The Mena weekly star., 1916-04-27
COUNTYLOSESN MT. FORK BRIDGE CASE
T. P. Davis Gets Full Allowance of Claim and Others an Additional 25 Per Cent-Clarke Attorney
 Fee Case Under AdVisement.

Judge Bowling took up a number
 of court cases Thursday and Friday
 during the intermissions and at the
 close of the Scoggin-Star libel suit finally disposing of number of
 them. He adjourned court Friday
 evening to reconvene Monday
 at which time the criminal docket
 was taken up.
 The appeal of T. P. Davis from
 the action of the county court in
 the allowance of claims for labor performed in the erection and con-
 struction of the Mountain Fork
 bridge was tried before Judge Cow Hing having been begun Thursday
 morning and being concluded Satur-
 day The claim in question was filed before the county court in the amount of $373i0 and the court
 made allowance Of sl65.55 and from l this the appeal was taken. The appellant, T P Davis had also filed with his personal claim the separ-
 late claims of men employed by him
 on, the erection of said bridge. The appellant was represented by Minor
 pipkin and Col Pole Mcphetrige and County Judge A. K. Wear appeared
 for himself and by Judge Wright Prickett as his attorney. In the all lowance of the claims the county judge had made a reduction of 50 lper cent in the amount claimed. By 1 the judgment of the court Mir. Davis
 was awarded the full amount of his
 claim as was also the claimant Will Cook whose claim had been allowed
 in the amount of S8.7i. The other claimants in the case, viz: A. G.
 Cole, Fred Redings, E. A. Davis, c. lC. Romine, k. S. Davis, Charley i Vaughn, L. A. Callahan, Wiley 0gles- by, w. s. Brown, Will Brown, Ray lmond Hendrix, J. H. Hendrix, Harri- i son Gam, A. c. Cook, C. NJ. Davis and 0. A. Carter, who had been al lowed 90 per cent of the amount of their separate claims, were, un-
 der the judgment of the circuiH court allowed an additional amount iof 2 per cent of the total amount
 of the claims filed in the county court and it was therefore adjudged , and ordered that each claimant in addition to the amount previously allowed by the county judge be all flowed the following amounts:
 ~ 4s.. D,l
 S6.i3; E. A, Davis, Si080; c. c. Ro- mine, 73 cents; R, s. Davis, s400: Charley Vaughn, Sl765: L. A. Colla- han si46l; Will Oglesby, Si530; w. A. Brown, $S.95; Will Brown, S8.95; !; Raymond Hendrix, sS.75; J H. Hen drix S5.5i: Harrison Gam, S3.75; A.
 C. Cook, SiS0, C. NJ. Davis, $500; o. X. Carter, $4lS. It was further or dered that the copy of the judgment Of the circuit court be certified to the county court that it may be- come the order of the county court. In the matter of the appeal from the county court in the allowance of the claims of T. ?. Davis, A L. Callahan and randy Meyers for services as road viewers in Road District Nc. fl, the circuit court or dered that the claim be allowed in the full amount of S3 to r. F. Davis. In the other claims the appeals had not been perfected.
 The apepal taken from the ac- liion of County Judge A. E. Wear in the allowance Of Si50 to w. D. Clark az an attorney fee for sery- ices in behalf of the county in the matter of the mandamus proceed ings instituted by County Treasurer w. F. Anderson and in the appeals taken by I. P Davis and others, the court heard the evidence, and then took the matter under advisement.