Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-15
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.
Thorncreek Cemetery of N E church
VS. the p B. q l. Z. Railroad Co, tres
pass, for $500 damages
Geo. lift & Co. VS. Edward Barley.
deft, and the Forest Oil Co, garnishee.
execution attachment on goods of deft.
in garniskee's possession.
Il. ]. lift. doing business as Geo. lift
&. Sons. VS. Henry Bunting appeal by
plf. from Judgment rendered by Justice
{. E. Anderson against plf. for costs.
Stephen Kozlowisky VS. the P & W.
Ry. Co, summons in trespass for
500, 000 Kozlowisky a tramp, was
stealing 4 ride on a freight train at
Gallery. August 3D., last, when De
tective Young, employed by the railroad,
arrested him and ordered him off the
car. Kozlowisky's statement AYERS that
he offered no resistance to Young but
started TO get off and while doing so
Young struck him across the hips with
his mace Kozlowiskey's left leg i'm
mediately became paralyzed and he fell
to the ground. Gallery citizens picked
him up and sent him to the Butler Co.
Gen. Hospital where he il still a patient.
The sciatic nerve of his left leg IS inJur-
ed causing paralysis.
TRIAL LIST.
The first suit tried was that of Ida
Blakeley of Glade Mills VS. Thomas
Donaldson and J. R. Allison, who had
seized and sold goods belonging TO her
at judicial sale for a debt against her
husband. She sued for trespass and the
jury gave her a verdict of $3.50.
VIM. English sued r. NJ Black, the
saw-mill man, for wages due for cutting
timber on the Hutchley and Crow farms
at Reibold. The defence was that
English had contracted to cut certain
amount and failed to do it. The jury
found for English for $40.
The trespass suit of Ada Martin VS.
Butter borough is ON trial 1t is for
damages done to her property on Mercer
st. 10y changing the location OF the Sui
livan run bridge ON that street causing
the run to encroach on her property.
About % witnesses have been examined,
Miss Martins placing the damages at
from $3.50 to $1,000 and the borough's
stating no damage was done at all.
The Winter VS. P. w railroad and
other suits in which Attorney r. z.
Scott was interested were continued on
account of Mr.. SCOTS illness.
The case of Miller VS. Tebay has been
indefinitely continued
The case z. n. Humes VS. T. NJ.
Humes has been settled.
The case of VIM. Baumgarten VS. Jos.
Bergbigler has been continued until
Dec. 13.
The case of II. J. Klingler VS. the
ny, an appeal from award of viewers
has been continued until Dec 13.
MOTIFS.
Robert Beers has been held for trial
on charge of agg. a&b, preferred by
w. P. Brown.
VIM. Wright was arrested for drunk
enness, Friday, and was fined 50 and
costs, or 80 days to jail by Burgess Nc |
Nair. After being in Jail until Satur-
day he raised the money and was releas- |
ed.
Warren McCreary was appointed Con- |
gressional return judge to take the vote |
to New Castle: and S. f. Bowser Sena |
torial Return Judge to meet with the |
return judge at Kittanning. |
Both meetings were held Tuesday.
Two cases from Butler county were |
before the Board of Pardons at Harris |
burg last Frlday-David ii. Alsworth, |
convicted of assault, and John Clark of |
assault with intent to rob. Alsworth |
was pardoned and Clark was refused a
pardon
In the bridge case of Butler county VS.
Clinton twp, the court has handed down
IN opinion deciding that the county |
must fill in the approaches to the bridge |
which had been left untitled by the
Commissioners who contended that the
township should make the approaches.
John H Gormley has been appointed
guardian of the minor children of Hugh |
aaggerty.
Everett Johnston, who with Harry
fink and Ira Stevenson, was accused of
house breaking and larceny, two cases,
)lead guilty and was fined $50, costs and
three months to Jail in each
,ase
George Mitchell who was caught in
he act of robbing the Lewis Goehring
residence near Evans City, last Sunday
week, plead guilty and was sentenced
% pay fine of S25 and undergo impris
,nment in the Western Penitentiary for
me year.
Charles Goodrich plead guilty to de-
rauding his boarding house keeper and
vas sent to Jail for three months.
William Rodgers was arrested while
It work on well near Karns City, Mon
lay and lodged in Jail on charge of
arceny. Rodgers lived with an old
,lind man named Black, near Rattigan.
sometime ago 5000 in gold and valuable
,apers were stolen from their place of
in hole in Blacks Chin
ley. Rodgers is accused of this theft.
The Mars Institute cases are to be tri-
d Dec. 13.
An opinion has been,fled in the case of
,om, on the part of FL. Sproul & Co. VS.
he Standard Plate Glass Co., directing
Judgment in favor of the defendant.
An order to sell real estate has been
.ranted to l.. R. Smith, admir- of Nelson
smith, decd.
The court has filed an opinion dismiss
ng the exceptions filed 10 the partition
f the lands of D. K. Frazier, decd, of
duddycreek twp.
Charles Zentz. of Zelienople, a native
# Germany, and Fred Weckerley also
ferman, have declared their intentions
o become citizens of the U. S.
Leave has been granted to Adelia
'effer ex'rx of F. S. Dambach, decd,
o sell decedent's real estate, 120 acres,
n Forward twp
The will of Harrison Dyke of Como
twp has been probated, no
etters.
Letters of administration on the
state of f. c. GODDARD of Gallery have
,een granted to Mrs NJ j. GODDARD
Fred Shaffer has been committed to
all on charges of drunk and disorderly
md surety of the peace.
The a&5b cases against VIM. Carna-
ian and Burt Jenkins, in which Miles
md David Hockenberry were prosecu-
ors have been settled.
Charles Frederick has filed his final
Lccount as guardian of the minor chill
lren of Enos Ziegler, decd, of jackson
wp.