Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-02
Court Proceedings.

o'clock.
Constabies were called. and pre
sented their returns. The grand iiur,
was sworn, and charged.
w. A. Toomy, John II. Holm. job,
Mccoy and George Hackenberoer
We're appointed constables for th,
court.
The first jury case was that of J
B. IL Todd vs.. Samuel Murphy No
13l, Dec. Term, 1874. The suit wa,
brought against Murphy to recove,
the sum of three hundred dollars ID
the price Of horse that died on tn,
road between MeCulloch's Mills anG
Waterford. The horse was hire
rom Todd by Murphy for the pur
pose OF driving to Waterford anG
back to Todd's livery stable in Pat
terson. Plaintiff maintained that IN,
horse was so1nd and in good healtl
on the Bird day of July, 1873, when
he was hired to Murphy, and on tina.
day he had been offered three hun
drsd dollars for the animal. he main
tanned that the death of the horse
was caused by over driving. Muir.
ply maintained that he should not
be held responsible for the death oI
the animal. That he had hired and
paid Tor the uss OF the horse fer the
trip and that he should not be made
TO pay for loss that lie could not
control. Plaintiffs LAWYERS. Doty
and Atkinson. Defendants LAWYERS.
Parker and Stone The iurv left
the box on Tuesday afternoon. and
returned with verdict for defend
ant on Tuesday eVening.
The second jury trial was that of
John 3. III. Todd VS.. John Dearing,
No. 46, February Term, 1881. It
WAS taken up on Tuesday afternoon.
'and was an action TO recover on three
pronisory notes that in the aggregate
amounted to sixty some dollars.
Dearing resisted the payment of the
notes, on the claim that he had Civ
en- $40 note, 25 railroad ties, and
hired wagon for S13 to Todd, in
payment of the notes, Lawyers for
plaintiff Lyons and Patterson. For
defendant, Stone. The jury return
ed a verdict for Todd IN tina sum OF
S5646.
The third jury case was taken up
on Wednesday naorning and was that
of john Gingrich rs. Daniel Cof;man
and Adam Fisher, No 129, April
Term, 1881. It was a suit to reco7-
er about $44 and interest since 1875,
for cattle that Gingrich sold TO ds
fendants- Defendants claimed that
cattle had been paid in part with q
note on DuRaore L Dearing, and tha
balance in money. Atkinson and
Beidler for plaintiff, Stone and Doty
Jr., for defendant Verdict for plain
tiff in the sum of S63.06.
The fourth jury trial, was that Of
James Boon administrator Of Eliza
beth Boon, deceased, VS.. John P
McWiIliams. No. 29, December Term,
1881. for the recovery OF S24, a SUE
of money. for three head of cattle,
that McWilliams had paid to Mrs,
Brubsker, one of the heirs OF the
Booz estate. IN fact, the maiden name
of Mrs. Brubaker was Boon Well
ington Boon, brother Of the ad-
ministrator, and q brother OF Mrs
Brubaker had sold the cattle TO Nc
Williams for his sister, Just named
James Boon. the administrator main
tanned that his brother and sister
had no right to sell the cattle, that
the animals belonged to the estate
and it was his right alone to sell the
COW, calf and yearling bull. McWll-
iams mGintained that he bought the
cattle from the rightfull owners, and
that they did not belong to the es-
tate of Elizabeth Boon and therefore
the administrator of the decedsnt had
nothing whatever to do with the an
mails or the money that they We're
sold for. Verdict for defendant.
The fifth jury trial, Mary Ragan
VS.. Overseers OF Poor OF Aiif1hntown,
No. 35, December Term, 1881, came
up or Thursday forenoon This was
an action by Mary Ragan, an Irish
woman for extra service for keeping
an Irish pauper nsmed Patrick Ia
vers who by living in the borough OF
Mifiiptov-u q number of years had
fixed his residence so certainly that
this people became responsible Tor
ms maintenance in his declining
wears. Mrs. Ragan lives IN Walker
township. She kept Eavers many
years at certain sum which WIS
paid TO her for bis support by the
borough authority. About the lst
of March 1878. Henry Goshen and
Benjamin Byers. overseers OF the
poor. agreed with her to keep the
pauper for S2,75 per week while
Eavers remained in health, ana II
sickness should overtako HIM she
should have reasonable compensa-
tiop Eayers died In April 1881
After that closing event III hIS e"t u
Iy career, Afrs. Ragan presented
bill for extra nursing, extra Washing
and extra use of house during time
OF funeral, raising the expenses 1or
the borough to pay from $40 TO TO
s16.75 per week, for a period OF %
weeks, aggregating sum, between
eleven and twelve hundred dollars
The EXTRAS were accumulated between
the lst of March, 1873, and April u
1881 Ths overseers Of the poor
Samna, showers and Samuel Bates
holtz, voiceing the tax xpayers OF tne
borough, contested the payment o.
the heavy bill on the ground Oh 1t
The jury vent out on Thursday nignI
and returned with a verdict on 1 flnay