Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1910 — JUDGMENT FOR $3,100 [ARTICLE]

JUDGMENT FOR $3,100

In Lawler vs. C. & E. I. Ry. r for Fire Damage. The jury in the Lawler damage case vs. the C. & E. I. Railroad Company, were taken up Saturday morning to look over the land burned over south of Fair Oaks by sparks from a locomotive on defendant’s road, going up on the milk train and returning on the two o’clock train in the afternoon. The rest of the afternoon was put in with the argument of attorneys, and the case given to the jury about six o’clock that evening. At 11 p. m„ a verdict was reached, giving the plaintiff judgment for $3,100. He had sued for SB,OOO.