Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-02-20
LEGAL NEWS.

kiskiminetas Bridge Co. vs. " estmore-
land and Armstrong Counties, Feb. 10,
1891, verdict for the plaintiff for sl5, 2l0 ~.
Caleb Atkins VS. W. H. McCandless Feb.
Il, 1891, verdict for the plaintiff for
$3.50. .26.
Nelson Smith VS. John Dolan, 5. K.
Bruce, and others Feb. Is, verdict for the
plaintiff for the land described in the writ,
with oil-well. wooden rig, and string OF
casing. land all the other property about
this lease belongs to the defendants with
the right to remove it) John Dolan,
W. A. Smith and G. W. BarkleY to
pay $50
J. A. Douthett VS. ". V. Hardman, Feb.
IS Case discontinued.
The arbitrators on the case of the Enter
prise Oil Co. VS. Latchaw, Armor Co.
decided that North and South line should
divide the lease in said case, as no portion
of the Western half can lie East of a
meridian line.
The will of Esq. Roessing of Butler was
probated, no letters.
Letters of admin were granted to John
Il. Foster on estate of II. G. Foster late of
Jefferson twp.
An ex-Co. Surveyor of Butler &C. is said
to have been married in Lawrence county,
Wednesday.
The County Auditors finished their
labors last Friday morning and filed their
report with the Parliamentary. On Thurs
day they held a court with the old Co.
Commits and some others as witnesses.
The Report will not be published this
year.
The bridge case was not ended till Satur-
day evening, and then the Jury went out
and stayed out till IL p. NJ. when they
agreed upon a verdict and sealed it. Mon
day noon they came in and reported it but
as they had not counted up the interest
involved they were sent out again to do
that, and when they returned their figures
read SIS, ,2l0.40 in favor of the bridge Co.
which is about half of what they asked.
On Monday noon of this week Court
reassemb bled and took up the horse case of
Caleb Atkins of West Deer twp. Allegheny
Co. vs. Harrison McCandless of Centre twp.
Caleb bought horse for $50 from Harrison
some time ago, but he hadn't gone far with
him until he discovered that he was ''wind-
broken" and then he took him back and
to refund and Caleb tied the horse to his
barn door, left him there and brought suit
and the jury says that he shall refund with
interest. The interesting feature of the
case was that although the veracity of one
of the witnesses was impeached by
number of his neighbors, his evidence
seemed to hold good.
Two of the County Auditors joined in
taking ten days time off ex-Commissioner
Duncan and five days off commissioner
Hutchison, and in refusing to allow a bill
that had. been paid by these two Comm'rs
Everybody knows that the Co. Comm'rs
are the most harried officers in the Court
House and that they were the poorest paid,
until the passage of the late Act Of As
sembly increasing their pay. The two ex-
Comm'rs named claimed that they were
entitled to the extra pay for extra work
done, and in the other case the fact of their
having signed the warrant showed that
they had authorized the work being done.
James L. Bowser and Samuel Rogers of
Petrolia have been returned to court for
selling liquor without license.
Christie brothers have brot suit in eject
ment VS. A. Griesbach and others for land
in Connoquenessing twp. adjoining the
Welsh