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Show I1K C.SHl:l A CHECK. It was Fraudulent, Hut Noble Co. 8ued to Recover and Lt It. In the district court tho case of W. 1'. Noble & Co. against the Rio Graudo Western Railway company, judgmout was rendered in favor of the defendant. defend-ant. Noble & Co. sued to recover $ 10, w hich amount the plaintills claimed by reason of cashing a chock for a laborer. The facts showed that trie laborer bad been given a check for $'.) in payment for work. He raised it by tho annexation annexa-tion of a little cipher to the "U" and a "ty" to the written nine on tho paper. Tho laborer .with tho chock purchased a $2.50 hat from Noble and was given in return $S7.50. Tho railroad people refused to recoguio the cheek when presented. Noble claimed that tho railroad had not taken proper caution In prevent fraud when tho check was issued, as it should have used a check punch on tho figures. Judge Zune held otherwise and said that tho plaintiff was careless in cashing a check for an unknown party. The plaintiff in the case of August Larson against the Smith Galena Mining Min-ing company, an action brought to re cover $J0,0(M by reason of having a leg broken and mangled at the company's com-pany's works, was given judgment fcr $7.5)0 yesterday afternoon by" the jury which heard tho evidence in the case. |