Mary Wiley Will Get Damages

New York, 1895

Testimony was taken Monday morning in the circuit court before Justice Kellog and a jury as to the extent of the damages sustained by Mary Wiley, a 12-year-old child, in a railroad accident at Jamaica some years ago. The girl's legs were cut off by a train belonging to the Long Island railroad company. She began suit through her father, John Wiley, as guardian ad litem to recover $50,000. The case was brought to trial before Justice Brown at circuit and the plaintiff was non-suited. The general term reversed this decision and sent the case back for a new trial. Instead of going throuh a long trial, Lawyer Beecher, for the defendant, stipulated for judgment absolute if the Court of Appeals should uphold the general term and took the case up. The Court of Appeals did uphold the general term and the case was sent back to circuit for the assessment of damages.

The jury awarded $12,000 damages.


The Surrogate's Court

Surrogate Weller on Friday admitted to probate the wills of Annie Napier, Francis May, Mary Bogart and Sarah A. Griffen. Accountings were had in the estates of Mathew F. Robbins and Robert H. Johnston.

To-day's calendar — Will cases of Increase C. Hendrickson, Stephen H. Bedell, and Wilhelm Schmidt; accounting estates of Mary C. King, Abraham Vooris, and Henry Van Nostrand.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 5, 1895, p. 8.