Show I I SfTflNG I CIAN SUITS COMPROMISES AGREED TO AT A COST OF = 121000 Griffin Will Get = 9000Radc1fe and Erickson Damage Cases at Ten Per Cent A move was made by the committee on municipal laws last evening to agree to compromising several lawsuits law-suits against the city for amounts qg I gretng nearly 1000 The large item has reference to settling the claim of J H Griffin who I according to a court decision is entitled en-titled to recover for damag < for breach upon the citys part of an old I street sprinklIng contract B3 acceptIng accept-Ing a proposition to settle for 9000 the city wi save Interest and costs amounting to over 1200 and the committee com-mittee concluded It would be wle as City Attorney Hal had recommended to agree to this proposition In the damage suit ot Sarah Radclf wherein 10OCO was claimed for failing into an unguarded sewer trench on First street it was age by the com mitee to recommend to the council the acceptance of apropositon to settle on a basIs of not more than 1QO Out of this sum Contractor D R Parry agreed to pay 250 as his share or the liability I City Attorney Hal It was concluded should be authorz d to make the betters bet-ters possible also In settling out of court on a basis of 100 the longstanding long-standing damage sit of Nellie B Er Ickson who sued to recover 1O for Injuries sustained In talngtro her bug Into a sewer trench crossIng The committee decIded to ilght tothe gt bitter end the payment t a claim of Hobson WIe for balance of 200 on a idewal paving contract The contractor refused to r p3fr defective work but sued fr the retained pet centase |