WESTPORT DISTRICT COURT.
Monday, August 24. (Before his Honor Judge Clarke.) SUTHERLAND AND PARTY, APPELLANTS, HIDES AND PARTY, RESPONDENTS. Messrs Tyler and Rees appeared for the appellants, Mr Home for the respondents. This case terminated at last, but it is unnecessary to give any details. The counsel engaged addressed the Court for their respective clients. His Honor said that there could be no question as to the respondents' claim having been injured by the appellants' race, but he considered the damages awarded by the assessors, £SO, excessive. He should reduce the verdict to £25, each party to pay their own costs. ALCORN AND CO., APPELLANTS, V. WEITZELL AND CO , RESPONDENTS. Messrs Tyler and Rees for the appellants, Mr Home for the respondent. This was an appeal against the decision of Warden Lightband, in reference to the possession of a section in Charleston. The ease w r as only partly heard when the Court adjourned till eleven o'clock this day.
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Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 333, 25 August 1868, Page 2
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