The criminal docket of Superior Court here this week is expected to be rather light, but numerous interesting cases ae expected to come up on the civil calendar.
One suit that will attract considerable interest when it comes up, likely next week, will be that of Blaine Champion vs. the Henrietta Mills. Some months ago Champion, who it is said was employed by the defendant mill, had two fingers torn off in a spinning frame. The result is that Chapion is suing the mill for $10,000 damages. The missing fingers, it is said, were on the right hand.
Since the time of the mishap, Champion, who is 24 years of age, has moved to Shelby, wherefore the case comes up here. Imposing legal talent will represent both parties in the suit, it is understood.
Other interesting civil cases include suits against the county’s two leading towns, Shelby and Kings Mountain. R.L. Mode is suing the town of Shelby for permitting employees to destroy shade trees, while a plaintiff by the name of Phifer is suing the town of Kings Mountain for dumping sewage on his property. A lively tilt of legal brains is expected in the several suits and for once the civil docket promises to be more interesting to the public generally than the criminal docket.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, July 26, 1926
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