Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

hilarestine Paragraphs From th Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized —Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Trustee Burdette Porter, John M. Ott and Charles S. Galbraith were among the Remington people in the city on business Monday. The Catherwood vs Catherwood case, venued here from Newton county, has been, on trial in the circuit (for the past few days and the indications were that it would not be completed yesterday. Marriage licenses issued: February 19, John D. Janssen of Wolcott, aged 24, October 31 last, farmer, and Peterka Petersen of Remington, aged 23 January 23 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. James W. Raines, who purchased the Benjamin Harris farm of 246 acres in Barkley township some two years ago for $30,750, has sold same to James Schafer of Carpenter township for $34,440, and Mr. Schafer has sold his 80-acre farm in northwest Carpenter to Ray D. Gilbert /for $9,875. William Kresel, who sold his farm a couple of miles southeast of town recently to John H. Law, has purchased of George W. Casey for $9,000 the 80 acres Mr. Casey got from Fred Waymire in Barkley township some time ago, and George has bought 120 acres of James E. Moore, in section 11, Barkley township, paying therefor SB,OOO. The will contest case brought by Benjamin Hart et al. against Joseph B. Ross of Lafayette, executor of the estate of Elmira Hart, housekeeper for Elias Ray, deceased, at one time a resident off Carpenter township and who at the time of her death owned a farm just southeast of Remington, has been compromised. Under the terms of the compromise Mary Esther McCoy is to receive a life estate in 160 acres of land in Tippecanoe county in section 19, township 22, range 4, subject to a mortgage of $12,650, and is to pay the executor $3,000. The executor is to receive the 1917 corn crop and it is to be added to the personal estate. Walter M. Friel is appointed trustee to sell the 80 acres in 32-27-6, and 37 acres off the west side of the n% nwy 4 32-27-6 (the Carpenter township lands) and divide the proceeds onefifth each to Jeptha Hart, Beniamin Hart and Jessie Headley; one-tenth each to Simon Hart and Elizabeth Krise, and one-fifteenth each to Elmira Hart, William Harris and David Harris. The trustee is also to receive the grain raised on the Carpenter township land in 1917°as a part of the assets of the estate. All the personal property belonging to the estate of Elmira Hart, including the grain raised in 1917 on the Tippecanoe county lands and the $3,000 received from Mary Esther McCoy is to be held by the executor for the benefit of William Thacker, subject to the payment of debts, costs of administration, etc.