Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — Orphan Girl at Roselawn Will Be Saved Her Farm. [ARTICLE]

Orphan Girl at Roselawn Will Be Saved Her Farm.

Newton County Enterprise. . Judge Burton B. Berry, of Fowler, was in Kentland Saturday and rendered "his “decision in the suit of William Darroch, guardian of Clara C. Jensen, against B. A. Gillespie and Joseph and Mary Evans, to sqt aside a deed. At the May term, 1911, a farm in Lincoln towhship belonging to Miss Jensen, a minor, was sold to Gillespie, and the transaction was approved by the court. At the October term suit was brought to set aside the deed, and Judge Wasson, of Delphi, was called to hear the case. A decision was given in favor of the plaintiff. In the meantime Gillespie had sold the farm to Joseph and Mary Evans, and they be came joint defendants and asked for a new trial. Judge Wasson granted a rehearing of the case, but disqualified himself to sit as judge. At this juncture Burton B. Berry, of Fowler, was called and the case was retried. Judge Berry withholding his decision until the May term. Saturday Judge Berry sustained the ruling of Judge Wasson, ordered the deed set aside, the purchase money refunded, and Miss Jensen reinstated as owner of the farm in question. Defendants prayed an appeal to the supreme court, and pending this suit William Dowling was appointed receiver to take charge of the rents and profits of the farm.