Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1917 — $10,000 Damage Suit Filed In Benton Circuit Court. [ARTICLE]

$10,000 Damage Suit Filed In Benton Circuit Court.

Fowler, June 20.—A SIO,OOO damage suit was filed in the Benton circuit court today, whereby Leota Cook sues Mary M. Finch for the alienation of her husband, Alpha T. Cook. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant has enticed her husband away and that for the past four months she and her husband have lived apart; that she has been forced to wash for the maintenance of herself and three children and that she has been wronged to the amount of SIO,OOO. Mrs. Finch is the widow of Elmer B. Finch, late of Oxford, and is the mother and guardian of Margaret and Jeannie Finch. Alpha T. Cook is also a resident of Oxford. The case will not be tried before the next term of court.