Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1891 — A Long Contested and Long Drawn Ont Case Nearly Ended. [ARTICLE]

A Long Contested and Long Drawn Ont Case Nearly Ended.

The Logansprot Pharos of last evening says: “A great sigh of relief went up from all parties concerned when the argument in the celebrated case of Turpie vs. Lowe closed last evening, at the end of the fifteenth week of the trial. In many respects, notably the length of time consumed in the taking of evidence and the argument, it is the most memorable case ever tried in the State of Indiana. The case opened before Judge Frazer, of Warsaw, on the 30th of last September, and lias been “holding the boards” six days in the week ever since. More than 300 witnesses have been, examined in court. Nearly 100 depositions and a store box full of record evidence has been read. Witnesses have been brought from South Carolina, Colorado,Michigan, OEo and Pennsylvania, together with a large portion of the adult population of the town of Monon. Doctors, preachers, bankers, real estate men, lawyers and judges by the score have testified in the case, the most distinguished witness being the Hon. A. G. Thurman, of Columbus, Ohio, who testified on behalf of the plaintiffs. The case came here from White county on a change of venue. It was begun in 1886, and is for damages on alleged contracts, under which 5,000 or 6,000 acres of land in Indiana and seventy

lots in Monon were conveyed to the defendant, and the sale of about 13b pieces of real estate in Ohio by the plaintiffs to him. A year ago Judge Winfield tried the case and found for the plaintiffs, and upon the defendants’ motion for anew trial, the plaintiffs consented to the setting aside of the decision. Judge Walker, of Peru; E.B. Sellers, of Monticello; D. D. Dykeman, S.T. McConnell and D. C. Justice, of this city, represented the plaintiffs, and S. P. Thompson and Judge Hammond, of Rensselaer, Judge Davidson, of Lafayette, and J. C. Nelson looked after the interests of the defendant. Two weeks liave been occupied in the argument. But few exceptions have been taken on the trial, and it is thought that no appeal will be had from the decision, no matter what it may be. The lawyers speak in the highest terms of Judge Frazer’s impartiality, judicial fitness and learning, and it is expected that he will decide the case this week.” Just received, a ton of fresh candies right from the factory.

LARUE BROS.