Belpre's bathing beach, which commanded a lot of attention in the local courts a year or so ago, came back on Wednesday for a further airing when two damage suits were called in common pleas court. More than $11,000 are involved in the two cases and they were to be tried to a jury starting on Wednesday afternoon.
Joseph Keever of Parkersburg, and Carl Medley of Hockingport, are the plaintiffs, and each sues for $5,150 in damages for false arrest and destruction of business.
Last year, it is declared, the two plaintiffs obtained a license from the town council of Belpre to operate a bathing beach on the dead end of East Fifth Street in Belpre. Earl Harbart and Samuel and Rosa Woomer had them arrested and ejected from the premises on the charge that they were trespassing on private property. The plaintiffs were bound over to the grand jury and the latter failed to indict.
As soon as the case thus collapsed, suits for damages were instituted and the outcome will be of general interest in Belpre and the southern end of the county, as all of the parties are well known. Judge C. M. Showalter of Parkersburg, and Asa E. Ward of Marietta, are counsel for the plaintiffs, while the defendants are represented by C. T. O'Neill and J. C. Brenan of Marietta, and William Beard of Parkersburg.
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