Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1918 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Miss LaVerne Geyer, county food demonstrator, went to Lafayette Monday for a week’s visit. Judge and Mrs. C. W. Hanley drove to 'Chicago Sunday for a few days’ visit and were expected to return home last evening. By the 1917 Acts of the legislature of Indiana, chapter 53, page 140, the time for killing squirrels was changed so as to begin August 1 and December 1 of each year. It is now unlawgul to kill squirrels in July of any year. Orders are being sent out.to prosecute all violations of this late *act. At the last meeting of the Jasper county council of defence, maximum threshing prices were fixed as follows: I Oats, per bushel, 3c; ■wheat, per bushel, 6c; rye, per bushel, 7c. - This is the maximum price that can be charged in Jasper county,-’understand, bpt the threshers can charge less if they choose, and some have already contracted, it is understood, to thresh oats at 2% cents. - This is said to be about the average price schedule fixed in the different counties, although some are from to 1 cent per bushel higher and some are from % to 1 cent lower than this. New suits filed: No. 8939. Arthur A. Laughlin vs. Ed. Oliver et ux; suit on ipromissory note. Demand $2,500. No. 8938. Elis Jones, administrator of John A. Millman estate, vs. Anna Millman, et al; petition sell real estate. No. 8940. Esther Renfrew vs. Walter Hershman; suit for damages. Demand $5,000. This action in similar to No. 8937, and grows out of the same accident at San Pierre on April 22, when an automobile driven by defendant is alleged to have struck and severely injured two school teachers. Miss Vera Karp and Esther Renfrew, ,Miss Karp having sued for a like aimount in No. 8937. No. 8941. Kathryn B. Casey vs. David R. Todd et al; action to quiet title. ’