Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1912 — Z. A. Cox Gets Judgment of $180.25 Against Mrs. Monnett. [ARTICLE]

Z. A. Cox Gets Judgment of $180.25 Against Mrs. Monnett.

The suit x of Z. A Cox vs. Lida G. Monnett came to a close this Friday afternoon before Special Judge Halleck. Cox got a judgment of $180.25 and costs. > Last year Cox took the contract for building a house for Mrs. Monnett on her farm for $1,200. By the time the house was finished, Mrs. Monnett had paid $1,182, but she had put extra work on. the house to the amount of $162.25. .She offered to pay Cox for this extra, work but he refused to and sued for $576. J. C. Gwin had a lumber bill against the house of $l5B. After Mrs. Monnett pays the judgment of $185.25 to the court, Gwin’s lumber bill of $l5B will be taken out, leaving Mr. Cox $22.25 as a heart . balm and compensation for bis fteouble.