Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1889 — A Big Suit in Prospect. [ARTICLE]

A Big Suit in Prospect.

Benton county legal circles are excited over a prospective lawsuit that involves something like SIOO,000. The plaintiff’s are the heirs Jto the piece of land in Oxford upon which was built the county court house. It appears that the deed was so worded that in case the court house or, place of holding court was removed, the property was to revert to the original owners or their heirs. The county scat being removed to Fowler, Benton county lawyers are now searching out the hells with the view of securing the property and a fat fee: L j