Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1920 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Inlerostlnii Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUHR CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered by Vs From the Various County Offices. Trustees Porter of Carpenter and Wood of Milroy were business visitors in the pity Wednesday. It is reported that Emimet Laßue 'has entered the race for the Republican nomination for Judge, making five candidates from Jasper county —John A. Dunlap, George A. Williams, M. Leopold, A. Halleck and Mr. Laßue, all of Rensselaer. The annual reports of the various township trustees of the county are now being published. Taxpayers cain se% by these reports every Item of receipts and expenditures for the last year, and are the only source of information he has as to where his money went. Therefore they are of particular Interest to every taxpayer in the respective townships. New suits filed” No. 9158, Harry Penrose vs- J. W. Wasson'; suit for wages due and penalty for non-pay-ment; demand, $535. No. 9159, Sidney Packard vs. J. W. Wasson; suit same as above; demand, $445. No. 9160. Petition of the American Building, Loan and Savings association of Rensselaer for transfer of mortgage. Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 7, Cory O. Price of Remington, aged 50 Oct. 9 last, farmer, and Daisy Z- DeVoogt, also of Remington, aged 45 Oct. 1 last, housekeeper. Second marriage for both, previous marriages dissolved by divorce in 1918 and 1901, respectively. Married by Rev. E. W. Strecker at Methodist parsonage.

Jan. 7, Henry Frey of Remington, aged 24 Feb. 24 last, farmer, and Salla Marie- Knockel, also of Remington, aged 22 Oct. 18 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. E. W. Strecker at M. E. parsonage. The remonstrators’ evidence in the Ryan ditch hearing was all in Thursday night, and yesterday rebuttal was taken up. It was expected to complete the hearing yesterday, it was understood, but Special Judge Isham will go out over the ground and make a personal inspection of the territory proposed to be drained, after which he will prepare a special .finding of facts on which to base his decision, so that it will probably be several days before a decision is rendered. Much more rapid progress has been made in the hearing than anticipated early in the week.

The appellate court has reversed the Jasper circuit court in the new highway case of August C. Stauffenberg (then owner of the former; Prof. Michaels farm southeast of Rensselaer) vs. Daniel S. Makeever, et. al., holding: (1) This is a suit by the appellant to enjoin the appellees from opening and improving a highway. The report of the viewers provided that the road was to be opened "the width of the' highway proposed to be opened and established and improved is not less than forty (40) feet,” etc. The court. says that ain order of the commissioners opening a road without designating definitely the width of the road is void for uncertainty, and’ that, as the order of the board did not designate the width! and only referred to the report of the viewers, while the report of the viewers was only “not less than forty feet;” that (2) the court also holds that the board copld not lawfully order the improvement of a short connecting road involved in the order, where the petition on which the viewers acted and the order was made only asked for the opening of that short connecting road and did not ask for its improvement, as there must be a proper petition for the improvement of a road before any valid order for for its improvement can be made.