Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1894 — The Circuit Court. [ARTICLE]

The Circuit Court.

The March term of the circuit court closed last Friday forenoon. Not much business ofpublic interest was disposed of, since our last issue. The damage case of Mrs. Geo. Dexter vs. the town of Rensselaer, was sent to Newton county, on change of venue. All the numerous damage cases against the various railroads were also venued from the county. The new Three I cases go to Newton county and the L. N. A. A C._, cases mostly to Benton county. Only two jury trials were held during the term. The Hopkins vs. Rogers case was mentioned last week. The amount in dispute was $7.50 and the costs to the losing party were about $75. The second jury case was that of David Gleason, a road supervisor, of Keener tp., versus James Tabor, a neighbor. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant borrowed a road scraper and kept it for about a year, and for the usufruct thereof, to the value of $2 the suit was brought. The defendant won the case, and the plaintiff as in the one previously mentioned, is in for about $75 costs. There is no appeal allowed in cases of this magnitude. The judge has made a thorough revision of the rules of the court, which will appear in the next term docket. ■ ■ A— Ten different makes of Sewing machines, At Steward’s.