OCR Text |
Show COUNTY IS SUED BY INJURED MOTORIST OGDEN, Oct. 16. Alleging that he suffered suf-fered serious injuries bv reason of a defective de-fective road. William XV. Fairies hied a claim against Weber county today for $1000 damages. The claim was ofriclally considered by the commissioners at their meeting today and referred to the county attorney for an opinion. Mr. Fairies alleges that he was riding in an automobile about three miles south of Ogden on July 24 last, when the machine ma-chine passed over a bridge which had an abrupt "jump-off" of not less than ten inches. According to his claim, he struck his head against the top of the automobile, automo-bile, fracturing the nose and causing hemorrhages which kept him in the hospital hos-pital for a week. The county clerk and auditor presented a quarterly financial report, showing a balance of .l?4S84.21 In the county treasury on September 30. 1116. Warrants outstanding out-standing at that time amounted to ?S2,-551. ?S2,-551. U5. |