Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1901 — Another Big Law Suit. [ARTICLE]

Another Big Law Suit.

The G. W. Tanner cattle matter ba9 resulted in anothrer suit for big sums, being instituted in the circuit court. In this case Patt Halligan is the plaintiff and Geo. r w .’inner, S. A. Dowell, Clint Brm, Robert F. Helm, Harry E. iwis and Charles Murra y are thesefendants. Te complaint is in three paragraas. The first asks for $2,000 ancaas t-> do only with 50 cattle sento Indianapolis, and sold to Hen & Lewis, commission men «iat city. The second para-‘ i asks for $1,500. e third paragraph concerns the resident defendants, and >■*. ideant to cover all the cattle,” including those sent to Chicago, Indianapolis or any other- points. The defendants) other than Mr. Tanner, are interested in varying degree according to the allegations of the complaint. It is stated that other suits will be brought against still other parties, or that they will be added as defendants to this suit, So far, as we are reliably informed, the Halligans have recovered of the $12,000 pr $13,000 they are said to be out, is about $3,000 as their share of the settlement effected in the previous case, wherein the Chicago commission people were the nominal plaintiffs.