Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-25
LEGAL NEWS.
TRIAL LIST.

The Jefferson township trough case in
1 which Joseph S. Moore sued the town
ship and Supervisors Grabe and Wallet
, resulted in verdict of $40 for the plain
tiff Moore's farm lays in the fork of
the Bullcreek and Thorncreek roads and
he keeps a wartering trough on each
road. The Act of Assembly allows a
deduction of s. from the road tax for
each watering trough The Supervisors
refused TO oallcw Moore for both troughs,
: claiming bat one could be allowed for
but one Moore sued to recover taxes
he had paid, amounting to what should
have been deducted for the second
trough.
The suit of J. Crawford Johnston
against A. Moser, administrator of
Adam H. Gold to recover for services
rendered by Johnston and his family
during Colds lifetime, was settled by
verdict for the plaintiff for S1100 and
costs.
The assumpsit suit of J. B. Black,
admir- of Newton Black VS. Travellers
Ins- Co. has been transferred to the U.
! s. Circuit Court
The ejectment suit of s. F. Bowser,
Ii. H. Goucher and W. G. Walker vs.
the South Penn Oil Co. for title and
possession of the old Sedgwick farm
south of Bruin went to trial last Friday
On Tuesday morning the jury by di-
rectIon of the Court. rendered verdict
for the plaintiffs Points of law were
reserved which may change the verdict.
/ The contest was one of a tax sale title
agaiust a Sheriff sale title The Sedg-
wick farm lays along the p & w rail
road mile south of Bruin and was once
! famous oil territory but later was
J abandoned. Several years ago the Co.
! Commissioners bought it for taxes and
after waiting two years sold it to James
| w. Hutchison, who later sold il to the
present plaintiffs. While Hutchison
owned the land Clarence Walker had it
sold as the property of SedgwIck heirs
on judgment against them and bought
it himself He sold to Bradsal q Taylor
through whom the Soath Penn has title |
The latter has been in possession for |
sometime and has few small oil wells |
on the place.
The trespass suit of John and Jose |
phine Shaffer vs Harmony borough for |
$4,000 damages will be tried June 3.
The ejectment suit of Hilliard and |
Heenan VS. Donley was continued on ac-
count of the sickness OF Surveyor Isaiah |
Meals.
The damage suit of Washington twp
VS. the Standard Plate Glass Co. was
settled.
The trespass suit of Clearfeld twp |
and Supervisors Milligan and Birchbich-
Ter VS. the B. r. & p Ry. Co. went to
trial Tuesday and after the plaintiffs
witnesses had been heard the township
took voluntary non suit The twp is
suing to recover from the railroad the
damages recovered by Miss Brownfield |
for her accident IN Feb. 1898.
In the assumpsit suit of Thomas
Wood VS. Mary F. Hilliard. admx of |
Thomas Hilliard, the jury rendered a
verdict of $751; so for the plf. by agree
ment of the parties.
The suit of Dr. w. d. King VS. G. O.
Hammer, both of Saxonburg. for doc
tor bill was tried Wednesday. The |
deft. claimed credit of S74 on note.
This morning the jury gave a verdict
for King of 1911
The case of Mrs Catharine Glace VS.
Eclectic Assembly was continued.
The case of J. W. Covert VS. Papple-
ton & Stalker was settled.
The ejectrnent suit of Geo. K. Mar
snail VS. the Forest Oil Co is on trial.
In the case of G H. Parker admir- of
A. Parker vs Henry Crawford, the
plf. took voluntary nonsuit
The assumpsit suit of John Callahan
VS. Jos. Reott was settled by the .deft.
paying $50 and part of the costs.
The bail cases of the Commonwealth
VS. Dupril and Chenot; Laurent and
Deliue, and Mclaughlin and Dondag
were settled
The assumpsit suit of Mrs. Lulu Mich
ael VS. S. Seaton, admir- of Geo. Flowers
was ettled by the deft. confessing |
judment for 800 and costs.
NEW SUITS.
Bradley Fertilizer Co. for use of J. NJ. /
Black VS.. J. NJ Shaffer deft, and II. B.
Cubbison, garnishee execution attach
ment.
Ed H. Stauffer VS. A. K q w. G. |
Stoughton, assumpsit for claim of |
$4S4. so, ayered to be due on two pro-
tested notes of which the plf. was pur-
chaser and endorser.
NOTES.
The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was
that Mrs. Howe came to her death from |
hemorrhage of the brain. No poison |
was found in her stomach,
Dept'y Sheriff Hoon arrested Thomas |
Coxen, who slipped away from Butler
last December, at Colesberg, Ohio, last |
Friday. /
Fl. L. Graham, Esq, Dr. w. H. |
Brown and O. G.. Redic were appointed |
commission in lunacy on Mrs. Mary |
Mcbride Of Clearfeld twp. and on their !
finding the Court committed Mrs Nc |
Bride to st. Francis Hospital, Pittsburg, |
and appointed Miss Mabel Adams of |
Elm st to take her there.
A decree of divorce has been entered |
in the case of Ella Blythe VS. Geo. b. |
Blythe.
Samuel Walker, Esq, DR.. Howe of |
Petrolia and Joseph Flick were appoint |
ed commission in lunacy on Mary |
Ellen Keely, Of Clearfield twp. on peti
tion of John Stoffer.
Josiah G. Culp of Winfield twp was
sent to Jail Monday for a&b on his wife |
Esq. McGucken of Clearfield held him
for trial.
p. w. Lowry was appointed auditor
for distribution in the estate of John
Crow, decd.
The property Of Daniel Heck, decd,
in Centre twp was bid to $21 per acre,
at the public sale at the Court House,
Tuesday, and then the sale was ad-
journed for two weeks, or to May 1th.
The State Supreme Court, Monday,
sustained the action of Governor Stone
in the matter Of his veto of part of the
appropriation to the public schools made
by the last Legislature. The appropria-
ton was for S11 900, 600 for tie two
years The Governor cut this amount
| $500, 900 for each year. The case came
| from the Common Pleas Court of Centre
county.
Clark Smith, aged 81 years has been
| arrested for larceny Of about 60 sticks
of dynamite and a quantity of caps
| from Bowser's lumber office at RenfreW
The Office was broken into and robbed
some days ago. Suspicion rested ON
Smith, who is employed ON the farm of
| VIM. Kinzer. Monday Constable John
Herdman of Butler hunted up Smith
and on the pretense of looking for a man
to blow out a lot of stumps on Herd
mans supposed farm in Clarion county,
got Smith to talk about dynamite and
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