Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 50
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, November 13, 1907
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Big Damages Asked at Waco.
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       The damage case of Sharnburger vs. Buckholts, wherein a judgment for $70,000 is asked, came up in the federal court at Waco Tuesday.
       Plaintiff is a painter by trade and was at Westphalia last summer at the time the barn of J. G. Buckholts was destroyed by fire.  He alleges in his petition that the defendant made certain statements to the effect that he, Sharnburger, had set fire to the barn.  He charges that this constituted slander and thinks he should be paid the amount stated as recompense for his injured reputation.  He is a citizen of Illinois and therefore brings suit in the federal court.
       The plaintiff is represented by J. W. Davis and others and the defendant by Geo. H. Carter and O. L. Stribling.

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