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Show DAMAGE SUIT IS FOR DEATH OF CHILD In fudge Nathan J Harris's division I Of the district court this morning, tho I damage case of .ln,,n Hughes against the Salt Like & Ogden Railway company com-pany wo taken up and a Jury is being empaneled I The action iR brought to recover 20(096 damages for the death of Al-ma Al-ma Hughes, the three-year-old child of the plaintiff, which occurred on Lincoln avenue near Twenty-eighth street. May 10, iojo The complaint alleges that the defendant de-fendant com pan operated a certain motor car In a reckless and careless manner on that day running over the child and causing almost Instant deatb It Is also charged the car was oerated at an excessive rate of speed and that there was no "lookout" on the front end of the car General damages arc- alleged to be .2".000 and special damages $00. The railroad company denies that It operated Its car In a careless or reckless manner or that it was at fault Ii will be recalled that, according to the statement of some of the eye witnesses of the tragedy, the child was following a large furniture van a ion;; t ' 1 a enue In front of its home and had attempted to cross the car track to go home when the electric rar approached passed and drew the child under the wheels. |