Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-08-26
MANY CASES IN
QUARTERLY COURT
Six Juries Work Nearly All Day
While Judge Disposes of A
Large Docket

Judge Price held a Held day
for litigation of a minor charac-
ter in quarterly court session
Monday. Court was in almost
continuous session from morn
ing till late in the evening. Six
juries were called for as well as
the cases that were submitted to
the Judge.
Curtis and billiard Parks, who
sued Armer Parrish for $50 dam
ages, for claiming that he caused
the death of valuable Poland
China boar by beating it with a
stick, was awarded $780, Mr..
Parrish testified that he did not
BEAT the boar, but simply drove
it out of his yard when it got on
his premises, and that he be-
lieved that the animal died from
being overheated.
Mat Shearer, we'll known stock
buyer, was given $77 damages
against Dan Long, of the
Poosey section, growing out of
a hog trade. Mr.. Shearer claim
ed to have contracted with Long
to buy II hogs from him at SIC
a hundred, but he claimed Long
sold them to another buyer at
$3.50 a hundred and he asked
for the difference. The jury
gave Shearer judgment for $77.
In suit filed by the American
Paint and Oil Company against
T. G. Perkins, on bill for roof
ing, the jury for Mr.. Perkins.
A jury also gave judgment for
Roy c. Woods, in a suit brought
against him by VIM. McSwain,
who claimed that a horse he
bought from Woods at a sale
here some weeks ago was un-
sound. McSwain asked for $S5,
81 medical attention for the horse
and $40 for feeding expense, or
recision of the sale.
In a suit brought by the Lam
caster Elevator and Flour, Mill
Company against E. c. Moore, of
the Paint Lick section, a jury
gave judgment for the price OF
800 wheat sacks, but it was
shown that 100 sacks had been
returned to the plaintiffs agent
at Paint Lick, and then sent back
to the wrong mill at Lancaster.
A jury gave judgment for the
City Transfer Company COM
posed of Louis w. Hardin and w.
w. Broaddus, in a suit for $1OO
damages brought against them
by c. B. Watson, growing out of
a collision between a truck owned
by the company and driven by
a Vandeveer boy, and a car driven
by Mr.. Watson. The accident
occurred in front of store at
Red House a few weeks ago.
The Vandeveer boy testified that
he was following another truck
and that Watson's car swerved
around the other truck, running
fast, and scraped the truck, and
that Watson's car was coming so
fast he did not have time to pull
over out of the muddle of the
road.
Other cases tried during the
day or disposed of otherwise
were as follows:
Dixie Garage VS.. Mrs. Joe
Azbill, dismissed, without pre-
judice; Kentucky Credit Com
pany VS.. David Gabbard, dis
without prejudice; T. M.
Crutcher Dental Depot VS.. J. c.
Sandlin, continued; Star Tailor
ing Company VS.. G. S. Engle,
continued; w. Q. Park VS.. T.
Lowery, &c continued; Firestonc
Tire and Rubber Company VS. E,
c. Cornelison, continued; Harbi-
son and Gathright VS.. Luxon
Garage, continued; American
Paint and Oil Company VS., T. G,
Perkins, verdict for defendant
Elliott Shiflett VS.. Jeff Lanter,
dismissed, without prejudice
Thomas Lane VS.. James Creech,
dismissed without prejudice; Mat
ohearer VS.. Dan Long, judgment;
or plaintiff; Curtis and billiard
Parks VS.. Armer Parrish, judg-
nent for plaintiff; Oldham and
-ackey VS.. Elijah Walden, dis ;
settled; Hall Seed Com
,any VS.. d. Kincaid, continued
". J. Garrett VS.. M. c. Million,
dismissed, settled; B. M. Nc s
Gown VS.. Vim. Shearer, continued !
rice and Arnold VS.. H. H. Brock, l
ontinued; Lancaster Elevator :
nd Mill Company VS.. E. F. I
Oldham and Rowland VS.. 4,
v. R. Estepp, dismissed, settled 5