Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-11-14
LEGAL NEWS.
TRIAL LIST.


"a cases on the trial list but most OF
them were disposed of in very shor
order. The following We're marked
settled Hattie Dunbar VS. Elizabeth
Howenstein A Krattle, admir- of Cath
arine Glace, decd, VS. Eclectic Assembly
Third MI Bank Allegheny VS. W. NJ.
Brown; Robert Turnbull VS. Dr. l.. V.
Groves; G. H. Johnston VS. A. l.. Knox,
Jessie Barnhart VS. Cora Altmire; j. NJ.
Bowser VS. T. NJ. Marshall and William
Craig; w. w EllenbeTger and wife VS.
A. W. Hartje. These were continued
to January 6. NJ. Maloney VS. Philip
Davis John Kearns vs. Bernard Hag-
gerty: and Maria Daubenspeck VS. E. H.
Adams.
| To January IS. H. Walker VS. n. B.
Duncan; A B. Hamel VS. Henry c..
/ Welsh.
The first case tried was the assumpsit
suit of Chester L Daubenspeck VS. G.
Baldwin and Elizabeth Kepler, admin
! istrators of George J. Kepler, decd.
Daubepspeck was George Kepler's SON
! in-law and the suit was brought for q
bill of $500 for keeping and nursing the
old man for ten months before his death
By agreement the plaintiff took YER
dict of $3.50.
The assumpsit suit of Jas. B. Wasson
of North Washington VS. Ben Totten,
! was tried Wednesday The suit was
/ brought to recover $500, the contract
price for which Wasson was to fish a
! lot of tubing. etc, out of an old well for
| Totten Wasson claimed Totten never
paid him and Totten claimed Wasson
did not complete the job.
The jury returned a verdict of $500 10
for Wasson.
The Kirker VS. Strut case from Har-
mony was continued until Friday.
In the case of Mrs. Bridget A. Hanlin
VS. Mary Bickner, an issue awarded to
determine the ownership of horses, cat
tie. furniture, etc. levied ON at the suit
of Mrs. Bicker as the property of Mr.
Hanlin and claimed by Mrs. IIanlin, the
Jury awarded verdict for the plf. for
ali the property.
The case of Lyman c. Dodds VS. 3. R.
& p. railroad is on trial.
CONTEST FOR CHILDREN.
Robert Orr Quigley. an aged farmer,
living at Mossgrove in Armstrong Co.
and father of b. G Quigley of Butler
applied Monday for a writ of habeas
corpus for the bodies of his two grand
children, Oliver aged sixteen years and
Daisy, aged twelve, who have been liv-
ing with their step-mother the widow
of Marcus Watterson, deceased, near
Maple Furnace in Parker township. The
story leading up to the legal proceed
ings is interesting. Mr.. Quigley's s
daughter married Marcus Watterson
and they lived for some years at Greece
City, where the children in dispute were
born and where their older brother was
burned to death ten years ago. Later
they moved to the lower oil fields where
Mrs Watterson died Watterson then
came north again and married daugh-
ter of Philip Bowser of Parker town
ship. On the 21st of September last,
Watterson died Mr. Quigley, the
grandfather, was displeased with his
son-in-law's second marriage and after
his death tried to get the children and
give them a home with him, but their
location was unknown to him, except
that they lived in the northeastern part
of Butler county. Some weeks ago he
started after them and hired Mr.
Bowser, a relative of Mrs. Watterson,
to guide him to the Watterson home,
but they never reached the house and
his guide left him at Petrolia The old
man then requested his son, B. &.
Quigley. to hunt the children up, which
which he did last week. Mr.. Quigley
arrived at the Watterson house about
six o'clock in the evening and stayed all
night, but the stepmother refused to
give up the children. The habeas
corpus proceedings were then COM
menced and on Tuesday Deputy Sheriff
Rainey Hoon drove thirty miles through
the rain, served the writ and brought
the girl, Daisy, to Butler with him. On
seeing the Sheriff approach the boy ran
away. The little girl is now with her
grandfather at Mossgrove.
NEW SUITS.
Butler County National Bank VS. the
E. J. Evans Oil Co, Z. J. Evans, James
r. Henderson, E. NJ Whippo, and u.
H. L. Gerwig, executions on two judg-
ment notes amounting to $780, 600. At
tachments on the defendants oil in the
Producers pipe line were issued.
Butler Co. Ntl Bank VS. H. L. Thomp-
son and C. F. L. McQuistion. attach
ment execution lon deft's credits and
money in the hands of Ulrich Winters
and Henry Meeder treasurer of Zelie-
nople borough.
Same VS. c. F. L. McQuistion, Fred
Glace, ct al, same.
R. II. Brown Sr VS. Chas. and james
Bigelow of Allegheny twp, mechanics
lien for $50 for work on a well.
Butler County National Bank vs. R. j.
Bigelov and c. i. L. McQuistion, exc
cution attachment on debts in the hands
of Zelienople borough.
NOTES
The Supreme Court, setting in Pitts
burg, closed its October term, last Fri
day. The case of George Reiber VS. the
B. r. q P r. R. Co., was affirmed.
A special meeting of the Bar was held
Thursday afternoon and resolutions of
respect were passed on the death of N
w Campbell, Esq, decd, and very
deceased were made by several of his
fellow lawyers.
Daniel w. Fleeger was appointed
guardian of Iva E., minor child of VIM.
B. Fleeger, decd, and his bond was fix
ed at 5000
On petition of Mrs. Emma Renick,
Adam Fisher was appointed guardian of
Edith and Lydia Renick, her children.
Allen Mccall and wife of Franklin
township have adopted Anna Herman
as their child.
The divorce srit of Mary Yingst VS.
Samuel Yingst was heard and divorce
granted last Thursday.
A T. Scott, Esq, was appointed
| guardian of Vera Mary Barrickman on
petition of her mother, Mrs Bell Bar
rickman.
| Joseph Criswell was eappointed
| guardian cf Robert, minor son of the
| late A L. and Melvina Reed, and bond
was required in the sum of $500.
John Nigel and wife have adopted
| Albertha, minor child of G. F. Campbell
| and deceased wife as their child