Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1902 — The Circuit Court [ARTICLE]

The Circuit Court

The case of Samuel E. Yeoman vs Fitz W. Bedford was the first jury trial of the term. The case was a peculiar one, in various respects. In 1877 Jonathan Paucoast gave a rote for 1300, borrowed money, to the bank of McCoy & Thompson, with Messrs. Yeoman and Bedford as sureties. The note ran until 1885, when Mr. Pancoast being unable to pay it, Mr. Yeoman paid it, principal and interest, for $650, Mr. Bedford stating that h«? was then unable to assist paying it, but promising to do so later. In 1900 Yeoman bought a weeder of Bedford, agreeing to pay S3O for it in a year. In 1901 Mr. Bedford asked for the S3O and Mr. Yeoman asked that it be credited on this old note which in law had long been outlawed. Mr. Bedford compromised by crediting $lO on the note, and Mr. Yeoman paid the remaining S2O. At this time Mr. Bedford wrote on the old note a receipt in full. Mr. Yeoman held that this $lO payment revived the old note and he brought suit to collect from Mr. Bedford. As a portion of his defense Mr. Bedford urged that Mr. Yeoman should have made his claim previous to the time Mr. Bedford settled up his financial matters some years ago. The jury in their verdict found for the defendant, holding that the $lO payment did not revive the outlawed note and which was,also-one of the instructions of the court. The case of Ira W. Yeoman vs Vincent Eisle, both of Remington, was tried Tuesday, by a jury. It originated some time ago. Yeoman make an abstract of a land title for Eisle. which the latter refused to accept, denying that he ordered it made, and having found an old one which was doctored up cheaper. Yeoman brought suit, for sl2 and the case was tried before a justice in Rensselaer, and decided in favor of Eisle. Yeoman appealed to the circuit court, , and the case was tried on appeal. Eisle still denied ordering the abstract, of Yeoman but the jury found that he had, and brought in a verdict in Yeoman’s favor, for the sum of SB. There are over SSO roosts which this decision will upon Eisle. The case of Everett Halstead vs O. E. Eller was tried Wednesday forenoon. Halstead, acting partly as the agent of his brother O. Q. Halstead, rented to Eller a bunch of ten cows, to be used as necessary concomitants of a milk selling business Eller was conducting at Rensselaer. Along with the same deal went a milk wagon, a horse, harness, 35 cans and possibly a pump. Some at least of thir latter property was sold to Eller 'outright. Some time ago, the Halsteads hearing that Eller was mortgaging the cows to other parties to buy more, attached all the property, including the cows. The suit was to determine the ownership of the property. The of the jury was a compromise. The Halsteads get back six of their ten cows, one having died and three having been rsold by Eller. The latter gets horse, wagon and 35 milk cans. Two other cows are restored to the party they were bought of. Mrs. Alice Sunderland, now of Rensselaer, formerly of south of -.town, was given a divorce from Frank Sunderland, for habitual drunkenness. The defendant was not present and is believed to be out of the state.