Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1905 — TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. [ARTICLE]

TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Such Was the Damages Given Plain* tiff In Case of Kight vs. Kight. The jury in the case of Mrs. Ellen Kight against Wm. T. Kight, and wife and Samuel Kight, for $20,000 damages for the aleniation of the affections of her husband, Wm- Kight, which was on trial when The Democrat went to press last week, returned a verdict assessing the damages at $2,000, after wrestling with the matter several hours. The case occupied all 4 of Thursday and Friday, and went to the jury with only the opening argument of attorney Parkison for the plaintiff, the defense submitting no argument. The parties all reside at Roselawn, and the case came here from Newton county on change of venue. The defendant Wm. T. Kight, is said to be worth $40,000 to $50,000, which he accu misted during eighteen years in which he was engaged in the saloon business at Hegewisch, 111. The case will likely be appealed.