The Mena weekly star., 1916-04-20
H. [. CHAMBERS GETS
 S2,633.75 VERDICT
Wins HOtly Contested Suit Against the Allemania Insurance Company for Fire Loss-Twenty- One
 True Bills Returned.


 The case of Horace E. Chambers ys. the Allemania Insurance Com pany, Is the most important civil case that has been tried at this term of circuit court The action was brought to recover insurance in the amount of s2500 on a policy cov- erlng stock of goods and the store building at Ink, which was destroyed by fire on the night of March i5, 1915. The jury in the case returned verdict of S2633.75 in favor of the trustee. The suit was instituted by the plaintiff through his attorney, Col. Pole McPhetrige, but during the pendency of the suit was the plain tiff was adiudged bankrupt and Charles A. Zweng was appointed trustee in bankruptcy and as such trustee filed a motion to be made party defendant, which was granted by the court. The case was closely contested on both sides. Col. Pole McPhetrige, Judge Wright prickett of this city, and H. P. Daley of the firm of Kippel X Daley of Fort Smith, appearing for the plaintiff, the trustee and the creditors. and R. ?. DorrOugh of Texarkana. c. s. Wright of Dallas and Judge J. I. Alley of this city, representing the insurance company.
 In addition to the Judgment re- turned by the jury, the court or dered that the statutory penalty of F per cent amounting to $500, be a further judgment and that the plaintiff recover an attorneys fees of S250, making the total judgment s3iS375.
 The jury in the suit brought by G. H. Barnes against J. w. Gordon, returned a verdict Tuesday evening in the amount of S33.65 in favor of the plaintiff The suit was brought for the collection of promissory note and interest and was appealed to the circuit court from the J. P. court of J. R. Allen of White town ship, where it had been tried on a change of venue from the court of Edward Pagan of Faulkner town ship, judgment having been ren- dered in favor of the plaintiff. The court awarded the defendant S5 in damages on the attachment which had been issued out of the court of J. R. Allen on team of horses, and directed that the damages be an off, set against the judgment.
 The grand jury appeared in open court "Wednesday morning for the first time since being empanelled at Monday noon, returning fourteen true bills. The court directed the clerk to file the indictments and is- sue process on them returnable next Monday.
 The motion for new trial in the case of D. E. Stephenson vs. Frank Housen and A. M. Harrah, was over- ruled by the court.
 The case of T. R. Jones vs. the Kansas City Southern Railway con- pany, was continued until the next term of court, as also was the case of the Kansas City Southern Rail- way Company vs. Roach Wholesale Grocery Company and E. T. Roach. The suit of J. F. McLemore vs. the railway company was dismissed for the want of prosecution. The suit of L. D. Downs vs. the Kansas City Southern Railway Company was dis posed of by agreement by the par ties. under which the plaintiff was given judgment in the amount of S20. The suit of W. Holiday vs. the Kansas City Southern Railway Com- pany which was brought to recov- CT for household goods damaged while in transit, had been appealed from the J. P. court of s. H. smith. IThe jury returned a verdict in the amount if SIS in favor of the plain tiff, Holiday.
 1 The separate suits of the Lyceum Course committee against Dr. C. Cochran, H. D. Ravenscraft and Roy Miller, were tried as one action, and the jury returned verdict of Sl.3S against each defendant. which is the same as the judgments rendered in the J. P. court of H. J. Radcliffe, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent added. The costs in two cases are $9.45 each, and in the other $9. The suits were brought to recover pay ment for season tickets for the lee- ture course of f9i4-i5, for which the defendants had subscribed, but which they had not accepted.
 The suit Of J. A. Watkins vs. J. R and Wifi Mckinney was an appeal from the J. P. court of J. H. Allen and involved the collection of an account The jury found for the plaintiff in the amount Of S30.904 | During the afternoon the grand ljury made a second report returnln ing seven adcitiopalstFne biI ls0 Hlak- ing total of 2i to date. K