Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1911 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized— Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Judge Hanley went to Monticello yesterday to sit in a ditch case being tried there in the circuit court. New suits filed: No. 7761. Foltz & Spitler vs. John Finn, et al.; action to foreclose attorneys lein and judgment on real estate. Demand $450. Marriage licenses issued: Aug. 26, Russell Jerome Harmon, son (Of Jerome Harmon of Rensselaer, aged 21, occupation farmer, to Margery Rardin, daughter of Ora S. Rardin of Parr, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. —o—• i Special Judge Marvin came over from Monticello Monday and resumed the remonstrance grind on the Marble ditch. county remonstrances are now being heard and it is expected to finish up all the evidence this week, and hear argument next week. —o — No. 7762. John Herr vs. First State Savings Bank of Evart, Michigan; action for damages for fraudulently misrepresenting property. Demand $20,000. The complaint alleges that on the day of August, 1911, plaintiff traded 605 acres of lancl in Jasper county of the value of $54,800, to said bank for a hotel property in Evart, .Mich., represented to be worth $30,000 and which was rented and producing a revenue of SIOO per mont-k, when as a matter of fact it was not worth to exceed SIO,OOO and was occupied at the time rent free. It is also alleged that it was represented that on the hotel lot was a large barn worth sl,000, when as a matter of fact there is no barn there at all. John A. Dunlap is attorney for plaintiff. —o— Pulaski County Democrat : The National Surety Co. of New York has filed suit demanding, SIO,OOO of the Winamac Bridge Co. The complaint sets out that when the bridge company took a big levee building contract near New Orleans two years ago the surety company furnished a 000 bond; that the bridge company failed to complete its contract, and that the officials m charge then re-let the work to other contractors, paying <sls,234.10 more for. the .work than the Winamac company’s contract called for; that the surety company was called upon and did pay the defaulted $6,000 bond. By this suit the surety company seeks to compel the bridge company to reimburse the former for the amount of the bond, together with interest, damages and attorneys fees to the sum of SIO,OOO. Dr. I. M. Washburn hgs traded to S. R. Nichols his residence property ors Washington street, the former Geo. Marshall property, for the former Jud Adams farm of 80 acres and the 80 adjoining formerly owned by Robert Michael, in Jordan tp., owned by-rjohn- M. Wasson sand Henry O. Harris, trustees. The land was put in at S9O per acre and the city property at, $6,000. Mr. Washburn will continue tp occupy the city property, we understand, as lessee. The land traded for was deeded to Messrs. Wasson and Harris by Nichols to cover losses as ..treasurer by reason of the McCoy bank failure, they being on his bond. jit is understood that Nichols gets enough out of the deal to square up with .Wasson and Harris and

have an equity in the Washburn property of all over the $2,000 mortgage on same. —o 1 he last court remonstrance in the Monon ditch case was tried today and during the coming week all inspections on land of remonstrators are expected to be completed. Judge Steis has not made public any findings on lands investigated and considerable speculation is being talked as to what will be the final result. Some people say that the assessments of tjie court may fall below the required amount necessary for the establishment of the ditch while others are confident that the ditch will be established this summer. Personal inspection of the court will continue during part of next week. The remonstrance of Judson J. Hunt was tried in court Thursday, August 17, and the assessment placed at $1,491.40. William Schleman was assesed at $414.92, Joseph Fox at $678.32 and Donald McNulta at $749.64. White county remonstrances were dismissed by the remonstrators.— Winamac Republican.