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Show tive. The ease was decided after a thive days' trial before Judge Sbifman andajury. The jury was out fifteen minutes, and found a verdict for tju plaintiff for the full amount claimed, including interest, which aggregated 15,896.26. Judge ShipmAN, in his charge, told the jury that the plaintitf could not recover re-cover unless the jury was satislied that IJi KciiAKD made the representations fraudulently, and that the defendants were not responsible for any negligence on the part of Bl iy hakd in obtaining the information upon which the representations repre-sentations were made. l;i:I(tSlBILITll n ( ilMMLKOUL A4ENCIW. An important verdict has just been rendered iu tho Lnited Stute circuit court in New York, balding tbu K. G. Liiu & Co. eommcrcial agency responsible respon-sible for loises caused by a false report sent out to a Kubser.ber. This is the Jirst case of the kind in w hich the agency agen-cy has been held responsible. The de tails are as follows: Some time ago the City National bank of Birmingham, Ala., began a suit in the l.'nitrf-d States circuit court gainst agency of R. G. Di;n & Co.. to recover t5,264.46 lost on drafts which the bank discounted for W. A. Kins, a lumber merchant of Oswego, on the alleged al-leged false representations concerning the credit and financial standing of Kins furnished the commercial agency by g. B. BinacHA.nr, ihoir roprciont.a |