Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1915 — NOTES FROM NEWTON CIRCUIT COURT [ARTICLE]

NOTES FROM NEWTON CIRCUIT COURT

Margaret Cheever Gets Judgment Against Joseph M. Chizum For s2,ooo—Other Cases. This is the last week of the Newton circuit* court and next. Monday the Jas per court will convene for the November term. Last week at Kentland a number of cases of interest in this county were tried. Mrs. Margaret £- Cheever was given a judgment for $2,000 against Joseph Chizum, of Morocco. She sued for SIO,OOO. She alleged that Mr. Chizum on Nov. 7th last had dug a large hole alongside the sidewalk in front of his residence preparatory to removing a large post. When darkness came the work was not completed and he had placed two large posts across the hole, and that the ends of the post rested on the sidewalk. Mrs. Cheever came along, stumbled over the posts and fell into the hole, sustaining bruises and permanent injuries. Milton Graves, of Morocco, and John A. Dunlap, of Rensselaer, were her attorneys. Fred G. Richmire, E. B. Sellers and William Darroch represented Chizum. The jury returned a verdict for $2,000. Chizum will appeal the case. Attorney George W. Kassabaum, of Monticello, was appointed the guardian of his father, Henry Kassabum, of Kentland, who owing to the infirmaties of age and failing mind is unable to look after his affairs. John B. Lyons and Oliver M. Lyons, of Brook, bought on the order of the court for $30,000 the lands affected in the suit of Emma Fletcher vs. Martha Cox et al. William Darroch and H. L. Sammons, commissioners for the sale of the land, were allowed $1,175 for making the sale.

David B. Gledson, of Keener township, charged in the Jasper circuit court with criminal assault, was tried in Kentland on change of venue. He was found guilty of simple assault and was fined $1 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. He was allowed to go home and spend a day in fixing his affairs for the jail sentence, but later returned to Kentland, changing his plea to “guilty”’ and was fined SSO and the jail sentence* omitted during his good behavior. A new phase of the Kennedy will case came up for trial, Kinder Kennedy, who had at first instituted the suit to break the will and who with the' others agreed to terms of compromise, had been made defendant in another action. The case was tried by Judge Berry and the jury returned a verdict of $9,500 against Kinder. The total of the claims sued for was $15,000. Attorney Dunlap represented Kinder Kennedy and Darroch and ellers the plaintiffs in the case.