A $30,000 damage suit was the first case of the civil court calendar which was taken up Monday at the courthouse, with Judge W.F. Harding presiding. This is the second week of the present term of court.
The suit begun Monday is that of E.J. Humphrey, administrator and father of Arthur Humphrey, a 13-yhear-old boy who was killed June 11, 1920, at Seigle and Seventh streets when an automobile driven by A.J. Deal and belonging to the Seahorn & HIpp Company ran over him.
The defendants in the suit are Mr. Deal and the Sehorn & HIpp Company and the Southern Public Utilities Company. The utilities company is a defendant because one of its street cars was in the vicinity at the time of the accident and it is charged that because its operators were negligent and careless in managing the car, the company contributed to the causes bringing about the boy’s death. The boy ran around the end of the car and the automobile driven by Mr. Deal, who is a salesman for Sehorn & Hipp, ran him down.
The case is expected to be hard-fought. Six lawyers are engaged in the suit, Marvin L. Ritch, E.R. Preston and Frank Flowers are the attorneys for the plaintiff. J.L. Jones, F.M. Redd and John M. Robinson are attorneys for the defendants. The trial of the case is expected to last several days.
From The Charlotte News, Monday evening, April 11, 1921. (The name of the company is spelled Seahorn in one reference and Sehorn in two other references. I don’t know which is correct. And $30,000 is worth $440,805.59 in today’s dollars.
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