Show SUITS FOR INSURANCE f Kiesel C Want to Recover 25000 From Six Companies f LOST BY FIRE IN SEPTEMBER DEFENDANTS SAY THE BUILDING i BUILD-ING WAS BLOWN DOWN ir J r A Foreclosure and a Damage Suit in the Federal Court Venire Issued From the State Court For Petit 1 Jurors Mercur Mining Company Wants Belief From an Alleged Illegal Tax Levy A Sandy Water Right Case Suits Fie and Notes Fred J Kiesel Co whose business premises at Ogden were almost totally destroyed by fire on Sept 18 1896 have entered six suits in the United States circuit court against Insurance companies com-panies which had lines of insurance on the premises and which have not paid the loss I is understood the companies com-panies refuse to pay for the reason that a they allege the building was blown down by the high wind which prevailed on the night of the fire before be-fore I caught on fire and they have are not liable under their policies in such cases The companies sued by Kiesel Co and the amounts are a follows Sun Insurance office of London 2500 Connecticut Con-necticut Fire Insurance company of Hartford 7500 Prussian National Insurance In-surance company 5000 the Franklin Fire Insurance company of Philadelphia Philadel-phia 2500 the Lancashire Insurance company 3000 Union Assurance Society So-ciety of England 4500 Total 25000 The last named suit is brought in the name of Fred J Kiesel and is for loss to the building the other suits are to recover for loss on stock and are brought in the name of Fred J Kiesel 8 Co The total stock loss is placed at 54014316 J13000 and loss on the building at To Foreclose a Mortgage The Provident Life and Trust company com-pany of Philadelphia ha entered suit In the United States circuit court agins Elizabeth V Davis and Elizabeth Eliza-beth V Davis as administratrix of the I estate of Theodore A Davis et a to I recover 5000 alleged to be due on a promissory note secured by a mort gage on real estate in Salt Lake City Damage Suit Against the U P Christopher S Booth and Elizabeth Ann Booth are suing the receiver of the Union Pacific Railroad company in the Unie States circuit court to recover re-cover 10720 damages for personal injuries in-juries I is alleged in the complaint that on Feb 15 1896 the plaintiff Elizabeth Ann Booth while passing along Fourth West street between West First North and West Second North streets was struck knocked down and dragged along on the ground by a switch engine en-gine carelessly and negligently operated oper-ated by the defendants Her leg was broken and she was otherwise badly Injured to her damage in the sum named for which judgment is prayed STATE COURTS Drawing of Petit Jurors For Judge Cherrys Court A panel of 20 petit jurors was drawn in Judge Cherrys court yesterday and the venire issued returnable Feb 23 at 10 a m The following are the names drawn George W Heintz John T Axton John B Cummack J W Jenkins Jen-kins H C Burrell George F Gibbs Henry Ruth Don H Porter L C Trent James B Bloor Hiram Scho field George S Brice S H Loff Herman Her-man Hill George L Clift George E Dwyer John E Hansen Moses Hirsch man Thomas F Griffiths Joseph Thorup |