The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
HUSBAND HELD
WIFE'S FARM.
And Now She May Lose 1t In a
Lawsuit Tried Monday.
TWO WOMEN WANT DIVORCES

Both Say Their Husbands Get Drunk anu
Neglect Them -One Beats His
Gases Filed and
The case of Briggle, as guardian of
Martha Winning, against Bloomfield ct
al. was tried to Judge McCarty Monday.
welty and Albaugh represented the
plaintiff and Mr.. Craine the defendant.
Back in 1887 Lewis Blooffleld was ap-
pointed guardian of Martha Winning.
He sold her property and used UP the
money. He made no return and In 1897
he was removed by the court and Ho-
mer Briggle appointed. About $500 was
due the ward from the guardian. He
could not pay and his bondsmen. John
Bloomfield and John Schaffer were sued.
Judgment was secured in court. Schaf-
fer was the only one who had any prop
erty and an effort was made to make
him pay. 1t was now discovered that
s3,260 on his farm. This was all the
place is worth. He claimed that he
had gotten the farm from her father
and that in reality 1t was her property.
There seemed to be no dispute about
this but the plaintiff raised the question
that the wife. by permitting her hus-
band to hold the property and appear to
the world as the owner, thereby placing
himself in a position to be given credit,
is estopped thereby from asserting her
claims to the property as against one
who has relied on the fact that he was
thereby extended credit on that account.
1t is a nice proposition Of law and
Judge McCarty took the matter under
consideration to decide later.
A PLUMBERS BILL.
Judge McCarty also tried the case If
Henry Gerspacher VS.. Caroline Studer
ct al. Gerspacher had done the plumb
ing at the new property Of the defend
ant and sued for about $40 which he
claimed as compensation. The defen-
dant set up the claim that he had not
finished the work according to contract
and asked for about $40 as damages on
that account. Joe Blake represented
the plaintiff and w. J. Piero and ]. W.
Craine the defense. The case was fin
ished Tuesday morning and the court
took the issues under consideration be-
fore deciding.
DUFFY VS.. ALLIANCE.
William Volkman as assignee for John
Duffy is having law suit Tuesday with
the city Of Alliance. Duffy had the
contracts for paving some streets and
putting in some sewers. The city paid
him as the work progressed till 1t only
owed him about $4,000. Then the work
was left unfinished and the city had to
finish it up and besides it is claimed
the job was so poor that much of the
work will have to be done over again.
Duffy's assignee sued for the $4,000 and
the city claims to be damaged more
than that and refuses to pay. Solicitor
Rogers represents the city and Upham,
Turner and Webber are prosecuting the
case for the plaintiff.
CRUELTY AND DRUNKENNESS.
Elizabeth Blantz is plaintiff in divorce
suit started Monday afternoon by Case.
Whittacre and Hughes against
Philip H. Blantz. The wife alleges that
her husband has been guilty Of drunk
enness for over three years and has re-
peatedly struck her with his fist. His
cruelty has become such that she can
not live with him. She asks Tor d.
vorce, the custody Of the two children,
and restoration to her maiden
name of Breyer. The defendant was
restrained by the court from disposing
of his property or collecting money due
him from John Herbst till the suit is
decided.
AFTER A DIVORCE.
Gertrude May Patterson, through
Rogers and Hart, has commenced d.
vorce proceedings against Benjamin A.
Patterson. She says they were married
in 1880 and have two children The Ie-
tition charges the defendant with
drunkenness and neglect Of his family.
The wife therefore asks for divorce
and alimony.