Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-04-14
LEGAL NEWS.
NOTES.
Daniel Burns has begun suit in As
sumpsit against Z. G.. Fredrick

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sumpsit against Z. G. friedrich
The new bridge over the Connoque
Messing on the Kittanning road VIII be 81
feet long and "A feet wide.
Mary Temple has petitioned for par
tion of the estate of Mrs. Z. j. Dunlap,
decd, late of West Sunbury.
VIM. Gillespie has sued P F. Ray,
Geo Arner, and Ida Sober. partners
trading VS. the All right Grocery Co. in
assumpsit for claim of S471.1O.
The will of Lewis Millinger, late of
| Oakland twp, has been probated and
| letters granted to Sarah Millinger, also
will of Ephriam Emminger late OF Don
| egal twp, no letters; also will of j. j.
Shanor, late of Muddycreek twp.- nc
| letters; also the will of Maria E. Bene-
witz, late of jefferson twp, and letters
| granted to Jacob BenewitZ.
Louis H. Falkner, of Saxon station
has petitioned Probate Court for hear
| ing and decree to set aside and declare
void writing admitted to probate pur-
porting to be the last will and testa-
ment of his mother. Eva Falkner dec d,
The will Of Rebecca j. Mellon, late Of
| Zelienople, has been proba ted and let
| tiers granted to H. NJ. Bentle.
Harry Mccullough and Eek Bester
| have b cen held for court on charges of
burgla ry preferred by J. S. Jack.
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania
met in Pittsburg Monday, with full
bench, and begun work on the cases
from Allegheny Co. The cases from
Butler Co. will not be taken up till the
second Monday in May The Fry vs.
| Wolf, Mann VS. Cowan, Kepple VS. Pa.
Torpedo Co, and several other cases
are going up.
The will of DR.. w. Irvine, late of
Evans City has been probated and let
ters granted 10 S. j. Irvine and w. J.
Gelbach; also will of Christena Hofner,
of Donegal twp. no letters.
The opinion of Justice James T. Nit
chell, of the Supreme court, in the case
of Phillip Hill, colored, who murdered
George Lawarence at Hutton, was re-
ceived Tuesday by Prothonotary Geo.
Pearson, of Allegheny Co. and Sheriff
A. Lowry will hang Hill after he has
been allowed 80 days to prepare for
death The opinion is considered OF vi
tai Importance owing to the fact that
it establishes precedent for the inter
probation of the law of 1897, regulating
the practice on appeals to the Supreme
and Superior courts, the most vital
legal question involved being whether
special allocatur was a Supercedeas of
execution.
The Pittsburg Times of Monday
stated that: Michael Baer, of Val
encia station, Pittsburg and Western
railroad reported to the Pittsburg
detectives Saturday that his wife,
Emma, aged As, has been missing since
April 1. Baer says that a mulatto farm
hand employed by him disappeared at
the same time, and that he had given
his wife So, 200 with which to pay for
some property he had purchased in the
Sixth ward, Pittsburg. Three days
later, he says, his wife sent for her
trunks, while he was away from home.
and he has learned they were shipped
to the Pittsburg and Western station in
Allegheny He also claims that 5000 in
cash which he kept in the house is gone.
Baer is an industrious mill worker.
List of cases for trial in civil court
beginning Monday, April %. F. W.
Pascoe VS.. Slippery Rock State Normal
School, mechanics lien; J. II. Nc
QUESTION VS.. same; j. E. Morrison VS.
same; F. S. Patterson VS.. same; Jas.
Kerr vs. same; o. G. Clark VS.. same;
G.. W. Armstrong VS.. same; L. &. Sager
VS.. same; l.. w. Stillwagon VS.. same;
H. L. McCandless VS.. same; Jeff Beigh-
ley vs. same; J. c. Mcdonald VS.. same;
J. c. Mcconnell VS. same; E. l.. Nc
Candless vs. same; w. II. Ryhal VS..
same; d. L. Martin VS.. same; j. L.
Cooper VS.. same: w. E. Kelly VS.. same;
E. E. Davidson VS.. same; F. n. Cooper
VS. same; Z. W. Hemphill VS.. same;
| Cluad Downs VS. same; Mrs. Z. Nc
| Cafferty VS. Penn R. R. trespass; W. G.
Rudet VS. T. A. Frazier ct al sci "a sur
mechanics lien. Butler Boro. VS.. Butler
Public Cemetery, sci fa sur municipal
lien; Margt. Fox VS.. Empire Drill Co.
Issue awarded by Court; Bickel & Ken
nedy for use VS.. w. HI. Crawford ct al,
i same; Ida Sober VS.. J. Berg q Co same
| Cath. Miller VS.. J. Berg 81 Co. same
| Fulton and Jackson VS.. j. O. Aiken,
trustee, same; A E. Duell ct al VS.. NJ.
| B. Keer ct al trespass; G.. Roher VS.. w.
| c. Hawn, capias in trespass; @. ID.
| Roach VS. Kate Jones, appeal; Oil Well
| Supply Co. VS. A. NJ Lusk ct al as
sumpit; P. Bell vs. n Hilliard, ejict-
ment; W. B. Dodds VS.. Fl. B. Patter
son, assumpsit; A. J. Fultz VS.. FL. Shan
non ct al, appeal; G.. Foltz VS.. same ap
peal; p. & w. r. r. Co. VS.. p. B. q L.
E. R. R. Co. ejdctment; J. Kaufman VS..
| P. g. w. R. R. ct al, trespass; J. Bueh-
| Ter VS. j. Ziegler, trespass; j. L. Eng
| lish VS.. Butler Water Co. assumpsit,
| same VS. G. Ascetto for use of Butler
Water Co assumpsit; j. H. Donaghy
vs.. T. w. Philips, assumpsit; G. j. ID.
Strohecker eft al VS.. Z. Ramsey, tres
pass. NJ Spohn vs. F. Schwaiger ct al,
assumpit; Pa. Torpedo Co. Ltd. VS.. NJ.
L. Zahmizer, assumpsit Sprout Wal
dron & Co. VS.. E. D. Eagel, assumpsit;
C. McCandless for use VS. S. M.
Schmidt, assumpsit; r. Hogg VS.. Bailey
and Hoffman, trespass; q. Goehring VS..
| W. H. Roesle. assumpsit, E. Cray vs.
Butler Water Co. appeal from award of
viewers; NJ. Held, VS. J. Held capias
in trespass; w. H. Graham VS.. w. l..
Graham, sci ia sur mortgage.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Harvey Iseman to Mary j. Logan lot
in Butler for 1913,
w R Carnahan to Jonathan A
Stoughton, rs acres in Cherry for $4,000
Cath Miller to George Osterling, 70
acses in Centre and lot in Butler Boro
TO- $4,000
Henry S Rape to Gellert Goehring,
6S acres in Jackson for $4,000.
B McGowan to w J Dunn, rs acres
in Muddycreek for $3.50.
Zelienople Elk. Co., to John Eckhart
lot in Zelienople for $500.
w G Stewart to r. Heckathorn, 40
acres in Concord for $50
r Heckathorn to w NJ. Stewart 4C
acres in Concord for 1875.
! North Side Cemetery Assn. to Alex
Pollock, lot for 1925.
Jane b Huss to S NJ Brown, 100 acres
in Marion for $1,000.
S NJ Brown to Cora B Brown, 100
acres in Marion for $500.
Jon. Grinder to Jno. Shoentag Il
acres in Clinton for $1,000
w. H. Harvey to J. r. G.. Logan sc
acres in Clinton for $1,000
w 3 Dodds, sheriff, to Jacob Kecl
10 acres in Butler twp for $50
P Linibach to Rev Richard Phalen
, acres in Oakland for S77.
Al Boyer to Mary G Caldwell lot il
Martinsburg for $275.