Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1904 — COURT HOUSE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday. —o— Marriage licenses issued: Mch. 26, Revsten Sheldon to Laura Hugl)6B. —o — E. P. Honan will prepare your mortgage exemption affidavits for you. Call and see him. The April term of the cirduit court will convene one week from Monday. The docket is rather light. —o — New suits filed: No. 6643. Della D. McLaughlin vs. John McLaughlin; action for divorce. No. 6644. Ella Ward vs. Ella Ward, executor; action on account, —o — Through an oversight the item in The Democrat last week concerning the filing of mortgage exemptions, the time given for such filing was between March Ist and April Ist of each year, when it should have read between March Ist and May Ist. This gives sixty days for filing exemptions instead of thirty days as formerly. —o — The judgment in the case of Phillips vs. Myers & Myers, from Wheatfield, has been assigned to a party in Rensselaer and will not be appealed to the higher courts. Defendants admitted owing plaintiff some $5.00 more than he recovered judgment for, and made a tender of the amount to him, which he refused, and therefore they will now pay the judgment. It seems that the tender was not made to Phillips properly, in court, and therefore defendants will also have the costs to pay. —o — The following cases from this county were disposed of in the Newton circuit court this week: Gundy vs. LeMoine, a Fair Oaks case, resulted in a j udgement for Gundy in the sum of $49.70 and sls attorney fees. The case of Coen vs. Halstead resulted in a judgement for plaintiff in the sum of $236. In the first trial of this case the judgement was $247. The costs of trial in the first case are taxed to plaintiff. In the libel case of Abraham Halleck vs. F. E. Babcock, heard by E. B. Sellers of Monticello and a jury, Babcock was found technically guilty, and finedss, but the jury found there was extenuating circumstances concerning the publication and acquitted him of all costs. The case occupied practically all of Wednesday and Thursday. As a matter of economy the fine was paid and no appeal will be taken. The fine assessed was the minimum. The two other cases pending there were continued for the term.