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v3 Index.

lexinrton & ﬁanﬁcrn '

' Eéilway Company. DefﬁnﬁtﬁfSa
1, ?eﬁ71lnn and TnJor$5nnit,~——~-—»-~-~—~-————~~—-—-—-Pay@$ 1—5
2 Order of confinuaﬂco,———~-—-~——-——-~—~—-——-——-—u—~— ” —5
3, . " Ceﬁﬁinq for inf,—~~-~————--~——~—u---~—-—-~--—— “ -4
4, “ Continnuace,———-~~~———--—-—---—-~—-~-—-~-«-——— ” —4
E ” F1113? demurrer in noting L Answer~—-~~—————-— ” 4
6 ” ﬁction 10 chify,~—-——————»~~——--——~«~—-—~—~—— " 5
7 Hoﬁion +0 HQVG ﬁbre JWCQ3T50,——n-—-—~~——~~—~————~—— ” 5-6 .
S GCCGTil nonurrcr & LnSrar~~———--——-—~—~———-~»—~~—-— " an?
9 Crazy of ccniinuancc,————-~————-~—-~—~~———»-~—--—~— ” 10 '
1C “HA5? illwwaiee 10 $112533,-~——u—__»—-_--—--_--__-- " 7m
11 “ Conﬁinmsnee »-—7—~———o--—-—-----—--~~~--————— ” 10
12 " Juﬁﬁﬁmw 763 & y,~———~—-~——————-~—«—-—u—~-~—-~ " 11
13 ” Allovancc 15 wifnar9,-——————~—~————~—-~——~—~~ ” 11
14 “ dofﬁinv T01 £5y,—~—~~—--u—-‘—-~-—«—-—~-~——-~— ” 11
15 “ Tetdoreﬁ P affered #0 ?710 agended ‘ef.-—~——~ ” 12
16 Anandea ucﬁition,~«~~—o~~-~~~—~—--———~n«-—~--—--——- “ 12-15
1? lotion ﬁo mske more wheoific,—-~~-———~-»-———~----—— " 15~16
19 dunnlieﬁ General dcwarycr & L:S.—~—~—~~—-—~-~-—-—-— ” 16-19
1% Grim: $1112? ﬂuenéaﬁ weiition,-—-—~~¢——---~~—~~———- " —20
20 Allowance $0 vitae SQ:,————-—~«-—~~—-————~——~——~———— “ «SC
fl Drdcr Hmﬁﬁinw for day—---~~-u——~—~—-———~————~~——~—- “ ~71
SH Drder Tilinrmwwiion £0 SiriTo,———-————~——~—~~»----— " u—El
Sﬁ 351103 to nﬁrih:,mu—»-»«~—~~—————-—~——~——~—»—-—~——— “ ~21
24 Oruoy over Tmliiﬁ qcﬁjvn to strikm,-—~—~~——-——---—— V -22
85 lotion to iuke allevatiwn as true,»-~-—~————~——-—~~ ” ~22
26 Order conﬁinuance,~—~-»~--~—~»-n——n~~-~m—-~~————~—- " —$8
$7 “ ieﬁﬁinq aﬁide crﬁer of ccgi?nu:nce,~~-—~————- ” —23
.'.'8 ” ;T‘ilfanv' 2.31.7731... T {7.773. .1)«;—3~1:13‘:“<;~'r ”2:0 3.7-5:; f: 5.717;"... .1111?” ~25
80 chu and gnondcﬂ ﬁnﬁwmr.~m——~—«-_-~~~——-u———~-—-—-~- " $4~28 7

, 30 Order filing yowurrer to in? nerv¢xahh of ale: & 53%. ~29

31 uonurrer to 75% 351552:UH,~—-—-~—~-—~-——u—w——-—-—-— ” —29
52 Order filin? dowhrw5r $0 labia,«~»u-—~——~——»»—~~~-- " —29
33 20213 to ﬂier «qﬂ Amend5d Answer.—~—————-—~——-——--— " ~29¥
54 General Jemurrcr f5 runl§—--~~———-——«—-——-—-—--~~~- “ ~50

' 55 Drier ownsnling Jury,~——~—-———~—~~--—-—-~-———~———o— ” ~50
36 " Ailowrﬂco #0 ﬁlingHSQS~--———~~—-———-—-——————— ” —51
5V ” L7low nae 10 bfenovynwhcr,—-~——~———~———-——~—-— ” «31
39 Judrment,~———--—————————~-—-———-—~—~———»——————-———~ " 51~5£
39 Oranr allowgnce io viinCﬁS——--~——-———~—-———--~—~——— " ~53
40 " fiiiur unﬂivn ﬂ Errand for a Jet trivl,--———-— ” 58—55
41 151103 and wrounds for 5 new trial,—~——-———-—-~-~—- ” 33—35
AS Order tmnﬂerjnw ﬂ offerint to file 3. of chept.——~ ” ~35
43 ” exioxﬁ37¢ i115 f5: Jﬁannyr:n ex 10 any 3. of 3?. 55-36
44 " filinﬁ Bill a? b cewiionc,m—-»——~--~~—~——~--—- ” ~36
45 Bill of Etcehtians,——--——-—~-~-~--—~—-——»-~--~———-—~ ” 35~45
45 ﬁrdor 9111:? Hill 5f 7vlawnce,-—~»—-—~—~—~—~—~~—-—-- " ~45
4? Bmﬁareedosﬁ Bond,--~--—~———-»-——----~——-———-————»--~ “ -45
12 dtwcrsedosi,-——--—-—--——-—-~-—~—~---~—-—~——~—--~~——— ” ~37
'2‘; ;.7.:-:‘7'1(:.7.:1'I.e,-———----———-—---—----——~-——-----—-—---—-—----~--—— " ~11?

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a ﬁche: Cizcuit Court.
K. 3. Potter and
Latilda fatter, Plaijﬁiffa,
’ vs Peﬁition.
Uexington & Epstmrn
Railway Connany, defendhné, V
The misint’fss K. “. Poﬁtar and wetild: Poﬁtnr siste .
the ﬁefendbnﬁ ﬂexixyﬁcn & Easfcrn Railwsj Cnmnany is now and Lt
the ﬁiues h0301133ﬁﬁr s+sﬁed wax u UCTWCTaﬁirn, Cal; organized and
incornoraﬁcd under The law: of th« atzﬁo of Tontuckj, havinv mower
and authority ﬁe cc trict {we b9 ornﬁricted with, Hue in: be sued
in its corhorute 7:26, {a avac+, uﬂ‘ld, uufufi’n an& a pr; 8 a rail-
, rcm;i :fzqu iperii:;?t(x;, 3% ;re“ a (EniulﬁQr, .4zgifwic’ﬂ=, “in :: ,763411 110::r i.h£
§;ﬁ4?
head of the chﬁh i+9e of motiucP; Rita: in scichor Counﬁy, Lemtucky.
Thaf thb vivjnﬁiffw are so: sad #Lc tﬁmea hgr incfter Sﬁated
were the o mars of th! foilrmii" dcpcijcd Tract of land to tit;

.Ji,ﬁ1Lf‘{lﬂaI , 1;?1: ;‘ : gill Vsarigtg? cc: ﬁE CZ i5(ivi:ka 170;:ic CT' i215? Iir*3rti;cltgr
liver in ﬁnisher dounﬁy, heiﬁucky, huminxiLﬁ at a hornboam Ind elm,
worms» to ﬁne 33% Lnnﬁloy frrcﬁ n? 1:3ﬂ; *hencm down {he river am;
with the SFHO to a wolnﬁ OhAOSiTC 3n 01m SC;QCJE“ Jon? the lower

, and af 3 rec? fence; thence Square across tic woiﬁom an; my iho hill
to a set Stone 0: +ov of €39 Snuﬁ; Thunco to 3010 n3?%eﬁ huxhes in
the 0&20 c¢ some tinhor Enid; {hence uh The Emir tc the fence wt the
Hat Jontloy line; Thnncn wifk u=id live '0 the be‘innina.

Thai fha ﬁ“id “crih ”GTE CT L(ntuckf uiver 19 the houn wry
Hﬁzxiﬁixi or divjhian line between {BK viainﬁ fig pun ﬁne lsnﬂﬁ of
30119 ‘X711 Lin; '7003n*n ;ril (7;; 473‘ -fb’izd‘iFfY4 1:41} :,'ﬂre«n-=d ERTEi 16-
<3:i.1;créi (:27 f 7 LL; 7_(7'!‘1; ’:_:::1<1 L: i (1:? (*:" ;T.' E.E 3“ 7 V7<33§ ;: (31¢ ,i (,: (3.” 31(? ? 21 :, St: 3:163 .
That ﬂhu 43?; d wt 00 ~:a; has Vuilf 5?? Inﬁlrbsa ¢n the ri ht kwrﬁ
Side Of S‘ii rivcr :: ycu deﬂcr d fTv ctmo :5: ix lhe m-ia river
OUﬁc if: {c iha 1:idc (F ih; Sirixiip75°

3E7”: D’s 'rr: fFH: C ?d :W‘ilrrva“ 1x1: Tntllﬂ: orwvr.,VLc vii int wff‘11
1;?13 :F"C::xx in , fig' 0‘: 11:3. of :a.5d :civcz“35$7 :11"fj(:icrﬂh1;’7>r(npl z-nd

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clean to hold z‘md carry army tho water from {all tides: and freiahets
‘ in said river m '..!ithout injury “to ':--»l:'.:'2.:':‘ttj:f‘f's' 15:21.51 aforesaid,

but that Hue defhgadzznt built its: .'::-am railroz'ﬁ out in the sold
river by piling up largo on};~.;-1132::1r23-1ts 0:7 0:14;?) {laid stone t’eroln
{LL11- by building ‘."ith Said railrozzd {and on tho 8:13.18. on?) ninent, a 5
county road in lieu of the. one 'i.i:"i’en by :" on ‘im same side of the
river on which it was ”mtftldimr its :1:" id road, ':.'hﬁoh id r0516. was
also or—t‘imnded out into $35.18. river : built therein by the defen—
dant by toiling: up therein learoo ezrﬁuunlzrnonts of eorth and otone ,

Lam": ﬁat it tlvxcrreby narrowed :3:» 021531191611 03" {‘.:-22.le river and filled
it up to final: 213:1 extent irr‘mdﬁitely above, along: side zinc: directly
G‘a'pOili‘te- +110 :.:;f’orcoid launch: of” nlsintifj‘s, that thereby the mid
channel of Rigid river Deon-'30 too narrow to hfld the waters: of“ 33:15:.
river maozaisior‘zod "my crdiaury 5:"::u¢::-i=‘:.ote 25:15: ,uﬂ: "lows on" inter

as are and. car: he mono-11;? :.::Cs. :‘o:5::c-g:=.i':'.l.;f expected at za¢112ﬁo7ma12ed

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{Io/land thvt 5.15:3? d. e“1}1u523‘27‘:1omi:f: ::.luc‘mcl in mid riVor ”:2:; the o’ei‘ondint
divortﬁi the: course 02" ’:‘.}:r- 97.5510 ::“3’013 112.”; natual course 1116 caused
it: ':.'atzjrrs to flow out of its; usual course 51:15: to out into plr-inw
tiff?) 121.1115: uforosaid, wash out the: trees and Shrumgory 171.:2ntec1
z;-.d marizi‘a’xged to gyro thereon by; the: for the orotoctiwn of their
bonito an»; lands and. to ‘.’!flﬁl‘; ”Mr” ::.)":J ditches in their far/:.;“: lands,
1‘/

, :‘Lnga'to ‘.']:Lilh the (ac-Al thorn-of” away, and 53:0 was their 1" one 111;? armiqf,
and destroyed. .::-Uni mind/337611 useless a lorro poa-rtion 0:." “ply inti‘f'f“'s
bottom lands in the tract of lcmd l10roﬁ.n"ootz"c~ro aosorl.:-ec’l., by reason
of which ho 11:-.::: born dfmztrvod in ‘:.Tlc; sum of 51000. no mart of which
has; over Door. 135.151, and. tl.::.’:: 51:31!» 5:110 Is: just :..:nd due,

That tho ’:.:uildjmt- 0;" the S 3.6. railrzt-d ganfe‘ the emban‘vmentB
aforesaid .::o marrianozzt, :;:‘151 1:11:12 the injuries ::foros: id to said
tract of 1:225:31 81 no? 51521161756, 51,2111 “if‘rzzit thty can not he l‘CE‘FLiI'Gd or
rmmdiod :;T rm:~;o;:r.:fbla ITTT.‘C:1‘.SC:, :1‘16: ’."‘.H ‘~‘-'16,}; can not be rezsmlied
without reirvigw th: Said railrorc; ::.:15: the 9.16. embnn‘amonts from
said rivszcc, and {skirt but for 5.7:; 1321.13.33.21!“ of 9:51.? railroad and
ozzlbax‘LZ-tncnt ::.u’7orcs:a.id, the :.5-id. ::EWLI 27011111 not hove (:3:-.’.: into the

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bemﬂns of plzj4thff’s 11nd , or tm1shod out 1£M> free: fa‘fﬁunﬂ Kory
planted or oorniﬁtod to ??OT ihoroon by Thwa $0? tho orotocﬁion
I ~ of said lama, and it would not have washed holes or ditchos in
, Said lano, and would not have washed foo soil from said land, or
washed ﬁho rails or fences therefrom or Jootroyod or mode usébess
any portion of said land, and that all of fhe of030345d acts of
the defomdgnt were wrongfully connitﬁod, vno ﬂone without :ight
or authority so i0 do, and that ihcy more commified within one
year next beforo ﬂho inotiiuﬁion of ﬁhio notion.
ﬂherofoxe tho pleﬁnfiffs Urey judﬂmnnt trainst The Gefonﬁsnt
for the Sun of 31000., the}? oowts hc303n exnonded on; For 911
prooort relief.
LTio?o]J%.ﬁ J; ir
“TtOIﬁCFH For F1&?nfi*fs.
({11:a :a¥"‘iz=%11: i'o ... l*<)*‘ficez' ﬁii;*si 1 };:.€ 5?; o 2:7_14e:‘1;f i (.113- rvf' 1‘IE?
Toroxoinw vot5fion ¢aro frne as ho VOTilf believes.
mubmuribed and Sworn to bnfore me by {he effianﬁs T. A. Joiter
this the -__ day ofﬂﬂ__~lflﬁ.
dﬁoooon Lo b1 iv;
ucput: C06 Ulcrk.
Filed tax pﬁiJ sunwon P 1 copy isnuod. Th1: fora 1S“ 191&
”a". ttj-‘g‘ﬂiz'on 30:31:51. 3101'}: .
Orders Uofohor Circuit Court.
Civil Cxuson.
Auéust Torn, Inf dﬁj, 12th Dmy o? Au“nst 1912.
I; :;. f'oi%;or fw3.,
vs OrJor.
r, :2. 22:7. 430.,
0rd rod ﬁRaﬁ ﬁhiﬁ canoe ho oonﬁinuod.
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("lrdﬁredi 6:31:21: "(13133 (3.51.510 be $301: for ithﬁ 101720.. c1533; 0:?" the
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Betcher Circuit Court. V
, Y. 5. Potter and
Hatilda Better, Blaintiffs.
vs ﬁction to verify
Lexington & Eastern
Railwwy Connony. Defend nts.
Defendynt, gorington & Esstorn Railway Company, moves
the Court to require ml iﬁliffs to verify their petition herein I
under pain of having some dismissed for want of such voriFieation.
. n. D. Fields a Cons.
Samuel H, Nilson
Counsel for defendant.
Filed Fob. Rules Feb, 5rd 1915.
n. P. Combs, Clerk.
Setoher Circuit Courtq
I. 5. Potter and
Iatilda Potter, Plaintiffs,
vs Motion to make more specific.
Lexinrton a Eﬂﬁﬁurﬂ Railwsy Cormany, defendants.
Dc"exd3mt, Loxingion & T131 rn Railway Comoany, moved
the court to require plaintiffs to naic iheir petition herein
more definite, cortzin and ontcific in the following warticulars,
' ‘ tc~witz To Show how HTCH, if any, ﬁzxnlaintiff‘s lsnds has
been out into or wrahed away in the ufnnor Cllo“ed in the netiiion
to show that and how many trees, and how much nhrubhcry, growing
on said land, has boon so w shod away; to show the number of holes
and ditches cut in olaintiffs‘ land by the allowatEdﬁ washing,
and how much soil has been washed away from Said la d; to show how
much and what kind of fencing has been Wfﬁhod away or destroyed;
and to show how much of plaintiff’s bottom lands, in arid irwct,
has been destroyed or rendered useless.
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Defendant Turther moves the Court to rcouire plaintiff'
to so amend thcii oetition as to sot out in generate items hkz
the several injuries and losses cowolained o? which tooothtr
' constitute the entire dencoe claimed herein h? the ﬁlmintifi.
o. o, Fields tel em.
drmuol H. Eileen. - '
Counsel for defendent.
Filed Feb. Jules Feb. Std. 1913.
3. Po Combo, Clerk.
Let her Circuit Court.
K. S. Potter and I '
Hotilda Potter, Plaintiffs, -
vs General Donurror and inswcr.
Lexinwton & Eontorn
Ra il Rey C o {“1738 21y , J'.)o§'ond:2nt S .
Defendant, LOIinrton 0 Eastern Railway Comoeny, deﬂurs
generally to the olointiiie' ootition noon the ooound that same
does not state facts sufficient To oonoitute any cause of action
ecoinoi: 1h? 3 do'i‘ezulz'1'1t.
without waivinr its ocncral demurrer EfOTeSiid' defohdant
Lexington 6 Eastern Railway Crunchy, for answer to so much of the
pot tirn as it is advised it is necessary or material to mike answer
to, (WGUtOS {lt.t 11:4ésstyiot Trxxvlodgx: or ﬁzi”oynu“tion tntffic:ient to
form a belief as to whethcr'ohihﬁﬁde/C: either or them, are or
were, at the tines stated in the attition, the owners Cf the tract
of land first described in the oeiition.

Defendant for the want of knowlcdco or in“o:motion
sufficient to form a belief, denies that the North Fork of the
Kentucky River is the hotnda1y or division lino between the oliintiffs
and the lands of John Hall and Georco Hell, or either oi then, an:
deniee that oleintiff’o lands, on doocrihcd in the oetition, are
located on the loft—hood Side of said river 53 one decends the
some; and denies that this defend nt has hm lt its railr:od on the
rioht—hand side of oxid river as 2 one descends the esme 7n the
said oopo:ito to the lends of the oltintiff.

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liefcndant has not 3::101'7lcdf‘0 or i 11"”(12111sztirn suTr’i'icient
to fOl'l'l a belief as to :.'}‘icthor 53: id railroad was i-i‘izilt opposite
. plaintiff's lztnds as 3.110106; in the "eetiticn, ori‘rmt "the chi-anncel

of srid rivnr was sufficiently broad or doe to 21016: or carry say
the water from all tide-s or ;f‘zg'cshets in s.:id‘ river heft-rc- 8‘, i '
railracd was built, Defendant in denies tn: 1‘". it Emilt its 3:: id
rsilremd out in said river at flirt; noint indicted by elk intiif‘i's,

by piling up large e.1‘n;.;iv'?:;;1ents c:n mirth or stone therein O: other—
i'Jide, or in building»? with :2; id. rrxi'lrcad 52211"; ('11 ".0 same 0:11;;‘12T321ent
a county road in. lieu 0:“ one trite-n by the defendant (in “She srme
side of the river on 23:7:‘1'1c21 its road is inexted; and denies that said
comity road was extended cut into said 1iver 01 built therein by the
doi‘(’~2:1d:‘:.nt by tiling: up sari largo c.1hzznitrioiu.s 0:" e11? or: stone
or otherwise; and dt‘iflieﬁ that it thercﬂay narrowed "7 E20 channel of

' 53:15.17". ::ivcr or fillet: it 1170 e such an extcat tamed irate-179' anoveq

clone s ids of or (;iiirectly onnositc to the said aflands of“ 707,911”!-
tii‘fs, tint 4.2m chrngiel or” .51: id river thereby UGCLHEC too From

to hold ‘fiifi waxinyrs f 11:11.}. ‘ivezj occasiﬁned “((37 01rd i.n:'~1‘;;r i‘i'eshets

or by snot. 7r 01" '..-22111" as: 12:36 my cm} 1173151137 or 1'035‘0s-ege'uly "be
expected or anticipated to Occur; and. denies ihat the courses of

5 id 1‘ 1'. var was diverted from its 1191:1111“ l (3011? so by any 011% 1‘1‘3'92111ent s

. placed by the dctf‘r:“‘(df~fzt in 51:17.8. 1." v01, ("1' that any ‘.ﬂlch em'm ninents
so niaced caused me waters 0'!" :—";::-_.i_d river to flow (717:1? of “their usual
30:71:30, or to. cut 10 331:7.i'ntiff"s 1:11;? 53 arenas: id , 0:11.10 “.::, "h 0:11“.
the trees zen-(3 c»:1131u"r;":;:1‘:;7 cl: 1.11712? 0}? “132‘!"l't‘i'lr'ai to "row *{i—Lerecn b1"
nléiintiffs or {rt-"h: 1' 0:2’.‘ t‘s‘aégx to?) thr‘ tyrota'wﬁtion 0:" 1.715.111 Ear'n'élrs an}
laznls 01‘ For any other :1 recs-cs, 02' mused Grit". m'rtaii'r; to ::h holes
or ditches in viz.intixl‘is' lands, or to was}; the soil theme-f Eii'fz'Ij-IT,
or to wash their fencing a, or that sane destroyed or rend ered
useless a large (‘1' any nortion 0:" Mai 1'1ti7:r"s’ bottom lands era‘s-cased
withing“ “ti-.:; trﬁCt 01‘ 1:51:16: first described in Dbinti'ffs' petition;
defendant denies that niaintiv"i‘s or (.'.-it'xcr rt’" tic-n "(g/r reason of the
facts or any o." (“it facts allca‘cd or ::‘itcmted to he alley-red "(n the
'7.

 o I 7'
DetitEOh, hAVo boon damaged in foo How of $1,000.00 or in any
oihcr sun; and denies that said oum or coy mart +hcreo? is just
or due or owing from ﬁhio dcfonomnﬁ fo +10 niainti¢fs or oithcr
of then. V

Defendcnﬁ statco foot its uses of so much of the foroor
county road at {ho point indicaﬁed in the oetiﬁion an is now
embrncod vithin the dcfoodonﬁ‘s rioht of may or as come to be
ocouniod by ﬂhc defuxdunﬁ in {he construction of its road-bed oxd
railroad, woo so 2:?en, usod and occuwied by ﬁho defendant with
the consent and by tho ouﬁhoriﬂy of {to County and 313031 Courts
of Uoﬁchor Counﬁy, and That so much 0? said County road as was
relocated and rcconotrucﬁod by this defendant for Lotohor County
at tho point iniicztoo in tho oetlfion woo so relocrtcd an: re-
construcﬁod with tho pornlocion and by fho uufhoriyy of to; County
and Fiscal Conrﬁo of Jotchor Counfy, and +his dcfcndant states
ﬁhat in no evcnﬁ 13 iﬁ liablo or should it he hold liohle for any .
injury or danaoo cauoca by +he roloccﬁion anﬁ rc—conotructlcn of
soié County Road, whofhnr oawc he Shown ﬁo have extended out in—
to said river or moi.

//

<\\ﬂofon&oxﬁ adnifs thsﬁ fho buildino'of FfS railroaﬂ 8rd
\2
tho cmbnnhnonto dcsoribcd in p1:infi’fs' ootifion ovor which said
railroad possos are oﬁruciuroo of o normanont natuyo5‘oot fhis
I defendant has not knowlodﬁc or inTrvmoiion as to rheﬁhgi Tm? in-
jurios $0 the track 0? lxnd cochloiocd of h= the o152n+i*fs are
of a oormaoogt or fcnoorary characior, or as to whoth r 531d
injuries cannot be rcnoirod or rcnoiiod :2 reasonable exooose;
.,. doz'ﬁoo ﬂ'zzﬁz‘y ”(.1163 cannof be 270210617185. in 5.52:; eta): to": ‘iyy
removing maid rojﬂroaa or said on ::Eucoto from ocii river.
Defendant denies that but ?or ﬂow buildinﬁ of Sei& r511—
ro;-.CL c.1161 embankment aforcouid, tho Siric‘i STU/(:14 '.';ould not" hove cut
into ﬁho btnks of plaintino' 12ndo, or Tnohca out iho troes m:
shrubbory nluntod or ocrnittcd ﬁo crow thorcon or olaintiffs for
tho protection of Szid land as cllocod, or thsf oild TiV+T would
: 8,

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not have wanhcd holes or ditches in said lands, or would ntt have

washeﬂ the soil TTon sail land, or rould not have ﬂannel 13p rails
. or fences ﬁherofrOﬂ, or would not have deSﬁroyed Cr mﬁke useless

any portion of sail lcaﬂb Defendant donieg ﬁhet any or all of

the aforesrid nets alleged and complained of by ﬁhe alsintiffs

were wwmnﬂfully or nﬁ ﬁll conmilﬁed hy ihw loforianﬁ without Tlﬁht

or suthmnity so in do, :23 duf Rd at without 3i ht or anthcvlty

80 f0 do, and aofcﬁlsnﬁ denies lift fhof tefe done mtkin within

one jepr no ﬁ:l>c"orn l?u* instifnm ion of ih7€::-¢tion, or at any

o’ghem fine.

Hofeﬁﬂa i Turtle? 3+3ﬂm3 {Hit it has noﬁ Fnowle3ro or '
inTﬁIHETion sufficient #0 form 5 belief as $0 ﬁheiher or moi by
tﬁe flow of water in S;i$ ﬁlvv: *ho nlzlnfi7fs lanQS, as 0341 ed
in tha péfifihno have bien Gui info or ihgt any traes or vhwubery
thereon huva been washoﬁ Gui, or Wtsbﬁd rtuy, C: tha? any ﬂlch
trees or Shrub Ty were 0v Ty ulainteﬁ or Dcrmiiﬁeé f0 ivow an arid
lands by the plﬁintiffs 70: in: p oﬁcctlnn of fhu'r banks or lﬁnis,
on for any Cﬁhrr ﬂuxhosos; an dwfﬂndﬁnt hag not Enowledie or in-
formation su?ficimnt to form a belief as to whether the flat of XX
water in asid river has washed holes or ditches in said lands, or
washed ﬁho Boil fhureof sway, or WLGth any Tcuclud away, or has
destroyed 0: randcred uselesc any portion of misintins' bottom
lands, or ofhcr lands in ﬁhc tract dcﬁcribmd in Thr netlﬁlon; anﬂ
dofcndanﬁ dOLlGS thrt the plelnfj‘fs; or wilher of ihom, hsve bran
damnroi 11 33y Fun, 0? in any exfnnt whatsoovwr by reaﬂcn of ihe
facts ullared Dr cannluincl o? in tha volition.

wherefore, havinﬁ Tully anuvored, de”enﬂant prayu to be
hwnco diswinsod with ?ts coats and Tor all wron(r relief.

u. 5. fields ﬂ Jon
.L::-r:mcl 3f. Lilian
Srur:ol Tor defc;i(nt.
Filed “an, Jules Sch. 53d, lQlig
:2. ;1. <30:ﬁjs. 3‘5 :36.
Q
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Orders latchor Circuit Courﬁ.
Civil C3useﬁ. -
’ ' “ﬁril; Tern, 11th day, lﬁfh Day of ?hy 1915.
K. S. Potter,
' vs Or&er. /
7} a I‘.. 2:;. Co. «'70.,

It is ordered by fhc Court thcﬁ ihn abbve sfyled ouuﬁe
be Gettinued. -
C:&e:s Z‘icher Circuiﬁ Sourﬁ.

Civil Causes.
unjust Term, 146% dzy ioﬁh Jay of Luiust, 1933.
7. we Eoiﬁwr,
vs deer allowanca f0 witnnnges.
‘.I ',.'} —:o :1:,79 ‘:F'o

3:19 ﬁhn Follorinw 'itnn“sea ?cr nlainTEfT, in Open Court,
under oath, claiaed ﬁhﬁir Cftendincc as follows:

John lull, 4 days, 74.CO, ;:m 3:11, 4 days fé.OO,
Teorvn £011, 5 “ 5.00, ﬁiil ‘EfﬂFldC F d:yn, 3.00,
nach yantln:,5 ” ﬁ.”ﬂ,

Ordered to be Uﬁjﬁ by fhc defcxd&nﬁ and tuned as cost.

Orders Znﬁchar Circuit Courﬁ.

Civil Cwuseﬁ.

_1v~113i: ifcqxn, :[6{11 i} y', fiﬁﬁ}: _U;3r of? fsrwurM3, 1.915%.

T. J. Potter,

V3 Trdcr.
l R T Hy. Con
03 Jofion of dcTandant, fhiﬁ cause is new confinued.
10,

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I Orﬁors Lotoher Circuit Court.
Civil Causes. .
January Tern, 61h pay, lTﬁh any of Jonnrry 19149
X. 3. Potter,
vs Order.
T41 :1 :91. :Tfi‘l‘s; '7. (:00 g -
¢r&ored that ihls cause he not for the 14th drf.eﬁ~$he -
37%ééa 353;" of‘ i310 or GfSQEit- t 7r120
Orders Botohcr Circuit Court. '
Cfvil Causes. .
January Torn, 14th Jar, “Vth ﬁtr 0? January 1914. L
. T. 3. Better,
vs 0rdora Liinoas Slain“

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objections and ‘rwrmittod Braid LI'Z’lOJ'lde noti’rion to be :F'cled, which
we done to all of "tick ‘rmu’: do:i'<::z-;S_r.2*1t excerpted. ‘

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