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Show SUES PENNSYLVANIA R. R. Personal Injury Case in Ohio Will Be Fought Out by Judge Maginnis. Special to The Tribune OGDEN. 1 tab, May 4. Judge W I. Maginnis today mailed to J A. Cllne at Cleveland. O.. the complaint In the case of Thomas E. Fiench of Bluellelds, V. Va , against the Pennsylvania company The suit Is for the recovery of 5O,'O00 damages dam-ages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff, who. on the nth day of May. 1904, sustained injuries of a serious nature, na-ture, as a result of the defendant company com-pany permitting a car. not equipped with automatic couplers, as provided In the ' Safety Appliance net of the Interstate ' ommerce commission. The planting of this suit and the fact j thai Judge Maginnis, as counsel In the j citsi- for the plaintiff. Is due to the fact i that In Washington, last December, be-i be-i fore the Bupreme court of the united StatiS .Indue M.iejllllls secured a rey.I- j w'l of the iIic1m1i.ii of JiicIkc Marshall In I Salt Lake and Judge Sanborn In the 1 "ir-rull "ir-rull i Hurl of Appi als. In the case of Johnson vs. the Southern Pncltlc. In which the plaintiff lost an arm by reason rea-son cars in interstate commerce not being equipped with automatic couplers The Sail Lake Tribune, through us Washington correspondent, published the f o f that the Government had intervened between a penniless . plaintiff anil a p"y- rful di f i ndani "iivmny, mid the f.ubll-catlon f.ubll-catlon ot the Incident brought much at-leiitlon at-leiitlon to Judge Maginnis One of the Immediate results of the publicity wus the communication from Mi French, .,..- all. nil. m had been called to the article In The Tribune. In BlUOfields. 'a., and who at one- communicated com-municated with J a. ciine, an attorney of ( iieveland, o Th. charges In the complaint are that the- provisions of the "Safety Appllaiyro ' act wer.- ignored and that bv reason of which the plaintiff was Injured The . asa will com" up In the t'ourt of Cumnion Pleas in Cuyahoga county. Ohio. 1 |