Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1915 — 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. Marriage licenses issued: March 41, Arthur William Daily of Remington, aged 22 Oct. 14 last, occupation farmer, to Dessie Miller also of Remington, aged 34 Aug. 11 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male; second for female, first having been dissolved by death Oct. 15, 1913. Married by Squire Dean in clerk’s office. Attorney W. H. Parkison and D. H. Yeoman are in Kokomo this week at the trial of the Gault ditch case, in which Mr. Yeoman is interested to the extent of several thousand dollars by reason of his being the contractor who dug the ditch, or a part of it. The case was to come up at Kokomo the 23d of February, but a big will case that was on in court there was not completed in time to take this case up at the time set. New suits filed: No. S3BO. Theodore McClelland vs. Charles and Hattie Lybarger; transcript from Lake county. -No. 8381. Samuel -M. Laßue vs. Nels Pierson; suit on account. Transcript from Squire Greve’s court, Keener tp. No. 8392. Evard H. Blake, et al, vs. Charity E. Bice, et al; action in partition and for the appointment of a receiver. No. 8383. Frank Bruner vs. Jasper County Telephone Co.; action for SI,OOO damages for Injuries sustained last November when returning from a trip to Fair Oaks for said company when the auto he was driving ran into the ditch near Noah Zeigler’s place, north of Rensselaer, and injured plaintiff severely. Plaintiff alleges that the defendant company furnished him an auto to drive that was defective; that the steering gear was loose and it was therefore impossible for plaintiff to properly steer said auto; also that said company negligently and carelessly failed to provide said auto with suitable tires, that the tires were old and worn and thereby liable to “blow out” because of their imperfect condition, etc., and that by reason of all this, while driving at a lawful speed, said auto did slide and skid and turij over, pinning plaintiff underneath and injuring hifh as set out in the complaint. No. 8384. A.---E. Bisher and J. Bisher vs. Reuben Zehr; action for $1,200 damages for alleged refusal to comply with a written contract alleged to have been entered into between the parties whereby defendant leased plaintiffs a certain farm In Gillam tp., known as the Coon Island Farm, for one year from March 1, 1915. Said contract or lease is alleged to have been entered into with defendant’s agent, C. P. Wright of Rensselaer, who signed as agent said defendant’s name to said lease, Nov. 9, 1914, and plaintiffs, relying upon the conditions of same, entered upon the premises and did fall plowing, etc,, prior to said March 1, 1915, but that defendant, wholly disregarding said lease, has put the premises in possession of another party. No. 8385. Frank L. Roberts vs. James Brooks, et al; action to quiet title.