Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-11-22
LEGAL NEWS.
ASSESSMENT APPEALS.

| ASSESSMENT APPEALS.
Judge Hazen handed down his decisions
on the assessment appeals, last Saturday,
as follows:
The Berg bank building. at corner oI
Main and Jefferson SITS, was reduced from
So, 800 to -, 900; the Berg d Cypher hard
ware store building from $1,000 To $4,000;
the store building at corner of Main and
| Cunningham SITS, from ~, 800 to -, 600.
| The valuation of the residence property at
north end of Main St, lately sold 10
| Christie. was let stand, but the valuation
of the meat market property on Main st.
was reduced by agreement with Co. Com
| misSioners To 5000.
The valuation Of 5. l.. Riddles 3 acres,
adjoining the Berg property, was reduced
| from 500 to 5000, and that of his IA acres
| in Karns City from 81 ,440 to $500, ut in
stance of W. II. II. Riddle, agent.
The valuation of G. q. Christies resi-
dence property at north end of Main st.
was changed from S., 900 to 81, 500; that of
| Il. C. Huselton from 81, 600 to "a 200; that
of Clara Brandon from $1,000 to $4,000;
that of 5. 4. Wick per Alfred Wick (the
residence property from $500 to s., 800;
| the Wick hotel property was let stand at
81 900; that of Catharine MeCandless per
| Chas. McCandless, agent, from $4,000 to
! s., 800 for the house on Main st. and the
farm from $50 to 500 per acre.
The valuation of f. +. Abrams farm in
Karns City was reduced from $25 to $40 per
| acre.
The appeal of Mr.. Daubenspeek, of
| Springdale, was dismissed.
BOYLE VS.. sMITHMAS.
The long drawn out case of p BOYLE VS..
Smithman went to the jury last Saturday
morning and by noon they were in with q
verdict for the defendant This case was
| in Butler Co, on a change of venue from
Venango Co. Mr.. Smithman had a small
| pipe line running from an oil field near OIL
| CITY to the city, and did not post up the
notices required by the Act of Assembly.
BOYLE brought suit, aud Smithman claimed
that he was not a common carrier, but on
ly bought and piped oil for himself. The
books of the firm were ruled out of
evidence. The penalties, in case, ii the
plaintiff had made out case, would have
amounted to $78, 900, half of which would
have gone to the prosecutor and the other
half to Venango Co, hence the long and
hot fight. McCandless, Thompson and
Ash for plaintiff; Kurtz, Heydrick and
Brandon for defendant.
Frank ShafTer had a hearing at Evans
City last Friday was held for riot, and Sc
cured bail.
Judge Hazen and jury, consisting of
S. Nixon, Judge Storey, Col. Lowry, Esq
Kennedy, Geo. Shaffner and ii. Heineman,
heard the Chatham lunacy case last Satur-
day morning The Chathams came into
this county and located in Fairview Twp.
during the oil excitement of the early
seventies William, the son whose sanity
was in question, dealt in junk about there
for some time, and then went West, and
Sc ems to have been both in Jail and luna
tic asylum in Minnesota. He came back a
few months ago and has since made his
home with his father in Petrolia. His ac
tions have been peculiar and the jury rec
commended that he be restrained, and he
was committed to the Warren Hospital,
and q rule was granted on the oversecrs of
Fairview TIP. to show cause why that TIP.
should be adjudged to be his last legal set
tement, returnable to first Monday of De
cember.
Three adjourned Courts, for the trial of
civil causes. were ordered as follows: Be
ginning Monday, Jan. G, 1890, Monday,
Feb. Sd, 1890, and Monday, April z, 1890.
Each Court to continue two weeks, with 81
Jurors for each term, and list of forty
cases, twenty-five of which shall be ready
on the first day of the term. Both judges
will sit.
Joseph Landis petitioned Court to supply
a lost agreement between himself and his
brother, Abram Lands.
On petition of Aaron L. Hazen q rule
was granted on Nelson y. Reed to bring
his action of ejectment within ninety days,
for property in Butler, or show cause.
G. w. Reep has brought suit for divorce
from Sarah j. Reep.
The will of John Morrow, of Concord
Tp., was probated and letters granted to
Peter Kamerer; also will of James Brom
field, of Donegal Tp., and letters to Hannah
Bromiield; also will of G.. W. Thompson, of
Allegheny Tp., who died Oct 3Oth-no
letters.
LATE PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
II L Grenert to Fred Oertel lot in Butler
for $1,000.
Fred Oertel to Cath Grenert lot in Butler
for $1,000.
ii Berg to J Hays lot in Butler for
| $3.50.
Silas StOughton to Benton Stoughton
| of 65 acres in Connoquenessing for $1,000.
q + Keck to Adam Beighley lot in But
| Ter $3.50.
p Sloppy to G Gerlach GO acres in Con
| noquenessing for $3.50.
l Armstrong to Jas Duff lG acres in Mar
ion for $400. Alex Russell to same, quit
| claim, for ST..
l Armstrong to Alex Russell 80 acres in
| Cherry for 81.
X Krause ct al to Jos Marks % acres in
| Winfield for $675
1850 instruments have been filed in the
Register and Recorders Office this year.
| Butler Savings Bank to T. n. Gahagan,
/ lat Ia, p,tI c,.