, 1881-02-27
TILE COUNTS.

NORRIS VS.. W1SWELL.
| Some mouths ago bill was filed in the Cir
| cult Court By Mrs. Ada E. Wiswell against her
| so1-in-aw, John W Norris, and others, in which
| she made some strong and rather reckless
charges againsr him, She claimed TINT in 1878
| Mrs Norris, together:wlth her husband, executed
! Il trust-decd on her separate property TO secure
| q loan Of s.. 900 from the 4Etna Insurance Com
pany, and that the proceeds of the loan were a1l
| used by Norris In his business, or for his own
use. That though he executed tho notes and
trust-deed jointly with his wife. he has, since
her death in ls79. refused to pay either the in
tercst or taxes. the $500 still remaining due
and discaimed any liability thereon. That, on
the contrary. he had Fenounced the bcquests left
to him By his wifes will, and WAS endeavorny to
get half her estate under the Dover net OF 1874,
when. ia fact, he could not acquire any rights
under that acr, rs his wife's estate was given to
her long before that act .was passed by COM
plainanr herself. She therefore asked that his
1a. ~ Of ns Te rn VIII so4d 3n be aet
remainder due on The mortgage: for Receiver
and the sale Of his interest In the Safe 8; Lock
Company, Of which he Is Vice-President.
After some delays MIR. Norris has filed his an
swer, in which he takes up each charge made
against him, aud either explains or most em-
phatically and specifically denies it. In the first
place. he denies the insinuadon or Implication
that his wife derived her estate from complain
ant, a her mother ne fact yet being that came to
M He % Claims o"e that 1T bis bus
been very reckless in her allegations, and has
done her utmost simply to in1ure him and his
business. or perhaps to prevent him from claim
admits that he Joined with his wife in executing
tr,lst-deed TO secure loan of 5000, but denies
must positively that he received any part Of the
money derived from such loan, or that she paid
tho interest thereon. Norris likewise denies that
be owes his wife's estate anything. but. Gil tue
contrary, asserts that the estate il indebted to
him In large amount for moneys advanced and
taxes paid In regard to the claim made that he
took some notes and Il mortgage made by his
brother. George ". Norris which belonged to
his wife, estate. and converted them into cash,
he characterized the whole charge as absolutely
brother Of that name, or thar his wife
ever owned any securities made by auy
brother of his. He denies, Furthermore, that be
has pretended to be without any property, and
admits he has been and is Vice-President OF the
Diebnld Safe & Lock Company, Notwithstanding
the attacks of his mother-in-luw OH him, and ID
engaged in Il lucrative business. 1t is also de-
nied that any part Of this business has been
bought with Mrs. Norris money, or with the
money borrowed BY her, or that he Is liable in
insurance company, and in conclusion neks to
have the suit dismissed as against him.
HOPKINS VS.. HOPKINS.
A bill for divorce was filed some time ago In
the Circuit Court By Mrs. Anna S. Hopkins
against her husband, William H. Hopkins, on
the ground Of uesert1on and cruelty. He replied
with Cross bill, making very serious charges OF
improper conduct against her character. All
these charges. however, we're soon after with
divorce short time ago on the ground of de-
sertion- The care and custody OF her children
we're also awarded to her. As the allegations OF
the cross-bl were made public at the time, it Is
only Justice to Mrs Hopkins that their with |
drawal and her decree should also be published. |