The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-28
THE COURT HOUSE.
The Business Transacted ON Thursday as
Reported in Fridays Daily.

The Business transacted on lhursu"s "S
Reported in Fridays Daily.
The estate of the late Peter Howe is
again in litigation. a suit was nled
in the Office of the Circuit clerk yeSter-
day by Jerome and Charles Howe, exc
cutors of the last will and testament
of Peter Howe. The bill is quite a
lengthy one and covers several pages
of closely printed matter, Inc de-
PENDANTS are Lewis II. Hodge ana the
DtheI heirS-at-law OF deceased: Inere
are several minor pleas in the bill, but
The chief PRAYER of complainants is
that the will left by Howe be recon-
structed in such manner that the
executors may know how to dis
tribute the reSiduum of the property
which alone amounts to 100000.
As will be remembered, Peter Howe
and his wife were murdered at their
home in Wenona in June, 1888, by a
man named Burkhart, who afterward
committed suicide. The couple had
seventeen children and grandchildren.
Howe left a will which gave to his
wife homestead and 100 acres of
land. All the real estate in Illinois
less than 100 acres and all the real
estate other than in Illinois was to be
loaned at interest and held in trust
by the executors until such time as
the grandchildren became thirty years
old, when it was to be divided equally
among them. In case one of the child
rem died, that ones share was to be
divided equally among the other
grandchildren.
Since the death of Peter, Mrs. Howe
hnc 1iaJ Tho nj INFANTS in this
bill want to know thiS-DOeS the fee
of the land pass to the executors in
trust, or is it the intention that it
should go by descent to his own chill
dren? Two of the children have died
since the will was opened and several
grandchildren have also died. The
executors believe their share of the
estate should be divided among the
other children, but do not know how
to parcel it out. One grandchild has
been born since and the question as to
whether or not this child should get
an equal share now arises.
Williams, Lawrence & Bancroft, a
Galesburg law firm, are attorneys for
the compliments. No doubt the case
will be quite interesting.
Circuit Court
Phoebe G.. King, by her attorneys,
Messrs. McDougall and Chapman, has
begun suit against Martha A. King
and others to forecloSe mortgage. In
August, 1875, Mark King was indebted
to Henry Billiard in the sum of 81, 600.
In order to secure Billiard from loss,
King gave him a mortgage on some
land in Deer Park. Several years ago
King died. Billiard sold the mort
gage to Phoebe King, and as the debt
has not been paid, she brings this suit
to fOreclOse.
In the case of Sarah Bruening V.
Henry and Mary Brenning, a bill by
complainant to set aside certain
deed, was denied by Judge Blanchard,
Haight represented the complainant
and Griggs and Allen were attorneys
for defendants.
Henning V. Murphy. This case has
practically been settled. The COM
,plainant in the cross bill obtaining
the relief prayed for. Haight, of this
city, and Hall & Haskins, of La Sale,
represented the plaintiff and defen-
dant, respectively.
The defendants in the appeal case
sof Hiram J. Thompson V. Carl Brors-
man ct al, have moved to suppress
the deposition of Guy III. Russell, G..
III. Miller and VIM. ID. Mcllvame.
Duncan. O'COnOr & Gilbert. attOr-
neys for the |. V. & n. railroad COM
pany, have asked for leave to file pleas
by Monday morning next in the case
of George Ward V. the company.
The case of Margaret |. Mallory v.
Clinton Holdeman was dismissed by
the nlaintitf AT her costs The Ray
mond- Mallory case was also disposed
of at the compliments costs.
Helen MeigS, one of the defendants
in the case of Simon MOhr ct al. ".
John Funk ct al, has entered an ap-
pearance by her attorney.
The Masters report of sale and dis
tribution in the Dalrymple-R amstead
case has been filed and approved.
Mary Thompson V. John Thompson.
A suit in Chancery. Masters report
of sale presented and approved.
The hearing on the motion fora new
trial in the case of POrterteld V. the
City of La Sale, in which a verdict
for $1,000 was obtained against the
city, which was to have been heard
to-day, has been postponed until next
week. Hon. A. j. O'cOnOr has now
been retained by the city to conduct
its case conjunction with Messers.
Mcdonald and O'Brien.
Probate Matters.
Mary Kratz was appointed admins
tratriX of the estate of Peter Kraft,
deceased, yesterday. a bond in the
sum of $4,000 was furnished, with
William Hopp as surety. The will