Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
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Ligonier Echo
Wednesday, May 31, 1911
Two Law Suits
Ligonier People
A. B. Clifford vs. L.V.R.R. Co. and T. O. McKelvey vs. C. A. Ambrose
Clifford Gets 2,000 Damages
Two important Ligonier law suits were up before the courts at Greensburg last week, one that of A.B. Clifford vs. the Ligonier Valley Railroad Co. for damages for building road through his farm, the other T. O. McKelvey, the liveryman, vs. C. A. Ambrose, claiming damages in accident in which one of McKelvey's teams met Mr. Ambrose in automobile along state road near the Denny race track at Morningside farm.
In the first case, A. B. Clifford, of Ligonier township, won a verdict of $2,000 against the Ligonier Valley Railroad Co. The verdict was returned a few minutes before 5 o'clock Thursday evening and marked the close of the longest case of the week.
Clifford's farm is between Ligonier and Wilpen and was crossed by the branch line of the Ligonier Valley road when the latter was extended to Wilpen, opening up the new coal field in that district. Clifford estimated that his farm had been damaged to the extent of $12,000, and following a failure to compromise, took the case to court. Viewers awarded him $1,500, but an appeal was taken.
The jury was selected Tuesday morning and came out to view the farm. There was quite a host of witnesses subpoenaed but only seven were permitted to testify on each
side. Testimony was offered all day Wednesday and Thursday forenoon. The damage as estimated by the plaintiff's witnesses ranged up to $12,000, while those called for the defendant company estimated the damage at from $600 to $1,500. Only one estimate was $1,500. The verdict returned by the jury was one sixth of the amount claimed.
The Clifford case attracts considerable interest and many resident of this section attended the trial. It was before Judge L. W. Doty, with Attorney D. C. Ogden representing the plaintiff and Attorneys E. E. Robbins and J. S. Moorhead for the defense.
In the McKelvey Ambrose . . . .