Show EDDIXS DA3IAGE SUITS Verdict For Defendant In One the Other Compromised The damage suit brought by John Eddins against Salt Lake city to recover re-cover 10000 damages for personal injuries in-juries sustained under circumstances already mentioned in this paper reached the jury yesterday afternoon 0 e y > ySJa and after a shprt consultation a verdict ver-dict for the defendant was returned Then the other suit brought by Mrs Eddins wife of the above mentioned John Eddins was called and a jury waived and judgment entered for the plaintiff for 00 by stipulation This seems a very good compromise for the city which gets two suits for damages aggregating 20000 off its hands for 300 The suit in which John Eddins was plaintiff was defended by Assistant City Attorney Hempstead alone and he did it in a very able manner and owing in greatmeasure to his skillful management of the case the verdict in favor of the city was returned It I has been remarked that the city attorney at-torney always entrusts Mr Hempstead I with weighty matters of this kind with full confidence and Mr Hempstead I Hemp-stead is making a good record for himself him-self I |