Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 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 and Mrs. Charles May spent Wednesday in Indianapolis New suits filed: No. 8644. Joseph H. Hickman et al vs. Frederick W. Sackett et al; action to quiet title. The Williams ditch case, the proposition to extend the Kankakee river drainage scheme known as the Marble ditch on west from where the Marble drainage ends, is still on trial in Newton county with Special Judge Elmore Barce of Fowler in the woolsack. Speaking of the matter the Newton County Enterprise says: “The proposed improvement is estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $90,000. Many property owners affected contend that so long as the Momence rock ledge remains the further ditching of the rivecould result in no benefit and these men are remonstrating against the improvement. The hearing of the case involves first the force of the reinonstrators, and then the readjustments of assessments. The case has been under hearing now for over a week, and will probably continue during the month.”