Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1892 — The Circuit Court. [ARTICLE]

The Circuit Court.

The divorce casf of S. H. May Vs. Dora A. May was tried Saturday. The young man charged his wjfe with abandonment and cruel treatment, the latter consisting in part of calling him very abusive names and declaring she would not live with him. After the alleged abandonment May followed her to Ohio and there, according to the woman’s testimony, be“condoned” the previous abandonment by living with her for several weeks. Her allegations in this respect were positives ly contradicted by Mr. May. In giving bis decision Judge Hammond held that the plaintiff had' not established a sufficient case to justify a divorce. The parties were young and the judge counselled that they njake up and trp to get along better, hereafter. The plaintiff was denied’a divorce and sentenced to pay SIOO into the court within 30 days, for defendant’s attorney’B and witness’ fees <fcc. The parties are bcth young and were married in Oct. 1890. They have no children.

Case of Brady vs. Atherton, et al, suit to recover commission on sale of real-estate judgment was given plaintiff, for $2.96 and costs. W. C. Sutton vs. M. O. Hallpran, replevin, to recover team of horses, court decided that Halloran was entit’ed to hold the property until paid a lein of $28.17. In the receivership case of ex rel Blue, vs. Chas. W. Bussell, judgment given plaintiff for $Bl4 and costs. Defendant’s bondsmen yrilj fall for the judgment.