Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — 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.

County Treasurer Charles V. May and family autoed to Remington Sunday and spent the day there with relatives and friends.

The township assessors were in Monday having completed their work for the year and made their report to the county assessor.

Frank Medland of Logansport, who was awarded the contract for building the new Jasper county hospital, came the first of the week and expects to get the work started very soon now, or as soon as the old jail barn is moved from the hospital site.

The will of the late Andrew' Hall of Carpenter tp. w r as filed for probate Friday. The instrument was executed Oct. 7, 1914, aqd bequeaths tc the widow r , Josa Hall, all the personal property of which decedent might die possessed of, also a life estate in all real estate owned bydecedent, the real estate not to be sold until after the death of the wife, at which time it is to be divided equally among the six children of decedent or their heirs. Josa Hall and nephew, Joseph Hall, are appointed executors of the will.

New' suits filed: No. 8620. Erma Golda Oxley vs. Frederick Oxley; suit for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married at Colfax, Ind., August 23, 1908, but have not lived together for the past three months. Plaintiff charges the defendant with failure to provide for her and their two children, aged three and five years, respectively, and alleges that although he is a strong, robust young man and has made for the past few years an average of sls a week at his trade as carpenter, he has failed to provide for his family and plaintiff was compelled te seek assistance from her father and other relatives, much to her humiliation. Plaintiff says that she has resided it Rensselaer for two years last past and lives on Main street in said city. A decree of divorce, custody of the two children and ah allowance of S3OO per year is asked for. No. 8621. Mertie G. Hyatt vs. Andrew M. Anderson et al; action to foreclose mortgage on real estate, the n of se *4, 13-31-6, Walker tp. Demand $2,000.