Lawsuits in the Old Newspapers
RESEARCHED BY
Tina Easley
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/
I WILL BE ADDING MORE TO THIS RECORDS AS I RUN ACROSS THEM IN MY RESEARCH.
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PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 , 1911
HENRY WRAPE COMPANY SUED FOR $20,000 BY MRS. FULLERTON
THROUGH HER ATTORNEY JOHNSON A. BURR , MRS. MARY E. FULLERTON , WIDOW OF THE LATE ANDY FULLERTON WHO DIED ON AUGUST 21ST AT THE RESULT OF WOUNDS RECEIVED WHILE OPERATING A RIP SAW IN THE HENRY WRAPE STAVE MILL ON AUGUST 20 HAS FILED SUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY FOR $20,000 IN DAMAGES.
THE COMPLAINT OVER THAT THE DECEASED WAS REGULARLY EMPLOYED BY HENRY WRAPE COMPANY THAT HE OPERATED A RIP SAW CUTTING LARGE WHITE OAK STAVE BOLTS , THAT THE SAW WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH ANY GUARD HOOD OR SPREADER , THAT THE COMPANY WAS AWARE OF THIS FACT WHEN IT ORDERED FULLERTON TO OPERATE IT AND THAT AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF MACHINERY A STAVE BOLT WAS THROWN FROM THE BOARD WITH GREAT FORCE STRIKING FULLERTON IN THE ABDOMEN AND INFLICTING INJURIES FROM WHICH HE DIED .
IT IS SET OUT IN THE COMPLAINT THAT THE DECEASED WAS STRONG AND ROBUST AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH , THAT HE WAS RECEIVING $2.00 DOLLARS A DAY FOR HIS LABOR AND WAS THE SOLE SUPPORT OF HIS WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN . FOR THE LOSS MRS . FULLERTON AS ADMINISTRATOR ASK FOR $15,000 . FOR THE BENEIFIT OF THE ESTATE THE SUM OF $5,000 IS ASKED .
THE PAPERS WWERE FILED WITH THE CIRCUIT CLERK CATHEY YESTERDAY . IF THE DOCKET AT THE COMING OCTOBER TERM IS NOT TOO CROWDED THE CASE MAY BE TAKEN UP.
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PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 , 1911
CONSTITION OF ACT OF 1900 IS ATTACKED IN THE CASE APPEALED TO THE SUPREME COURT FROM GREENE CIRCUIT COURT
A SUIT OF MORE THAN ORDINARY IMPORTANCE AND ONE THAT WILL BE A GUIDE IN THE MATTER OF FORMING SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAS JUST BEEN APPEALED TO THE SUPREME COURT FROM GREENE COUNTY COURTS . THE STYLE OF THE CASE IS COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 13 VS. OAK GROVE SPECIAL DISTRICT AND THE CAUSE INVOLVES THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ACT OF 1909 WHICH AMENDED THE ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FORMATION OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF ARKANSAS . THIS AMENDMENT EXTENDED THE RIGHT TO FORM , SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO THE COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH IT PROVISIONS THE PEOPLE IN PORTIONS OF THE OLD OAK GROVE COMMON DISTRICT AND IN DISTRICT NO. 13 PETITIONED THE COUNTY COURT TO ORDER AN ELECTION SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE TERRITORY AFFECTED MIGHT EXPRESS THEMSELVES FOR OR AGAINST THE ELECTION OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT TO BE FORMED OF THE COMMON DISTRICTS . THIS ORDER WAS GRANTED , THE ELECTION HELD AND A MAJORITY VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT . SIX DIRECTORS WERE CHOSEN AND A NEW BUILDING ERECTED .
IN THE MEANTIME , HOWEVER THE CITIZENS IN THAT PORTION OF NO. 13 WHO WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL DISTRICT EMPLOYED ATTORNEYS HUDDLESTON & TAYLOR TO INSTITUTE THE PROCEEDINGS TO KNOCK OUT THE SPECIAL DISTRICT .
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