Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — Four Damage Suits Filed For $40,000 Damages. [ARTICLE]

Four Damage Suits Filed For $40,000 Damages.

Four damage suits were filed in the Newton circuit court Friday by Attorneys J. A. Dunlap and M. E. Graves against the New York Central railroad. The four suits aggregate $40,000. They are for SIO,OOO each. This is the result of the accident on August Bth, in which Philip Hoaks, his wife and Ameddie St. Pierre. Joseph D. Law, of Morocco, had filed three of the suits, as the administrator of the estate of the deceased. The other suit was filed by Selina St. Clair, who was injured in the same accident, for personal injuries.