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Submitted: 6/9/08 • Approved: 6/25/20 • Last Updated: 6/28/20 • R27093-G0-S3
Clay County Courier 1911 argenweb project
Among the many law suits that have been on the docket of the Western District of Clay County, there is none that had gained such whispered notoriety and acted with such magnetic power in drawing a large audience to the courthouse as has the one ended Friday evening, which occupied the attention of the court since the previous Tuesday morning, consuming practically four days. The courthouse was packed since its beginning with men, women, and children. At the previous term of court, last August, Charles McCollum, by his attorneys, Moore and Bloodworth, filed a lawsuit against J. M. Hawks and others for alleged desecration, mutilation and defacing the graves of his children, and therefore asking damages to the amount of $10,000. By reason of an overcrowded docked the case was continued until recent term. The case grew out of an effort on the part of the citizens of Corning to clear off. beautify and establish driveways over the long neglected grounds of the Corning cemetery and for such purpose an organization known as the Corning Cemetery Association was formed, principally of ladies of the different churches of the city, empowered with authority to solicit funds for the furtherance of their work. It was during the discharge of these duties that the defendants were stopped by the plaintiff and action begun by citing them to trial. After retirement and deliberation for a few minutes the jury brought in a verdict in favor of the defendants.
Contributed on 6/9/08 by tiredtech3
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