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Kcely Damage Suit From Indianapolis Decided in Favor of That City.The last important • ase lt;Ilt;'t*i« 1«*• I by Judge Artman was wliat is familiarly. Known as tlx* Kocly case. brought to l*ooi)t' count' from .lobnson oount bv agreement. ami t ri* «1 by tin* court in September. but taken under advisement by tin* emir; until la-t Friday, to jtriv** plaintiffs an upportunit' i«! seeure a witness who was not available in September. atnl who could not be produced last Friday. There were thirt -seven witnesses who testified at the last trial which lasted a week. The suit in its last stage wa-Plice Keely. guardian of Frank Keely. ;s the city of Indianapolis for Slb'i.uuodamages. Judge Art man found for the defendant, stating when he did so ttiat it was the judgment of the court V ^-that Frank Keely received his injurie-by falling off :i private bridge near the Atlas engine works, and not off a sidewalk in the city of Indianapolis, and that the latter could not therefore L* held for damages on account of accident. The attorneys in the case were: Plaintiff's. W. I. Beckett, ofIndianapolis, and Shelby Worley, of j.ebanon: defendants’. lt;\ I). Bowen and J. I). Pierce, of Indianapolis, and S. M. Ralston, of this city.History of Case.■Frank K»« ly was injured in Oc tober, 1S97. At night he was found at the bottom of a ditch near the plant ot the A'las engine works by a policeman. Hlt;* was take n to a hospital,where it was found that he was suffe ring from a fractured femur. He recovered. but was permanently crippled. The following y«-ar a suit was lt;ntered by Keely against the- city of Indianapolis. The case was pending tjjere until 1901. when a change of1 venue was taken to Johnson county. .hL There the case was tried in Januaryof 1902, and a jury found for the city, j Attorneys for the plaintiff immediately filed a motion for a new trial and the trial was granted. In June of the year the case was tried again by
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Lebanon Patriot
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 12, 1908
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