Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1902 — SUES THE CITY. [ARTICLE]

SUES THE CITY.

Rensselaer Defendant In a $15,000 Damage Sult. ■Suit was filed in the circuit court Monday by Wm. M. Nowels and his wife, Pauline J. Nowels, of Jordan township, against the City of Rensselaer for <15,000 damages. The suit is the result of the accident to Mr. and Mrs. Nowels last May. They were driving home on the college road, when Charley Robinson's cow, which was tied along the street by a rope, arose, and the rope, catching in the horse’s legs, soared it and a runaway was the result. Mrs. Nowels had her collar bone broken and was otherwise injured and Mr. Nowels had five ribs broken. Mrs. Nowels asks for <5,000 for her injuries and Mr. Nowels asks for a like sum for his injuries and another <SOOO for the loss of his wife’s services, etc. A city ordinance prohibits the tying of animals in the street, and it is on this basis that the city is made defendant in the suit.