oc-
tober % as he was riding past Tenth
and Lincoln his bicycle struck an iron
plate reaching from the curbing to the
street and covered with leaves. He
states that he was thrown to the pave
ment between a team of horses and
the wagon to which they were hitched
and then he lists his injuries.
He states that he was unconscious
from o'clock until II o'clock and
semiconscious from then until 4
o'clock.
He states that his left shoulder
was broken; that his left hip was TORI
and bruised and that he was per
manently injured so that he walks
with a limp. He was disabled for fouI
weeks and says he will never be sc
well as he was before.
Injury to His Eyes.
In addition to the external damages
he suffered Campfield says the most
serious injury was to his oversight
He claims that ever since the accident
he has seen double; that his oversight
was deranged to such an extent that
when he looks at one moon he sees
two; that when he looks at one nal
he sees two. He state that it is alb
solutely dangerous for him to follow
his trade a carpenter.
In his suit for damages Campfield
doesn't overlook anything damaged
When he put in a claim before the city
commission in December he asked fol
$3.106. But now that the city has re-
jected his claim he sues for twice that
amount. Here is the list of damages
he claims in his petition:
For injuries received $4,000, for loss
of work 5000, for doctor bills 500, for
the destruction of a bicycle $40, for a
damaged coat IS. The total is Sc,