Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-11-21
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

DIR. Samuel Graham, decd. for use of
Mrs Eleanor Graham VS. Overseers OF
Poor of Butler borough, o. e Redlc
and Reuben McElvain, assumpslt for
$3.50 20 claimed TO be due on nine poor
warrants issued on Treasurer Harvey
Miller by Secretaries Vogeley and Nc
Elvain for professional services from
the years 1895 to 1898. The total amount
of the orders is 1929 and of the interest
S12120.
A.C. &E. E. Price VS. L. C. Hoon,
Philip Burr, j. w Miller and Smith,
doing business as the Burr Oil CO.,
mechanics lien ON drilling well on the
Burr farm in Forward township for
claim of S554 53. claimed to be due for
work and material.
Thomas W. Phillips, Sr. VS. Clarence
Walk er and 7. w. Phillips, Jr, admin
istrator of estate of Victor K. Phillips,
decd, VIM. Campbell, Jr., guardian ad
litem of Mary Victoria Phillips, and
Mary Phillips, widow. Amicable bill
in equity asking for a decree OF court
directing the administrators to transfer
to Mr. Phillips certificates for 220 shares
of stock in the Home Gas Co. Of Butler
and 10 shares of stock IN the Duplex
Metal Co, which were held in the name
of Victor X. Phillips, decd, but were
mutually agreed TO be the property OF
L. W. Phillips, Sr. A court decree is
necessary TO secure the admrs.
VIM. Hughes VS. Matilda Goehring
and Samuel B. Ziegler, summons in
trespass for $500 damages for the
seizure and Sheriff's sale of the plfs. 20
acre field OF wheat.
TRIAL LIST.
In the damage suit of Lyman c.
Dodds OF Beaver VS. the B. r. d 2. rail-
road, the jury returned a verdict for
$622. 30 compensatory and $500 ex-
emplary damages, total OF Sl122. 90 for
Dodds. Some months ago Dodds tried
to board the evening B. r. P. train at
Butler for Allegheny. A brakeman
tried TO keep him off, telling him 10 take
the p. IL W. few minutes later, but
Dodds got on despite the brakeman and
was afterwards thrown off by the con-
ductor and train hands. He had rib
broken and received other slight injuries
during the scuffle He sued for $1,000
damages The railroads s defence was
that they thought Dodds was drunk, but
several witnesses swore he was total
adstainer. He is son of Ebenezer
Dodds, deceased. of Mt. Chestnut. At
torneys Heist of Beaver and Ralston of
Butler conducted his suit and McCanIey, |
general solicitor for the B. r. q P. and |
ForQuer for the railroad.
The replevin suit of VIM. J. Kirker VS.
VIM. Strut resulted iD a verdict of 500
for the plaintiff The parties live at
Zelienople, Kirker being a teamster and |
5trutt, liyeryman. Kirker's minor |
son traded one of team of heavy |
horses to Strut The elder Kirker |
claimed the horse replevined it and got
a verdict.
The ejectment suit of Mrs NJ. E |
Murtland VS. Mrs. Nancy Ellen Timblin, |
in which Inc title to an acre and half |
Of land in Concord was in dispute, owing |
to difference of opinion as to where |
Joseph Jack, former owner, had run |
division line, resulted in verdict for |
the plaintiff A former trial gave a |
verdict in favor of Mrs. Timblin and a |
third suit will now be brought with |
Mrs Timblin as plaintiff, two verdicts |
being necessary to determine title in |
ejectment.
VS. Charles Dougherty, resulted in a |
verdict of $18 40 for the plaintiff Tues |
day morning. The parties live in the |
quarry limestone on Christys land and |
Christy was to take coal from Dougherty
as part pay. A dispute arose as to
settlement was due to Hiram
Christy or to his father Silas, and the
suit followed.
The case of VIM. G. Walker VS. The
South Penn Oil Co., ejectment, was
placed on trial, Tuesday, and is still on.
The ejectment is for 80 acres of land in
Parker twp
On petition of Com'rs Clerk J. G.
Kiskaddon, a commission consisting of
DR.. G. X. McAdoo, John H. Jackson.
Esq, and A. b. Richey was appointed
on Jerry Harkless, who was sent to the
County Home from Adams twp, but
had habit of wandering away at every
He was sent to Dixmont.
The will of Levina Wolford, decd,
Of Cherry twp, has been probated and
letters granted to Milton j. Wolford.
Letters Of administration on the estate
of Lewis w. Miller of Clay twp, have
been granted to Nellie J. Miller.
A charge of f&b has been entered
against Charles Bowser of Butler.
Joseph Bennett plead guilty to
charge of malicious mischief made
against him for abusing q horse hired
from the Roberts Liverystable at Rem
frew.
A notice to appear and defend has
been served on E. V. Latshaw, in the
case of JOS Shaffer VS. Harmony boro.
La.shaw owns the property on the
sidewalk of which Mrs. Shaffer was
injured.
The Coroner's jury of Allegheny Co.
held five men for the alleged murder of
John E. Faulk, who is supposed to have
been pushed off the Leechburg bridge
into the Kiskiminetas. and whose body
was found in the Allegheny. near Tar
entnm. The case will probably be tried
in Greensburg
The Supreme Court affirmed the de-
cision of the Lawrence County Court in
the case of r. +. Dean against the City
of New Castle. Mr.. Dean secured
verdict for $4,000 againt the city on ac-
count Of breaking his leg by falling on
the ice in front of the Wilder property
on Washington street Mr.. Dean was
returning home one Saturday night
when the sidewalk was covered by ice.
Near the Wilder property there was
raised sheet of ice, caused by water
flowing over the pavement from water
spout between the Wilder and an ad-
joining property Mr. Dean fell on this
with the result that his leg was broken
John Meininger, aged 53 years and
formerly OF Jefferson twp, was arrested
in Allegheny for horse stealing, few
days ago, and on Tuesday, attempted
suicide in his cell by trying to hang
himself with rope made of strips of
clothing, but was cut down before life
was extinct. The charge was made
against him by livery stable keeper of
Etna. John has bad record and is a
| desperate character.
Judge Harry White OF Indiana coun-
| ty assisted the local Court Monday and
Tuesday.
| VIM. FL. Miller was appointed guar
dian of Mary Gladys Shirley, daughter
of Joseph Shirley, of Butler.
| A charter was granted Monday TO the
Cabot Institute at Saxon Station.