Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-02-08
BIG DAMAGE SUIT TO
BE TRIED NEXT WEEK
W. n. Deering Asks $4,000 From l.
4 Morgan Evans Gets Judg-
ments Against r. r. For Hogs.

Circuit court adjourned over Satur-
day after a week of hard work in
which a lot Of litigation was cleared
off the docket. The feature of next
weeks court viii probably be the big
damage suit of w. N. Deering against
the l. & n. Railroad Company. Mr..
Deering, who was doing some work
for the railroad at Beattyville, in
some way fell from a scaffolding and
sustained injuries which, it is alleged
have crippled him for life. He has
brought suit for $4,000 damages thro
Attorneys Edwards, Ogden and Peak,
Of Louisville, and John Noland, of
this city.
The court suspended the three year
sentence against Frank Richardson,
of the Berea section, for non-support
of his children, and released him un-
der 500 bond and agreement to pay
$50 a month to the Berea bank for the
maintenance of his wife, Lizzie Rich
ardson and children. The bank will
report to the Circuit Clerk and upon
failure of Richardson TO make provi-
sion, rs required, the sentence will be
reinstated against him.
Judgment for ss15.s9 was given in
favor of the W. T. Rawleigh COMPANY
against Brutus Motley and VIM
Jenkins. over contract for goods al
legged to have been contracted for.
The court sustained a demurrer fl
ed by Attorneys for c. F. Chenault In
a suit brought against him by Davio
Cav of Winchester over sale of his
1916 and 1917 hemp crop which Gay
claims to have bought under contract
for delivery here. The plaintiff is al
lowed to amend his petition.
In a suit brought by ]. Morgan Ev
ans. well known stock buyer Of thu:
CITY. against the L & N, railroad, fol
loss of 20 hogs, which are alleged tt
died while being shipped to the Gin
cinnati market, jury gave Mr.. Evans
Judgment for S541.45. However, In
stead of giving Judgment against th'
I. &N. railroad the jury gave judg
ment against Walker d. Hines, who /!
Director General of Railroads, undel
the present government control OF th'
roads. The railroad company, thro,
its local attorney, A. R. Burnam, Jr.
made defense to the suit that the ca
in which the hogs were shipped, wa'
too heavily loaded. Attorney G. Muir
raw Smith, representing Mr.. Evans
entered a motion that Judgment b
entered by the court in favor OF Nh
Evans. as against the railroad, not
withstanding the jury had made tn
Judgment against Hines.
On a suit for breach Of contract I'll
ed by Attorney E. S. Virgins on be
half of J.W. Carpenter, against VIM
Burrus. Carpenter got Judgment TO
$50 and costs. He was tenant on Nj
Burus' farm
Mrs. Mary E. Dalton was given
Judgment against S. c. Reid for 81
and the lower court costs in a suit ov
er rental of house, etc, each part
to pay his and her own costs in TIN
court
Susan Foster was given judgmen
against Jennie Foster in forcible de
tainer suit brought for possession o
a farm on the Tate's Creek pike
The grand jury returned numbe
of additional indictments before ao
journing over Sunday. Among ther
were indictments for second vioiaco
of the local option laws. A second OF
fense of this kind constitutes feion
and is punishable by imprisonment
the penitentiary. Those indicted
second time were James Alverson an
Owen Walker, two well known iocs
negroes.