The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-03-22
First National Bank Gets Ver-
dict in Common Pleas Court
For $11 1862.
OTHER CASES IN COURT
L. J. Mosier, Sueing Southern
Railway for Being Put OFF
Train, is Awarded $1,000
Damages.

The Common Pleas court for Ian
caster county, which convened Mon
day morning, Judge Geo. e. Prince.
of Anderson, presiding, will likely
come to close this afternoon.
though several cases will be con
tinued to the next term
This mornings session was large
ly taken up in the trial of F. II. An
drews VS.. A. b. Ferguson, Sr.. A. B.
Ferguson. Jr., and j. b. Mackorell.
the suit involving an orchestral sold
by plaintiff to defendant and de-
stroyed in the fire which likewise de-
stroyed the Amuzu theatre at Mid
way about two years ago
Other cases disposed of this morn
ing were:
Lancaster Mercantile company VS..
w. p. Davis. for recovery on note.
S354.61. Judgment by default.
Firt National Bank VS.. the Town of
Lancaster. for recovery on notes,
$11,466. 80. Judgment by default.
r.. J. McIlwaine VS.. Sewers. Re-
ferred.
Ashe VS.. Southern Railway. Con-
tinued
Jones vs.. Gregory.
The case OF c. ID. Jones VS.. w. T.
Gregory, for recovery on a note of
81, 500, with interest and attorneys
fees, amounting in all to $1.913.2O
was taken up at the opening of court
Wednesday morning and the taking
of testimony and argument of coun-
sci, occupied the courts time until
adjournment after six o'clock. The
judges charge to the jury was deliv-
cred yesterday morning, the case GO
ing to the jury at 10 o'clock. The
verdict was for $1.699.20. Motion
was made for new trial. An error of
computation of interest was after
wards discovered amounting to
$l0.65
Mosier Wins Verdict.
T. j. Mosier VS.. the Southern Rail
way company was the next case call
ed, the plaintiff demanding $4,000
damages by reason of his being put
off train at Pineville. n. c., Jan
uary 20, 1914, although his mileage
book had been pulled" from
Charlottesville, Va, to Lancaster, S.
c. Evidence was introduced to the
effect that the plaintiff was a student
at the University Of Virginia at the
time, and having received telegram
announcing the serious illness OF his
father, he bought mileage book at
Charlottesville and had the agent
pull 315 miles in exchange for a
mileage exchange ticket to Lancas-
ter: that the ticket collector on the
train between Charlottesville and
Charlotte took up the ticket and did
not return il, giving him a hat
check" instead; that he had to wait
over in Charlotte several hours and
upon boarding the train another tick.
ct collector informed him that he
could not ride on the hat check. +"
and that he was forcibly elected from
the train at Pineville. The defense
offered testimony to show that Mo-
sier lost his ticket in Charlotte, that
he showed it to the ticket collector
just before reaching Charlotte.
The taking of testimony was con-
cluded at four o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon and an hour to each side was
'llowed for argument, the jury get
ting the case about six. their YER
dict read at this mornings session az
lowing the plaintiff $1,000. actual
damages. Motion was made by
counsel for defendant to set the YER
dict aside as excessive, and the court
took the motion under considera-
ton.