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Show Oil Co, Appeals From Court Action, The case of H. B. McCarty against I 'the Continental f'il company, in which ludgment for $300 was awarded Mr ' i, Cat ty by Judg- D. R. Roberts of the iclty court for damage done to the plaintiffs automobile through a colli-1 slon with a tank wagon, has been ap pealed to the district court b attor Ineya for the oil company. I McCart' sued for $450. alleging that this amount of damage had been I 'done to his machclne through a crush 'with the tank wagon n Washington1 'avenue, between Twenty-seventh and I Twenty-eighth streets on May 20. ofj ;thls year. He charged that the acci-I acci-I dent Was duo to carelessness of the 'tank wagon driver who drove his horses In front of his car. 1 In answer, the oil company emoted I city traffic ordinances and held McCarty Mc-Carty to blame for cutting diagonally across the street In front of tho team. Judge Roberts, on September 18, awarded damages of $300 to the plaintiff. plain-tiff. The appeal of the case by the oil company was filed in the district court I today. oo |