Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-18
LEGAL. NEWS.

CIVIL CAUSES DISPOSED OF IHis EEEE.
II Weiland at al IS Butler co. Tor break,
/ ing down ola bridge III CieaI1eld fg under
! weight Of a traction engine, Apll 10, ge.
/ Dict Tor plaintiff for slil
James Mclaughlin ct 81 SIS John . col
! lius ct al ejectment iJl Land in Foigyieg
! Up This was the second tIial OF this case
/ ana the verdict was again Tor deieuients.
Leah otto IS Frederick Weber ApIl
/ / = verdict Iof defendant tot siN cows. one
/ horse. one wagon, and loI The plaintiff fuI
! four COWS, one calf one harrow and one
pair OF ladders.
! " c Thompson IS . G. Christie ct al,
/ eioCtMeAt f0T 10 a-4as. 81 al oil lease On
Hugh MeCkllaud ia 4S%iI ConnoqUeuls-
sing Up. April Is; verdict Tor the plaintiff
for the land described ii tie wit with Si1
cents damages This was 4 hutly contest
ed case, with Col Thomp san, MoCandless
Bowser M5Quistion aud toTquer on one
side. ana Thomas Marshall, Brandon aud
Campbell on the other. McClelland gave
a lease to c. l.. Jones and others iu March
Of 1888 Jones ct al sold their lease to
Ripper. GIiesbach, ohuup and others. and
they solu 10 the Christie brothers IN Sep
tember 1889. The Christie Bros proceeded
to operate and have one well down, which
is doing about 10 barrels dav, but as the
lease adioius another on which there are
some better wells, II Is considered valuable
property In May Of 1889, some months
before the Christie Bros purchased the
Jones lease McClellaud who considered
the old lease as null and void by reason Of
the violation OF a parole agreement con
nected with il, gave Col Thompson a lease
n III IN & h.. =
of his son " { Thompson, and after the
Christies had developed it brought suit in
electment. The greater part ot the evidence
offered BY the defendants IN this case was
ruled out by the Court The verdict is for
the plaintiff and the case viii probably go
to the Supreme Court
Marshall Foundry ana Construction Co.
limited, VS. K B Taylor. Suit for iron con
tracted fol for the Court House Verdict
for plaintiffs for j., 542.Ui
JR Karns rs f W Leidecker. SUIT for
tulhllnent Of contract On trial.
NOTES
ON Monday, t. r Scott, Esq attorney
for the T. & W K. K. Co. filed the bond
of the company in $1,000 aud asked for the
appointment Of viewers to assess damages
TO George Eeiber for the o. acres OF his
land that the company has appropriated
tot switches, repair shops, etc.
The JEFF Allen property was not sold
last Saturday, he tbayng paid the judg-
meut
Karl Butter had summons in eiectment
issued US F NJ Fritz for lot Of ground in.
Fairyiew Twp.
August Steubgen has petitioned for di
vorce from Eva Steubgen; Luella AcCand-
lesa from Pearl MeCandless, and Mary E
Whmore from John c Ntitmore.
All the school duplicates are now writ
ten, aud ready for the school boards who
aholld send for them
p 4 shannon has adopted Blanche s.,
daughter Of W Buchanan.
The will of Geo Brown, Of Concord
twp, was probated and letters to Maria
4. Brown. Also will Of Andrew Leibler
no letters, also will of Michael Cypher, of
Winfield twp, and letters to ]. n. Pugh
LATE PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Henry kaufman to Nick Garman lot in
zelienople for $400.
c Duffy TO Mile Stephens lot il Batter
for 5000
IL u CoSAIdtI - . " Cl'tAi Ivt III bAtASA
for $500.
Emma Eisler to " : Morris lot il But
lei for 5000.
l. Petsinger to John.T Martin 40 acres
in Buffalo for $500.
Jacob Ketterer to John lift lot il Zelio-
nople 1or 1920.
S II Moore to Sophia lift lot in Zelieno-
pie for $3.50.
VIM Bryson to i \ Kelly lot in Butler
for $400
S Nixon to W J Roe l acre in Butler Up
for 800.
w T Wiskman to Geo Bonn y acres in
Clinton for $1,000
ca McPherrin to J " Hutclisou lot in
Butler for $1,000.
a A Kelly to \ Snyder lot in Butler
for 500.
Hannah Eiemming to Anna Atkinson
25 acres in Buffalo for 1850.
Sarah Mackey to II Bole lot in Butler
for 1925.
Jas Hazlett TO Samuel a zeigler IS acres
III Penn for $1,000.
& Reinhold to Frank AIwine, property
in Jefferson TIP for 81, 500.
NJ p Shoup TO j L Lowry, lot in Butler
for $500
Rob't Watson to Nick Mangel, lot in
Butler for $780,
. Weidhaus to Ann Mary Hui, 20 acres
III Winfield for 81.
Heirs Of f. Fisher to Jos. L. McCandless
lot in Butler, for $3.50.
A. L. Shrader to Rob't. Watson lot in