Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1913 — GAVE BAYARD TAYLOR JUDGMENT FOR $10,000 [ARTICLE]

GAVE BAYARD TAYLOR JUDGMENT FOR $10,000

Held That 0., I. & S. Railroad Should Give Him That Amount —Other Defendants Exempted. I

Judge Hanley, who heard the case of Bayard Taylor, railroad promoter, against the Chicago, Indiana & Southern railroad and Warren T. McCray and Carroll C. Kent, gave a judgment in favor of Taylor against the railroad company for SIO,OOO, but exempted both McCray and Kent.

Some years ago Taylor was en-> gaged in. promoting a railroad along substantially the same route later used by that railroad. McCray and Kent are enterprising citizens of Kentland and they thought they saw a good chance for the road to be built if Taylor was given the proper support. They formed a partnership with Taylor and kept him at work, paying him a salary. Later the men decided to work for a sale of the project and for a time abandoned’ the work. Then the Indiana Harbor railroad, which is now correctly called the Chicago, Indiana & Southern, was built. Mr. Kent went abroad. Mr. Taylor thought that he had been double crossed. He was left out without a copper and he thought Kent and McCray had, been paid. He wanted $60,000, claiming that he had been promised SIO,OOO in cash and $50,000 in stock in the road whenever it was completed. Mr. Taylor’s attorney was Otto Gresham, a son of the one famous Walter Q. Gresham. The defendant railroad was represented by the railroad attorneys and McCray and Kent were represented by William Darrock, Hume" Sammons and Emery Sellers. ■

The evidence was taken several months ago, the findings were made up about two weeks ago and th.e argument of the attorneys citing decisions in support of their claims were made Thursday and Friday, many hours being.occupied in the argument. It is expected that the railroad will appeal. - '