Show I MARTI WANTS 750 Says American Smelting and Refining Refin-ing Company Has Damaged Him The trial of the suit of John Marti vs the American Smelting and Refining Refin-ing company was begun yesterday before be-fore Judge Cherry and a Jury with D H Wells representing the plaintiff and Judge Dickson for the defendant company com-pany Marti sued to recover 730 damages alleging that he owned a small farm at Murray and that the defendants filled up a creek which runs near by with slag from theIr smelter causing the plaintiffs land to be flooded In the years 1S95 1890 1S97 and 1893 to his I damage In tho sum named The plaintiff I plain-tiff alleged that the defendant company com-pany admitted Its liability by paying him 30 for the damage done In 1895 The defendant denied all the material allegations of the complaint and alleged al-leged that tIme plaintiff had not sustained sus-tained any damage The trail was proceeding pro-ceeding when court adjourned until today to-day |