Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1920 — COURT NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COURT NEWS

The November term of court ends today. The petit Jury was in again yesterday, when the Toombs vs. Myers and the Myer vs. Frye cases came up for hearing. Following is the report of the grand jury to the judge of the court: We. the undersigned, hereby report to the court, after being legally Installed and sworn to perform the duties of grand jurors, and among our inveatigatlons we inveatlgated the public property of the county, known as the county jail and county poor farm; that we found the buildings on said above described property to be intact, to be clean and in a sanitary and comfortable condition, and that the inmatea therein housed were given proper care and attention and that we found no cauae whatever to complain of the management of the same. Among the Crimea inveatlgated by us we herewith return Investigation two indicts menti. JOHN BILL, H. R. WOOD, OSCAR HAUTER, BERT AMSLER, JOHN KREBLER, JOHN FARRELL. Following are other proceedings of the circuit court, as shown by the Judge's docket: State vs. Christian L. Fritz (two cases). Continued for term by agreement State vs. Lewis Messinger. Continued by agreement. State vs. William James. Continued by agreement. Oliver ditch. E. D. Nesbitt allowed >264.40; Thomas Lowe, >57; J. W. Hoys, >1.50; Herald Sage, >1.50; J. L. 8. Gray, >1.50; William Childers, >1.50; John Putts, >7.25; L. A. Bostwick, >11.50; J. J. Miller, >3; Jay D. Roth, >4; Lawrence McLain, >2. Claud May ditch. E. D. Nesbitt allowed >l4; Thomas Lowe, >3. Barkley Civil Township ditch. E. D. Nesbitt allowed >7.50; Thomas Lowe, >1.50. Milton Roth ditch. E. D. Nesbitt allowed >5.70; Thomas Lowe, >1.50. John Keefe ditch. E. D. Nesbitt allowed >22.85; Thomas Lowe, >4.50; John Nowels, >3. v Andrew DeHaan ditch. Copy ot order of supreme court dismissing appeal ordered spread of record. James W. Mather vs. Fannie Cottingham and Walter S. McConnell. It appearing that the personnel of court having changed, Special Judge Berry refuses to assume jurisdiction. James Donnelly, Gdn. of David L. Halstead vs. Roy Lowman et. al. Cause dismissed. Fritz Romine vs. Dorette Romine.

Court challenges himself to sit further, and by agreement appoints Charles W. Hanley special judge. Arthur Wm. Walker vs. Edward Zugbaum et. al. Judgment for plaintiff for $306.08 against both defendants. Judgment in attachment in favor of Charles Gosnell vs. Edward Zugbaum for $61.25; Willette A. Hill for $Ol vs. Zugbaum, for French Crooks vs. Zugbaum for s9l, and for $41.50 for Hill & Crooks vs. Zugbaum. Juliana Fabyonowicz vs. Dan Bartash et. al. Set for trial Dec. 3. Martha Ellen Albertson vs. John <R. Albertson. Divorce granted plaintiff. Oscar Hauter vs. Wm. O. Rowles and Oren F. Parker. Court challenges himself to sit in case and by agreement John A. Dunlap is appointed special judge. Cause submitted. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff files motion for new trial. Goldie E. Soltsman vs. Jesse P. Soltsman. Divorce granted plaintiff. Aloysius K. Hart vs. Ed Eilts. Cause continued by agreement. State Bank of Otterbein vs. E. Grant Sutton estate. Amended complaint filed, making Roy L. Harris party defendant. Cause submitted. Judgment for $109.01 and court finds that E. Grant Sutton signed note as surety. ~ State Bank of Remington vs. same. Same record and findings. Judgment for $147.65. f State Bank of Chalmers vs. same. Same record and finding. Judgment for $219.73. Roy L. Harris vs. same. Finding and judgment for plaintiff for $1,155. William S. Rains vs. Ray Herr et. al. Cause continued by agreement. Dora M. Kohley vs. Joseph T. Kanne. Land ordered sold at private sale after twenty days’ notice. Michael Duffey vs. J. H. Beasey. Judgment for plaintiff for $95.63. Parmin M. Grube vs. Minnie Alice Watson. Court finds that plaintiff owns two-thirds and defendant onethird of real estate, which is ordered partitioned and 1 Charles Spencer, Frank Hart and John Greve appointed as commissioners to make partition. Fidelity Loan Securities Co. vs. Alda F. K. Parkison. Plaintiff ordered to make complaint more specific and setting out copy of contract on or before Dec. 4. Report of grand jury as to condition of poor farm and jail filed, examined and approved. Orpha Schultz et. al. vs. Iva Hurley. Judgment in partition. Court appoints Harvey Davisson and Amos Alter to appraise land, and James N. Leatherman as commissioner to make sale. Bond of $14,000 approved.