Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-02-03
LEGAL NEWS.
TRIAL LIST.

Ritts assignee Of Samuel W. Crawford
vs. the p. b. * L. Z. r. R, gave yer
diet for the plaintiff for $500 The
railroad runs over lhe Crawford farm
in jefferson twp, the plaintiff wanted
5000 damages, and the defendant offer
ed about Sl100 TO settle.
Monday morning when the court cal
ander for Jan. 3lst was called the fol
lowing cases were marked settled: r.
H. Lewis IS c. Graham ct. al, sci IA.
sur mechanics lien p. Beveridge VS.
same; :. TAYLOR vs. W Cowan, trespass;
G.. d. Bole vs. q. p. Pape, appeal; ID.
Burns VS. L. OeSterling ct. al, appeal;
J. T. English vs. c. Ascetto, use of But
Ter Water Co, assumpsit; Same IS But
Ter Water Co., assumpsit.
The case of Mrs. E. A Steele VS. J. \.
Richey ct al, will be tried Feb. 9th.
The case of L. 4. Davidson VS. VI.
Martin ct. al, ejectment, was dlscon-
tinued.
Harry Imam vs. \. NJ Nichols ct. al,
assuplpsit, Feb. l. verdict by consent Of
$4JO for plaintiff.
The assumpsit case of J. 5. Wick VS.
L. c. Wick was withdrawn and sub
mitted to an auditor. J NJ. Galbreath,
Esq. being appointed.
The trespass cases of Samuel Taylor
VS. VIM Cowan for false arrest, etc,
were settled yesterday for $500. The
perjury ease of Com. VS. VIM. COwan
will not be prosecuted. Taylor, in his
declarations asked 5000 damages from
Cowan.
John Bresleham vs. Jas. Mclaughlin
ct al, trespass, a compulsory non suit
was entered Feb. /.
The Davidson VS. Humes Torpedo
Co. and First MI. bank of Greenville
VS. J. A Turner are being tried today.
NOTES.
The will of R. g. Nelson, late OF
" iddlesex twp, has been probated and
lett. rs granted to Thos A. and H. NJ.
Parks.
Oliver l. Badger has petitioned for
divorce frorI Sarah b. Badger h.; wife.
The petition will be heard the first
week in March
Patrick Kilroy, charged with lar
ceny, and H. NJ. Butler and w. ID:
Welsh. a&5b and riot, have been held
for court by Esq. Gilghrist.
Frank Cunningham, who is serving a
sentence in the Work House, was
brought TO Butler Saturday by Sheriff
Dodds and gave bail to appear at the
March Q. S. to answer charges Of a&b
and mayhem.
Chas Hoffman, of Saxonburg, was
appointed guardian of Carl Dettmer, Of
New Jersey, minor child of Mary Dett
mer, decd.
Ida Brownfield was appointed guar
dian OF James Brownfield, minor child
of James BTownfield decd, Of Donegal
twp.
The bond of John Kaufman and w.
/. Marburger. exr's. of Geo. Marburg-
er, decd, of Adams twp, was approx
ed Tuesday.
New shelving for the Orphans Court
dockets was placed in Clerk Meals of
flee yesterday.
G. H. Knauff, of Zelienople, made a
voluntary assignment to Samuel o..
Wright for the benefit of creditors and
Amos Lusk and Jacob Gelbach we're
appointed appraisers.
The Pittsburg Limestone Co. Ltd.
has filed its charter; also the Peoples
Telephone Co. Ltd.
A motion for new trial in the Bry
au VS. Phillips case has been entertain
ed
On Monday David Garvln and G. b.
Harper We're appointed guardians OF
William w and Chas E. Harper, min
or children of Andrew Harper, decd, 4,
of Harmony.
Attorneys A, NJ. Imbrie and JAS. R.
Sterrett, Of the Allegheny bar, attend
ed the equity proceedings Saturday
morning in the interests of the local
company
Tuesday William Custer was arrested
at New Castle and Fred Vaughn at
Rochester. They We're two of the gang
which is charged with more than TWEEN
ty robberies in Mercer, Lawrence,
Beaver, Allegheny and Butler counties
and which has been located and broken
up in New Castle Yesterday Custer
and Vaughn were brought to Butler,
plead guilty to robbing Mckee d Co. s
store at billiards recently, and were
each sentenced to pay a fine of 800 and
undergo imprisonment in the peni ten
tiary for q years.
Thomas Leonard, who struck his
pick into Pat Conny's back at the Eu-
cid cut some weeks ago, was captured
at Branchton last week and put in Jail
He had hearing before Esq Anderson
last Friday and was held for Court
In decision lately written by Judge
Stowe. of Pittsburg, in an oil-lease case
he says: 1T seems to me that when a
lease is dependent for its continuance
upon its producing sufficient to pay,
and a certain portion of such product is
to be given the lessor as rent, the lessee
is bound to operate continuously and
with reasonable diligence, and failure
TO do 80 for an unreasonable length OF
time, thereby preventing the lessor
from obtaining any rent, should be held
as a forfeiture of the lessee's rights un-
der the lease. if the lessor chooses to
take advantage of it.
Letters of admn on the estate of
John Buehler, late of Cranberry twp,
have been granted to Lawrence Bueh
Ter; also on the estate of James J. Bo.
ward, late of Slipperyrock twp, to
Sarah L. Bovard.
Our court room was crowded Satur-
day morning with men anxious to hear
the proceedings on the petition of Fred
Klingler for the appointment of re
ceiver for the Plate Glass Works. Mr.
Klingler was the only witness called
and as the ordinary rules of evidence dc
not apply to proceedings in equity he
was forced to disclose his dealings with
John Pitcairn, President of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass Co.. which is general
ly spoken of as the Plate Glass Trust
His evidence killed his case and he
withdrew his petition. but the evidence
was taken by two stenographers anC
will be used by the defense in the pro
ceedings to foreclose the second mortg
age bonds, and on Monday the Stan
dard Plate Glass company, by its at
torney, James Il. Sterrett, filed a pre-
cipe in damage suit against John Pit
carin, president Of the Pittsburg Plate
Glass company. The statement says
| the concerns have been at odds, an eff
| fort to get the Standard to join in {
| combination having failed. Then al
attempt was made in the Butler county
court to have receiver appointed fol
the Standard company. 1t did no
avail 1t was believed that the Pitts
burg company was behind the move
ment The damage suit resulted from
! the trouble.
The directors of the Standard Plat
Glass Company are preparing an ans
wer to the suit instituted by the Fidel
ity Title and Trust Company, of Pitts