LIDIKAY, Charles - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

The story of man's ingratitude towards man, if all the charges that are made are true, is furnished a fitting illustration in the facts set forth in an injunction suit filed in the circuit court by Charles Lidikay against William F. Batman. Both are residents of Ladoga and practicing physicians. Lidikay in his complaint states that he is a practicing physician and surgeon, a right he claims he is vested with by the State Board of Medical Examiners. But that is neither here nor there, that is merely the opening prelude to Mr. Lidikay's sonata entitled, "You can't Play in my yard anymore." Lidikay avers that in the year 1895 Batman came to him and offered to receive him into his business for 15 months and give him half of the proceeds accruing provided that he (Lidikay would pay him $1,000 and sell Batman's residence property in Ladoga to any old person who happened to come along for the sum of $3,000. Batman, so Lidikay claims, out of the goodness of his heart, promised to do even more than that. If the house was sold and the $1,000 paid, at the expiration of 15 months Batman offered to leave Ladoga and turn the entire business over to Lidikay, and furthermore, agreed not to practice medicine again in Ladoga as long as Lidkay chose to remain there. Lidikay naturally looked upon the proposition as a pudding of the kind "your mother used to make," and promptly accepted Dr. Batman's generous offer.

He disposed of the house for $3,000 to David Hostetter and Batman duly turned over the deed of conveyance; then the $1,000 was paid Batman in the shape of a promissory note with David Hostetter and John M. Henry as sureties. Batman accepted that. Dr. Batman, then that the terms of the contract had been fulfilled by Lidikay, received him to the firm, introduced him around among his clientele and whacked up half the proceeds. At the expiration of the 15 months partnership, Batman true to his word, moved to Lebanon, Ind and Lidikay "Monarch of all he surveyed. Then the tale of woe! Batman didn't like Lebanon so he, like the traditional cent, came back. He established an office again in Ladoga, and began practicing medicine, all of which was, as Lidikay alleges, was in direct violation of the contract. Dr. Lidikay now asks the court to enjoin Dr. Batman from practicing medicine or treating or prescribing or visiting the sick, as a physician, in Ladoga. He also asks judgment for damages and all proper relief. - kbz

Source: __ Dec 1897 Dr. Batman of Ladoga, Answers the Complaint of Dr. Charles . Lidikay. Dr. Batman, of Ladoga, it will be remembered, was recently sued by Dr. Charles L. Lidikay for heavy damages, Lidikay claiming that he had purchased Batman's residence and practice only to have Batman return in a few months and resumed the practice which he had sold. Dr. Batman has filed his answer in the circuit court, and in it he denies each material allegation made by the rival pill pusher, Lidikay. Dr. Batman sets up that he merely sold his residence and office property to Lidikay's relatives, receiving therefor $4,000, which the property had cost him. He, jn order to effect this sale, agreed to remain in Ladoga fifteen months and introduce Lidikay to the people, Lidikay being a young doctor without experience in the practice of medicine. Dr. Batman maintains that he had been induced to sell only by the fact that his health was poor in Ladoga and he was desirous of leaving. Nothing was said or agreed about his never returning there, and this statement is braced up by the fact that ho received absolutely nothing for his practice, ho being paid for his residence and office' property only. What makes Lidikay's case look awfully woo-begone and tired is the fact that the contract is not in evidence. The contract was left with Lidikay, but he has lost it. - kbz