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lentC,juryBioain-hasJonttyoDENIES NEW TRIALJudge Platt Refuses One in the Burk Case.FdflKtorleaaide-ezu4rt4eaaACTION IS OF IMPORTANCEritcd:Judgment for $1,150 Entered as Returned by Jury.Clt;Ti'felalPitlmSeparata Action Against Creamery Package Company to Be Filed In IP Federal Court Thia. Week—Case r» One of Unusual Character.wIs1*r • I(Prom Thursday's Daily) -The motion for a new trial in the case of Henry Burk vs the American Creamery Package Co., has been de-aied by Judge PfaaMtn C. Platt r ' No action which has been tried in the Blackhawk county district court for some: time occasioned as universal interest throughout the county as did, the .Burk case, and the court's action in denying a new trial will be learned with additional interest by those Who have followed the case. The judg. mentT of $1,150 .returned by the jury for the plaintiff is entered on the docket* ..• * * • The particulars attendant upon the trial of the Burk case will be remembered. Harry Burk, how deceased; the son of Henry Burk, drank from the contents of jug in the drain Creek creamery supposing at the time that it was buttermilk. The jug bore no label arid was not the one pointed butto him ’ by, an ^employe of the place. The jug contained sulphuric acid and the yourigvthan died,from the effectssoon afterwards. •His father as guardian; • instituted proceedingsagsOhst the E^ireamefyfor f^OOO ida^ag^s as WCambuiit dimhim for the hoy’iS; services until' he attained :• the ’.age:ofC'twehty-oneyears; The jhryheturned a verdict for $14501 The . defendants imihedihtely entered motion fdr new trial, and 'it. is this which Jpdge Piatt has just denied. ;jCase. in Federal Court.. \rn: conjunction with the case, brought in the! district court action wag also begun In the federal court at Diibuqueby Henry Burk as administrator of his son's estate, for '$20,000 damages, this tmount being alleged to be due directly on the boy's estate, Waterloo attorneys are now at Dubuque in: the interests of the action to be tried: in thehigher , court, and it is thought the case will be brought to trial thiB week.7iie
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Semi Weekly Iowa State Reporter
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Fri, Apr 29, 1904
Page 5
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Waterloo P.
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