Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-05
LEGAL NEWS.
NOTES.

The Co. Commissioners have received
the election blanks for the Spring Election
and request all the judges of Election tf
call or send for them.
| License Court, this year, will come on
March 23d, and the applications must be
in by March I'd.
Treasurer Wilson has received instruct
| ions from the Auditor General to bring
| criminal suits against all persons in this
| county who are running billiard or pool
| tables without license, unless they report
themselves Immediately. and pay their
| license, as the law requires. Some OF
| these people are under the impression that
they can escape license by starting up
after the Mercantile Appraiser makes his
rounds but in this they are mistaken.
Chas. ]. westerman, E. F. Hays, Solo
mon Pontious, c. 81. Johnston and A. >.
Fleegar have been appointed appraisers OF
the property of Il. j. Hoyt of Millerstown.
The will of John Little, of Donegal twp,
was probated, no letters; also will OF Geo.
Lohrsy. of Oakland twp, no letters; also
will Of John Pontious of Donegal twp, and
letter C. T. A. to j. II. Pontious; also will
of Lorenzo Fleeger, of Centre twp, no
letters.
Letters of admin were granted to VIM
Croft Sr, and Newton Garvin on estate of
VIM. Croft Jr; also to Albert Kramer in
estate of Peter Kramer; also John W.
Gillespie in estate of Hamilton Gillespie.
The will of Andrew Walker, decd of
Clay twp was probated, nc letters.
In the case of R L. Kent VS. the Gazette
for libel, and claiming $25, 900 damages.
the Jury award at Pittsburg, last Friday
was CT cts Judge Stowe decided that
Ecclesiastical tribunals are quasi-public
bodies, and that the newspapers have a
right to print correct reports of their pro
ceedings.
In the case of the Commonwealth VS. Ira
Myers, of Nickleville, Venango county.
who was convicted in Clarion county at
November sessions, 1890, of conspiracy to
steal his own child from his divorced wife
Jessie Myers and thercupon sentenced TO
nav q fine Of $500, the costs of prosecution,
and to be imprisoned one year and SIX
months in the Western penitentiary, and
who appealed from the judgment and sen
tence, the Supreme court has now reversed
the Clarion county court. Ira yers had
served FIVE months of his sentence, and
was then released from custody pending
court be will not have to pay the fine or
costs mentioned, or serve the remainder OF
this sentence of imprisonment.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
Pttsburg Curative Legislation
At Philadelphia last Monday the Su-
preme Court denied its original jurisdiction
in the matter of the new election law, and
the case will have to be started in one OF
the lower courts.
The Supreme Court has decided that the
sick benefits of a secret society cannot ac-
crue to a mans estate; and that If he de-
clines them nothing is due him.
LATE PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
S Harper to T Harper lots in Wash ing
ton for 1926.
Ella Smith ct al to C A Abrams lot in
Butler for $500.
Ira Stauffer to A Il Stauffer lot iu Har-
m0ny for 81 ,635.
Jos. Rockenstein of Mary Hinchbergcr
lot in Butler for 5000.
R. P. Scott To A j. Patton I25 acres in
Oakland for $500.
Jos. Ash to Anna Doutt lot in Forward
for $780,
NJ. A. Wilson to Caruthers g. Peters LOT
in Harmony for 100.
David Dixon to Rachel Douthett 106
acres in Penn twp. for $4,000.
Judson W Breed assigned 3 leaseholds
in Connoquenessing twp. to the McCalmont
Oil Co. for $50, 900.
A few days ago q mortgage for five mil
lions was filed against the West Penn X.
r. Co. by Philadelphia Trust Co.