Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-08-25
IN COURT.
A Suit Involving Nearly Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.
Plenty of Divorce Cases as Usual-Other
Matters to Be Settled at the
Next Term.

In the office of Clerk Davies of the
Court of Common Pleas papers in tht
following new cases have recently beeI
filed:
What is probably an action to recover
the largest sum of money ever sought
through the medium of the courts OF
Belmont county has been begun by R. ii
Stearns, who prays for the foreclosure OF
a mortgage given by the Martins Ferry
Terminal Railway Company to secure a
loan of 1896, $500. The mortgage Gov
ers all the right of way, tracks, depot
freight sheds, telegraph lines, and all 9th
er property of the Martins Ferry Termi-
nal Railway Company lying within the
village of Martins Ferry. Interest on
the above sum from December "a, 1891
is also included in the petition.
G. A. House made a contract with J
c. Roby, of Hendrysburg, to sell him a
piano for S340. The piano was deliver
ed but nothing has been paid on it, and
now House asks judgment against Ro-
by for the above sum.
Maggie Long alleges that through the
Clerk of Pease township, she gave notice
to all saloon keepers in the township not
to sell liquor to her husband. She fur
ther alleges that Frank Wilhelm, sa.
loon keeper, violated said notice, and in
satisfaction thereof she prays for $500
damages.
Notes to the amount of $1205O5 are
held by Solomon HOgue against Peter
Phillips, and the plaintiff prays for judg
ment for this amount with the accrued
interest, and foreclosure of mortgage.
VIM. Warnock, Jr., brings an action
against John Workman, as admir- of VIM
Warnock, ST., decd, in which he alleges
that he paid the taxes on the property OF
VIM. WarnOck, ST., from 1872 to 1890, and
that he discharged other obligations for
which he was never reimbursed, amount
ing in all to S2436.S4 for which amount
he asks judgment.
John A. Neff as executor of Moses
Boggs, deceased, brings an action against
Milton w. Moore and others to recover
on promissOry note for $500 and the
foreclosure of mortgage on property at
Warnock Station.
Charles ii. Myers alleges that he made
a loan to Jonathan McConnahey, and
that S771 still remains unpaid, for which
amount he asks satisfaction at the hands
of the Court.
A suit for $3.50 has been begun by Lu-
ther Elerick against The c., l.. and W
R'y Company because, as the plaintiff
alleges his house and other property at
Fairpoint, amounting in all to the above
value, was ignited by sparks from To-
comotive belonging to the defendants
and totally destroyed.
As executrix of the estate of Wm.
Kennon, decd, Mary KennOn begins All
action to recover from II. Madison Close
and others on prOmissOry note for
S43O27, with interest from 1877.
The warm weather seems to have a
bad effect on the marriage relation, as
the following sequel will show: Samuel
Z. Thomas wants divorce from Della
Thomas on the grounds of adultry; ]. G.
Green wants the ties severed which bind
him to Abez Ii. Green on account of will
full absence;on the same grounds does Ella
C. Vanhorn seeks separation from E. L.
Vanhorn, and Alice Garfield from John
Garfield; Jane Cox has suffered ex-
treme crnelty from John Cox, and Mollie
B. Parker wants separation from w. G..
Parker, and Mary E. Young from John
F. Young on the same grounds.