St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-11-15
The District Court.

The District Court.
The District Court, Hon. Z. II. Will
liams presiding, began its session in
this place on Wednesday of last week.
The number Of cases upon the calen-
dar was ITO. The Court adjourned
finally at l0a o'clock P. NJ. Saturday.
Among the more important cases
and of most interest to the people of
this county, which were disposed of,
were the following
The State of Iowa VS.. certain in
~toxicating liquors: This was writ Of
error to Samuel Hackley, Justice, to
removc certain proceedings had be.
fore him under the prohibitory Liquor
Law to the District Court. The Court,
on argument, dismissed the writ with
costs against defendant.
The case of Union Township VS..
Joshua Jackson and others was a suit
brought by Union Township to recov-
err of Joshua Jackson and his bonds
certain money claimed to be the prop
crty of such Township. A demurrer
to plaintiffs petition was sustained
and leave granted to amend the petit
ton /; cause continued. The same de-
cision was also made in the cast of
st. Charles Township against the
same parties.
Annanias Austin VS.. John Blunt,
Sheriff: This was an injunction issued
to prevent said John Blunt, as Sheriff,
from selling certain property of plain
tii1"s on an execution in favor of Sears,
Adriance & Platt, against Moses Con-
ger. In April, 1858, the Clerk rem
dcred a judgment against Moses Con-
ger in favor Of Sears, Adriance &
Plat, under what is known as the
twenty day rule ; which judgment
was affirmed at the ensuing June
term Of Court. Between the rendi-
tion Of the judgment by the Clerk
and lis ailirmance by the Court, Aus
tin, the plaintiff, purchased the prop
crty levied upon, from Conger. The
Court decided that the judgment rem
dered by the Clerk in April was utter
ly void, and no lien against the prop
erty purchased by plaintiff.
Hubbard VS.. II. D. Sanford, Laura
A. Sanford, b. X. Boynton and W. w.
Bonyton Hubbard sold certain lands
in Floyd county to Laura A. Sanford :;
ii. d. Sanford paid part of the pur-
chase money at the time of the exc
cution of the deed the deed was left
with Butterfcld to be delivered when
Sanford paid the balance of the pur-
chase money to wit, $l20,50 ; II. D..
Sanford went to But.crfield and told
him that the matter was all arranged
between him and Hubbard. Butter
field delivered the deed to II. d. San
ford. Afterwards II. d. and Laura A.
Sanford decided the same premises toA.
X. Boynton, who decided the same to
w. w. Boynton /; neither of the Boyn-
tons had notice that Butterfield ever
had the deed in his possession. Suit
was brought by Hubbard to set aside
the deeds from Sanford to A. K. Boyn-
ton and from A. X. Boynton to w.
w. Boynton, and for a foreclosure of
the verbal contract for the sale of the
premises between him and Sanford
alleging fraud on the part of San
ford in obtaining the possession Of the
deed from Butterfield.
The Court decided that the question
of fraud could not be raised so as to
affect the title of Boynton as a bona
ide purchaser.
The Judge decided adversely upon
all foreclosures of Tax Deeds. The
Grand Jury found no bills or indict-
ments of any kind, owing, it is said,
to the unexpected absence of one of
their number On Saturday, the last
day of the term.
Among the Attorneys in attendance
from abroad were-Milo McGlatherv.
District Attorney, from West Union ;
John Il. Clark, of DEBORAH l.. l..
Ainsworth, of West Union /; o. p.
HARDWOOD, Of Usage (; A. G. Case, of
Bradford (; and A. b. futile, of Clear
Lake.