Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-11

! taxes up the Time OF the court was us
posed of on Monday; and had the par
ties and their attorneys been ready
promptly. the entire list could easily have
been disposed of. The list was a long
one, and much credit is due to Judge
Junkin for the promptness and despatch
with which business was conducted, thus
saving expense to the county.
No doubt on account of the prevalence
of the " Epizootic the attendance was
not as large as would otherwise have
been expected. as the trial and argument
lists were unusually long. Below will
be found brief synopsis of the business
of the week.
| COMMON PLEAS TRIAL LIST.
Samuel Murphy vs.. Daniel Coffman.
Continued on account of illness of plain
tiff and inability to attend court. and
the plaintiff ordered to pay the costs of
the term.
Sulouff 4 Stambaugh vs. Jonathan &
Elizabeth McCoy. Plaintiff took a ron
suit
James F Kirk, Admir- &c. w. Isaac
Kirk. owner and terre tenant &c. Yer
dict for deft.
j D Wilt ct al vs Jacob Shelly. This
WAS an action of assump-it brought by
p!f against deft. growing out of an agree
ment between pIff. and deft by which
plffs were to peel bark for deft at a stip
ulated price The dispute was as to the
quantity of bark peeled. The daft sue
ceeded in sati-fying the jury that he had
paid the plfs more than WAS actually
due, and hence verdict for 6eft for Sl3
Lewis Burchfeld vs. Milford Town
ship This was an appeal by the plH
from the settlement Of the township au,
di.ors of his account az overscer Of the
poor of said township, who refused to
allow plff moneys expended in the pur
chase of real estate for the use of the
poor of the township, and also moneys
expended by plff for the support of pau
p-rs paid by him withont an order of
relief Tie amount thus expended was
500 Verdict for plff for that amount.
John Shenelnf vs. James Coulter. ex
ecutar of Robt Slver;born. This was
an appeal by deft from Judgment of Sam
uel Woodsides. Esq. Verdict for plf
for Sl455
James p. Smith vs.. Stewart McCul
loeh. Dispute about grain sold by plf
to deft. Verdict for plf for s45S.99.
". W. Wilson vs. Amos H. Martin.
Executor of j. NJ. Beford. decd Ac-
ton on promisory note. Tried AID opin-
ion Of Court reserved.
c Benner VIZ. Jacob Hines. This
swes an action founded on warranty of
note given by defi to p!f in exchange
for buggy. PiH alleged that def
agreed to reoeem the note if he could nol
use i, in payment of land bought from
the drawer of the note. F. Castle Def
denied the warranty. and hence the suit
The evidence was very contradictory
Verdict for dett.
James Alexander ys Alexander. Con
iinued. u
Nathaniel Rhine. agent for Rebeeca
Rhine. vs James A. Clark. Settled by
the parties.
a S Boswick VS. Jacob Cupp and Ben
jamin Cupp. This was an action of tres
pass brought. By pitfr against deft for
driving away and selling the property of
DIFF The deit was a constable, and AS
such levied on number of hogs. shoats
aud young cattle claimed by plff as his
own. The property was levied OF as the
property of Jacob Dimm. and as euch
-oid by deft, who succeeded in satisfying
the jury that the plff had no honest claim
to the property, and hence a verdict in
his favor
VIM l.. Notes.-The W.. E. S. Doty.-
This was an action in which plff sought
to recover for 26 days work at $3.50
per day done at deit house. The def
denied promise to pay, alleging that the
work was done tor CAN'T, contractor-
The jury believed otherwise, and found
for pIff s35
Emanuel Bortle Vs. Joseph S Ssrtain
aud Catharine Sartain. The Court or
der-d a non suit
w. Mcclellan vs.. Odd Fellows
Hall Association Scire Facias on me
chanic's lien. Judgment by consent for
plf for Sl59 l3.
N. A. Elier vs.. Jacob S. Thomas -
Action on promisory note. The deft in
this case filed an affidavit of defence. bur
when the case was called permitted judg-
ment to be entered for S2ll77.
Josiah Foster vs. Solomon Books
Judgment for plff for 1887 SO.
Henry Zook vs.. NJ Spigelmoyer and
Peter Dalbert Action on promisory
note Verdict for plff for SIT.
Il. V. Irwin vs.. Abraham Sieber. Con
tinued.
Samuel Ard We. John Adams. Settled
by deit paying amount Of pltf's claim.