Lima Sued For $3,000

LIMA SUED FOR $3,000

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A HORSE STEPPED INTO A HOLE IN A CULVERT.

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And Threw William Pratt Over the Dashboard when the Horse kicked Him---Hence the Suit.

The declaration in the suit of William Pratt vs. the Township of Lima, was filed by the plaintiff's attorney Arthur Brown, Saturday. A. J. Sawyer & Son have entered their appearance for the defendant. The declaration set forth that a culvert in the highway near the dwelling house of M. S. Cook had a hole in the main traveled part of the highway three feet deep, two feet wide and from six to eight feet long, and that this hole was allowed to remain unguarded for the space of three months or thereabout although the township had due notice of it. The declaration sets forth that Pratt was driving a horse attached to a buggy along the highway in the night time last April, when the horse stepped into the hole in the traveled portion of the highway, jerking the buggy suddenly forward and throwing the plaintiff forward over the dashboard with great force and violence and frightened the horse that when arising from the fall into the hole, the horse kicked the plaintiff in the stomach, breast and arms causing him then and there to remain unconscious for a considerable length of time and to sustain other severe bruises and injuries to his nerves, arms, chest, hips, back, sides and spine, which confined him to his bed for two weeks and still prevents him from transacting his business. Mr. Pratt asks for $3,000 damages. Cavanaugh & Wedemeyer are of the counsel assisting Mr. Brown.