Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1900 — Sues For $8,500. [ARTICLE]

Sues For $8,500.

The William Tanner cattle case promises many and very interesting developements. But specially interesting to the lawyers. Thus already one big suit has been begun in the circuit court, growing out of the matter,°and others will follow, so it is stated. Mr. Sansom, of the Sansom Commission Company, Chicago, was here Friday, and as a result of his visit, the suit above mentioned, has been filed. The Sansom Commission Company are plaintiffs and Henry 0. Hariris, Elbert Harris, J. C.. Harris and the Rensselaer Bank, are defendants. It seems that some days before Mr. Tanner shipped the several oar loads of cattle, Mr. Harris, who was a large creditor of Tanner’s went out to Barkley and took possession of cattle enough to cover the debt. Sansom now claims that 100 of these “steer cattle” belonged to him and were covered by ohattle mortgages, duly recorded. Hence the suit is brought, in the sum of $8,500 representing the immediate value the cattle and the amount of the alleged damages.