Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1914 — 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. Clerk Perkins was expected home last evening from his sojourn at Martinville, where he has been for a couple of weks. New suits filed: No: 8539. Benton Forsythe H. Churchill, et al; action to recover a certain promissory note given by plaintiff and which he has paid all but $30.95, which he claims is due him on a warranty deed for certain lands, executed by defendants, and against which there was a ditch lein, it is claimed, for the above amount, that plaintiff was compelled to pay and which defendants have not made good to him. Judge Wason came over from Delphi Monday and took up the hearing of the Boyle ditch remonstrances. The petitioners are represented by Attorney Halleck and the remonstrators by attorneys W. W. Lowry of Indianapolis, Dan Sims of Lafayette, E. B. Sellers of Monticello, J. A. Dunlap, Geo. A. Williams and Roy Blue of Rensselaer, each a different group of remonstrators, of course, Mr. Lowry representing the Makever estate. The hearing will probably a part of next week at least. Attorney W. H. Parkison, who went to Indianapolis last Thursday to see Federal Judge Anderson regarding the attachment proceedings on the Koffman drygoods stock, begun here by local -creditors, did not return home until Monday evening. He states that Judge Anderson said that he would appoint an ancillary receiver here, and would appoint J. H. Chapman if the later would accep# Mr. Chapman is undecided at this writing whether he will accept or not. Unless there is a lot more creditors show up it is believed that the assets will pay all liabilities, Mr. Parkison thinks. The action against Koffman is in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings filed by a couple of wholesame firms who have some S4OO or S6OO of claims only.