The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-04-20
THE COURTS.


| INC CircuU court.
Ne,o Cases,-E. II. Spicsr vs. Lizzie NJ,
Richards ct al, foreclosure; $500 claimed.
Bird Bckford sol. Lucinda W. Dorlymple
and Hurbert Ranstead VS. d. d. Ranstead ct
al, petition for partition of estate Of b. F,
Ranstead; Geo. II. Haight, sol.
Salre Peterson petitions 10 set aside a
conveyance made by a third party TO Mrs.
| William Maitland, of Streator, asking that
the title be declared to be in William Matt,
land and that judgment which he holds
against Maitland be satisfied. Maitland held
an agreement on the property, and making
the last payment after Peterson's Judgment
was given, had the deed made to his wife.
Peterson declares this proceeding to be
fraudulent. w. II, Boys, sol.
Mary Kauth, of Streator, asks for d.
vorce from Ter husband, William Xauth, on
the grounds of cruelty and drunkenness.
They were married in this city on July %,
'S3, and few years later he began to abuse
her and became a confirmed user of intoXi.
Giants. He often kicked and choked her,
and on Monday knocked her down and
kicked her in the side. She then left him
and applied for divorce. Blake s. Trainer,
soils.
Henry AT erton and Margaret Holland
were married in England in 1881, and on
Dec. 20, 1888, Margaret deserted her hus-
band and has not rs yet retained. He prays
for divorce for desertion and adultery, the
latter Of which he charges she committed
while living with him in Lancashire, Eng.
Thos. Cassidy ct al VS. John Cassidy ct
al, petition for partition of Cassidy estate,
at La Sale; Duncan, Coner & Gil ert soils.
Robert Erwin, administrator Of the estate
of Mrs. Howe, sues jerome and Chas. Howe,
executors of the will of the Banker Howe,
to establish the legacy of S2O,0OO.00 left to
Mrs, Howe under the will, The admins
TRAITOR of the estate claims that although Mr..
and Mrs. Howe were murdered on the same
night and by the same hand, that evidence
exists to prove that her death occurred sub.
,equent to his, and he therefore demands
The legacy.
In Court-Silas Delamater and John Hall |
stein signed the bond of Edgar II. Seaman
IN Tuesday and he was released from the |
county Jail. The bail was fixed at $4,000.
In this connection Judge Evans says the
FREE TRADER erred in saying he had &C.
,epted 81 900 bond for a 81, 900 estate. As
We have not now the papers, we assume we
lave erred.
A number of old chancery cases were
disposed Of and among these were Goffney
1t al. VS. Irwin: Fry VS.. J. E. Porter adm.
Haskins ct al, VS.. Mcnamara ct al, Law vs.
Perdiew; Blaidsley ct al.vs. McDswall ct al.
Ellen Mitchell, adm. VS. John Mitchell ct al
Mary Field vs.. Mary B. Lewis ct al; Otta-
va Gas Light & Coke Co. VS. Jas. Hoban,
collector town of Ottawa; The Coal Run Coal
%. vs.. Ralph Plumb ct al, and Robt Crane
IS Albert Crane, Sr ct al
The Court calls for yesterday were Nos
70, 65, g., 6715, II, "A, IS, rs, II, 70, 80
md 81, and among them is the Kopp divorce
,ase, which was ventilated in this court On
previous OF casion. 1t is the only sensa,
ional case on the the call This time the
ase is on with an argument for new trial,
Mrs. Kopp having won at the February tri
i. Four other divorce cases,-Heiser vs..
ieiser, Mcrague vs.. McTague, Kahlen VS.,
lahlen, and Li,tlefeld vs. Lttlefeld are also
N the call.