Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1919 — FIFTY DOLLARS ARE AWARDED [ARTICLE]

FIFTY DOLLARS ARE AWARDED

JURY IN NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD CASE WRANGLES MANY HOURS.

After a fight of fifteen hours in the jury room a compromise verdict of SSO was reached in the suit for damages brought by Mrs. Mary Moran, formerly of Goodland but now of Monticello, against the New York Central Railroad company. The case had been bitterly fought by the attorneys on both sides and there was much conflicting evidence. Three day? were consumed by the attorneys in getting th,e case to the jury. The jury retired at 10:00 a. m. Tuesday and did not agree on a verdict until 12:30 this Wednesday morning. The suit grew out of an accident at Kentland on December 27, 1913, in which the automobile in which the plaintiff, Mrs. Mary Moran, was riding and which was hit by a New York Central train. Mrs. Moran had her shoulder very severely injured and brought suit against the railroad company for $5,000. _ , ' , Attorney John A. Dunlap, _ who was the attorney for the plaintiff, handled his case in a masterly way and by many who heard the evidence it was thought that he had made out a good case. The attorneys for the defendant railroad were hard fighters and fought every point in the case. They were Attorney Abraham Halleck, of this city, and Schuyler Hubbell, of South Bend. The greatest conflict in the evidence was the testimony of the physician in reference to the injury sustained by Mrs. Moran.. The physicians for Mrs. Moran contended that she was permanently injured, while those representing the railroad contended that the injury was quite insignificant. The small award representing a compromise after a long fight in the jury room is not satisfactory to the plaintiff and the case will undoubtedly be appealed by them to the supreme court. It is understood that the railroad had made a somewhat liberal offer in settlement, which the plaintiff had refused, feeling, it is said, that the amount named in the complaint was none too large.