Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1914 — Railroad Wins Flood Suit. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Wins Flood Suit.

Indianapolis, Ind., November 28. —A verdict for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co. was returned by the jury which heard the suit of the Lafayette Sales Company in the district court. The sales company alleged that the railroad company so obstructed the river in West Lafayette that the flood of 1913 caused $25,000 damages to its property. The company sued for that amount.