Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10
Ray Davis Asks $4,000
Damages of MIR. and
Mrs. A. L. Wilton and
Harold Spielman.
RUN DOWN BY AUTO
Mrs. Sophia Streb Sues Ill
in0is Central for
i. $4,000.

The case of Ray Davis VS.. A. L.
Wilton, Mrs. A. L. Wilton and Harold
Spielman, III which the plaintiff seeks
damages to the amount of $4,000 al
legged due for injuries received in an
automobile accident, has just been filed
In the Office of the clerk of the district
court.
In the above mentioned case the
plaintiff alleges that OH or about the
2Sth day of July while he was attempt
: ing to cross the street in front of the
Lavender garage, the defendant, Har-
old Spielman, drove an automobile
along said street at a high and reck-
less rate of speed and carelessly and
negligently ran the car against the
plaintiff, throwing him violently to the
pavement, causing the car to pass over
his body and to drag him number Of
feet and the result of which he suffered
great physical injury. In the petition,
the plaintiff claims that as result of
the accident his head was bruised and
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ankle severely torn and that his body
was otherwise bruised and injured and
that because of said injuries he was
confined to his home and bed for per-
iod Of three weeks and was totally un-
able to work ut that time.
Says Injury is Permanent.
He further allegc. hat the injury
to his ankle is permanent and that he
will never have full use of same and
that at the time of the injury he was
strong, healthy, able bodied man, earn
ing $35 per week as mechanic in a
garage and that as a result Of said
accident, he will continue to suffer
pam and Inconvenience and loss of
earning capacity. -
The plaintiff also alleges that at the
time of the injury referred to, the de-
fendant Harold Spielman) was living
in the family and home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. l.. Wilton and that he Is son
of Mrs Wilton and under their care,
custody and direction, and that ut the
time of the injury he was driving
car owned by A. L. Wilton and engag-
ed in an errand for him; that he was
driving at rate of speed exceeding
twenty-five miles an hour, and that he
failed to slow down or sound the horn
and was travelling on the wrong side
of the street.
As y result of the above mentioned
injuries, the plaintiff alleges that he
has been damaged in the sum of $4,000
for which he seeks Judgment.
$4,000 for Death.
The case Of Sophia Streb, admin
istratrix Of the estate of Simon +.
Streb, deceased, VS.. Walter ID. Hines,
director general of the Illinois Central
Railroad, in which the plaintiff puts IN
claim for $4,000 alleged due as Il
result of the death of her husband. who
was accidentally killed when an llii-
nois Central train cOllided with his
automobile, has also been filed in the
district court.
The petition states that Oh the 2Sth
day of August, 1918, the plaintifEs
husband was driving upon road with
his automobile and was about to cross
the railroad track at the crossing west
of Highview when he was run down by
a train of cars and received injuries
which caused his death August 81.
The plaintiff alleges that the said in
juries and consequent death We're caus-
ed by the negligence Of the defendant
in summing its train in an unusual
and unlawful rate of speed: in failing
to sound its whistle or ring the bell
when approaching said crossing and
in running by the station and over the
depot grounds at an unlawful rate of
speed, as well as in failing to slacken
the speed of the train after discover
ing the intention of Mr.. Streb to cross
the track at said crossing. She further
alleges that the direct cause OF Mr..
Streb's injuries. resulting in his death,
was due to negligence and that between
the time of the injury and death. he
suffered constant pain and also that
because of this negligence she has
been damaged to the amount of $lOOOO.
Other Cases.
Other new cases OH file III the dis
trict court are:
4. NJ. Granger VS.. George Sather,
demanding judgment for the sum OF
$312.57, alleged due on notes.
The LagomarcinO Grape Co. VS.. Carl
Christianson and George Doyle, seek
ing Judgment for S75.S7. alleged due on
account
Peter Shillinglaw VS., +. o. Peterson,