Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-05-09
Court Proceedings.

Court Proceedings.
Reported by B. F. Burchfield, for the SEN
tinel and Republican.
The Special Court, called for the
trial of the Snyder county csses, con-
vened at 1890 o'clock A. 81, May l,
1877.
The matter of the petition of the
Sheriff to be allowed to amend bis re-
turn to an alias Sci Fa. Sur Mortgage,
issued at the instance of Maria Nc
v ilIiams, ADMINISTRATIVE of Geo W..
McWilliams, deceased, and Moses
Thompson against John Sterrett, with
notice to terre tenants, was argued.
The Sheriff had returned that John
Sterrett was dead, which appeared to be
the truth, but plaintiffs wished return
o! "nihil" to be made. Prayer refused
upon condition that defendants take cut
letters of Administration upon the
estate of John Sterrett again May 8,
1877.
la Ae Heneh audit case the matter
was recommitted to the auditor to let
in sofie claimants who had been omit
ted. A supplemental report was filed
aud confirmed.
The Snyder county cases were then
called, and for David Bonner VS.. A. s.
Cumm ngs ct at, No. 20, April term,
1877, the following jury was impaneled:
William Slime, Samuel Wharton, John
II Smith, Jacob Rhine, Samuel Koons,
John n. Moore, Elias Horniug, John
Gingrich, James Dobbs, Harvey NJ.
Boggs, James S. Cox, Finley 3rannon.
The parties not being ready for trial,
the jurors thus enpaneled were direct
ed to report on Wednesday, August 10,
1877. when the case is to be tried.
Ca;harine Miller VS.. the Commission
ers of Snyder county. No. 20, April
term, 1877. Mrs. Miller had a life
estate in house and lot in the bor-
ough of Selinsgrove. The house was
consumed by the fire Of the Seth Of
October, 1874 and afterwards, before
any buildings we're erected, the Town
Council passed an ordinance requiring
market street, upon which this lot Is
situated, to be widened and straitened,
which was done, thereby taking from
the front of Mrs. Miller's lot 13l feet,
the lot being 46 feet in width, and, as
she alleged, increasing the cost of re-
building, BY making it necessary for
her to remove the old walls, and build
new, excavate the greater part Of new
cellar, fill up the old cellar, dig a new
cistern, and relay the pavement. For
this she brought SUIT, under a special
act for the borough Of Selinsgrove TAX
ing it out of the provisions of the Cen
eral Borough Law in this respect and
making the county liable under the
General Road Laws, for damages in
laying out an6 widening streets. pe-
PENDANTS coutended that the value of
the property was not reduced, the plea
sure of living upon that street enhanced,
and that plaintiff had not been dam
aged, as the money received for ,nsur-
ance on the old dwelling house had suf-
feed to build the new one. Verdict
for plaintiff fer Sl4S. Allemsn, Of
Snyder; Dill, of Union, and Atkinson,
of Juniats, for plaintiff; and Potter
& Van Gezer, of Snyder, and Parker,
of Juniata, for defendants.
While waiting for the verdict, the
attorneys Of the county seized the op-
rortunity to transact some miscella-
ueous business.
The petition of Maria l.. Cunning
ham for an attachment against j. S.
Robson to compel payment Of money
on an Administration account was re.
sisted by defendants counsel, who Of
fered-if allowed time-to show that
the petitioner had been paid all and
more than, in equity, was due her
Rule granted to show cause why an at
tachment should not issue, returnable
May 8, 1877.
The petition of Wesley Watts, sets
forth that at a sale Of the real estate o.
Solomon W. Coffman, By the Assignee
be had bought tract No. I, but after
ward discovered that misrepresentation
had been made about the timber there