Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1915 — CASE IN COURT FIFTY YEARS [ARTICLE]

CASE IN COURT FIFTY YEARS

Lafayette Keeps Ground Given for Market According to Decision of Appellate Court.

Lafayette, Ind.—The city of Lafayette has won a lawsuit, which, in various forms, has been in court the last fifty years. The appellate court has upheld a decision to the effect that the so-called market space, which is now used as a city street in the midst of the business district, belongs to the city.

The heirs of Aaron Claspill who seventy years ago gave the ground to the city for use as a public market, have possession of the ground, asserting that under the terms of the grant the land reverted to them when the city ceased to use it for the purpose indicated.