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Show VERDICT IS AGAINST BANKING INSTITUTION Woman Wins Litigation Arising From Retention of Wardrobe on Account of Hotel Bill Special to The Tribune. ELY, New, Dec. 9. The suit brought by Mrs. Llewella E. Turner White of New York City against the Copper National Na-tional Bank of East Ely, and which has occupied the attention of Judge C. J. MeFadden ami a jury in the district court for the past four days, resulted in a victory for Mrs. White and the verdict, ver-dict, which was returned into court at o'clock this morning, awarded to the plaintitf the sum of $1800 damages and directed that the personal property which was the subject of the action bo returned to her, or, in lieu thereof, that she be paid the additional sum of $2700. The case has attracted more attention atten-tion than any other suit brought in this county in many years, and the courtroom court-room has been crowded all during the trial. The action arose out of a transaction trans-action in 1911, when Mrs. White, then Mrs. Turner, was a guest at the Steptoe hotel in East Ely. After settling her account in full as presented on Novem-ber Novem-ber 1, Bhe left the hotel lor the east, intending in-tending to return. Her minor son, Llewelyn Turner, remained in East Ely. According to the testimony of Mrs. White, she directed the proprietor of the hotel, one John Sgier, to look to the boy for settlement of' his own accounts, as her financial condition would no longer warrant her in being responsible for any extravagance, and said that the boy was somewhat inclined along that line. Sgier claimed that what he furnished fur-nished to the boy was on Mrs. Turner's order, and later assigned the account to the Copper National bank. Mrs. Turner White did not return from the east as she had expected, and her elaborate wardrobe was held for the bill. The wardrobe was said to be worth $723(5, and the beautiful garments were all brought into court, where they remained re-mained on exhibition all during the trial. To substantiate her claim for damages, Mrs. White testified that during dur-ing the year 1912 she could have procured pro-cured a position in the south, where she could have earned many times the amount of damages claimed, which she fixed at $6500, but was prevented from so doing by reason of not having the necessary or proper wearing apparel and being financially unable to purchase a new wardrobe of like character. During Dur-ing the trial Mrs. White Was accompanied accom-panied by her son, C. A. Turner, of Salt Lake City. Mrs. White was represented by C. A. Eddy and District Attorney-elect' George A. Whitely, while the interests of the bank were cared for by James M. Lock-hart Lock-hart of Ely and Samuel W. Belford of Reno. It is said that the action will be carried to the supreme court. |