Wants $10,000 Damage

WANTS $10,000 DAMAGE

BECAUSE A TELEPHONE MESSAGE WAS REPEATED

An Ypsilanti Case Which Has Been in the Circuit Court Before Again Comes Up.

In the "telephone" case of Peter W. Shute, of Ypsilanti, vs. The New State Telephone Co., Isaac Perrine and Martin Cremer a declaration was filed esterday. This is the case in which the plaintiff alleges he was wronged by having a conversation in the telephone repeated. He charges the defendants with well knowing the premises but contriving and maliciously intending o injure, defame and slander the said plaintiff in his good name. That Perrine and Cramer acting for the State Telephone Co. said in the hearing of many people, "I (meaning defendant Perrine) heard him say over the phone that either two drays or vans would come from Detroit to get furniture from Waldorf (meaning the hotel of plaintiff and wife) and everything was to be loaded at 11 or 12 o'clock that night." Also that Mr. Cramer said substantially the same words. He claims the meaning of the words were to impute to the plaintiff an intention of removing and secreting chattel mortgaged property. This he claims injured his credit aud broke up a loan he was making with one Frank Sutherland. Norman B. Trim held the chattel mortgage on the property. He also claims that in consequence of all these troubles his wife became very sick and he was obliged to call a physician to attend her. Mr. Shute thinks he should have $10,000 damages to heal his feelings and make good his loss.