NORRIS SUED FOR DAMAGES
Son of Slain Man Starts Action in District Court
A Baptist pastor was sued for damages in district court by the son of a man the preacher shot and killed last July, with the slain man's divorced wife joining the suit. The petition states that the father's life was taken without justice and without legal excuse, that he was in good health and employed in the wholesale lumber business, and that the son has been deprived of maintenance, education and support; the preacher is to be tried for murder at Austin on a change of venue.
A Baptist pastor awaiting a murder trial over a shooting last July is sued by the dead man's son.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 8. - (P) - Dev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, fundamenatlist Baptist pastor, was sued in district court here today for $150,000 damages by Dougherty Elliott Chipps son of D. E. Chipps, whom the preacher shot and killed here last July and for whose death he is to be tried for murder at Austin in January on a change of venue.
In his petition, the boy, 14, says his father's life was taken without justice, without legal excuse and without regards to the right of petitioner. Mrs. Mary Chipps divorced wife of the slain man, joins the boy in the suit. Judgment for $50,000 and $100,000 exemplary damages is asked.
The petition represents the elder Chipps as having been in good health at the time of his death, earning $1,000 a month in the wholesale lumber business, and having a life expectancy of 24 years. Chipps was 49 years old.
The boy bases his petition on the claim that he has been deprived of maintenance, education and support by his father's death.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
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NORRIS SUED FOR DAMAGES
Son of Slain Man Starts Action in District Court
A Baptist pastor was sued for damages in district court by the son of a man the preacher shot and killed last July, with the slain man's divorced wife joining the suit. The petition states that the father's life was taken without justice and without legal excuse, that he was in good health and employed in the wholesale lumber business, and that the son has been deprived of maintenance, education and support; the preacher is to be tried for murder at Austin on a change of venue.
A Baptist pastor awaiting a murder trial over a shooting last July is sued by the dead man's son.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 8. - (P) - Dev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, fundamenatlist Baptist pastor, was sued in district court here today for $150,000 damages by Dougherty Elliott Chipps son of D. E. Chipps, whom the preacher shot and killed here last July and for whose death he is to be tried for murder at Austin in January on a change of venue.
In his petition, the boy, 14, says his father's life was taken without justice, without legal excuse and without regards to the right of petitioner. Mrs. Mary Chipps divorced wife of the slain man, joins the boy in the suit. Judgment for $50,000 and $100,000 exemplary damages is asked.
The petition represents the elder Chipps as having been in good health at the time of his death, earning $1,000 a month in the wholesale lumber business, and having a life expectancy of 24 years. Chipps was 49 years old.
The boy bases his petition on the claim that he has been deprived of maintenance, education and support by his father's death.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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NORRIS SUED FOR DAMAGES
Son of Slain Man Starts Action in District Court
A Baptist pastor was sued for damages in district court by the son of a man the preacher shot and killed last July, with the slain man's divorced wife joining the suit. The petition states that the father's life was taken without justice and without legal excuse, that he was in good health and employed in the wholesale lumber business, and that the son has been deprived of maintenance, education and support; the preacher is to be tried for murder at Austin on a change of venue.
A Baptist pastor awaiting a murder trial over a shooting last July is sued by the dead man's son.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 8. - (P) - Dev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, fundamenatlist Baptist pastor, was sued in district court here today for $150,000 damages by Dougherty Elliott Chipps son of D. E. Chipps, whom the preacher shot and killed here last July and for whose death he is to be tried for murder at Austin in January on a change of venue.
In his petition, the boy, 14, says his father's life was taken without justice, without legal excuse and without regards to the right of petitioner. Mrs. Mary Chipps divorced wife of the slain man, joins the boy in the suit. Judgment for $50,000 and $100,000 exemplary damages is asked.
The petition represents the elder Chipps as having been in good health at the time of his death, earning $1,000 a month in the wholesale lumber business, and having a life expectancy of 24 years. Chipps was 49 years old.
The boy bases his petition on the claim that he has been deprived of maintenance, education and support by his father's death.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
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NORRIS SUED FOR DAMAGES
Son of Slain Man Starts Action in District Court
A Baptist pastor was sued for damages in district court by the son of a man the preacher shot and killed last July, with the slain man's divorced wife joining the suit. The petition states that the father's life was taken without justice and without legal excuse, that he was in good health and employed in the wholesale lumber business, and that the son has been deprived of maintenance, education and support; the preacher is to be tried for murder at Austin on a change of venue.
A Baptist pastor awaiting a murder trial over a shooting last July is sued by the dead man's son.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 8. - (P) - Dev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, fundamenatlist Baptist pastor, was sued in district court here today for $150,000 damages by Dougherty Elliott Chipps son of D. E. Chipps, whom the preacher shot and killed here last July and for whose death he is to be tried for murder at Austin in January on a change of venue.
In his petition, the boy, 14, says his father's life was taken without justice, without legal excuse and without regards to the right of petitioner. Mrs. Mary Chipps divorced wife of the slain man, joins the boy in the suit. Judgment for $50,000 and $100,000 exemplary damages is asked.
The petition represents the elder Chipps as having been in good health at the time of his death, earning $1,000 a month in the wholesale lumber business, and having a life expectancy of 24 years. Chipps was 49 years old.
The boy bases his petition on the claim that he has been deprived of maintenance, education and support by his father's death.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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NORRIS SUED FOR DAMAGES
Son of Slain Man Starts Action in District Court
A Baptist pastor was sued for damages in district court by the son of a man the preacher shot and killed last July, with the slain man's divorced wife joining the suit. The petition states that the father's life was taken without justice and without legal excuse, that he was in good health and employed in the wholesale lumber business, and that the son has been deprived of maintenance, education and support; the preacher is to be tried for murder at Austin on a change of venue.
A Baptist pastor awaiting a murder trial over a shooting last July is sued by the dead man's son.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 8. - (P) - Dev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, fundamenatlist Baptist pastor, was sued in district court here today for $150,000 damages by Dougherty Elliott Chipps son of D. E. Chipps, whom the preacher shot and killed here last July and for whose death he is to be tried for murder at Austin in January on a change of venue.
In his petition, the boy, 14, says his father's life was taken without justice, without legal excuse and without regards to the right of petitioner. Mrs. Mary Chipps divorced wife of the slain man, joins the boy in the suit. Judgment for $50,000 and $100,000 exemplary damages is asked.
The petition represents the elder Chipps as having been in good health at the time of his death, earning $1,000 a month in the wholesale lumber business, and having a life expectancy of 24 years. Chipps was 49 years old.
The boy bases his petition on the claim that he has been deprived of maintenance, education and support by his father's death.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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