Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

. Oil City Tube Co. VS. Dan Imam, sum
mons in assumpsit. for S494. 63 due on {
note given for oil well materia
furnished.
Maude Stillwagon VS. Ida Sturm ALA:
+ Ida Coy1e, trespass for $4,000 damage!
. for slander. A capias was issued and
! bail in $500 required of the defendant
! The plaintiffs statement AYERS that she
is a virtuous and chaste woman, and re,
puted so among her neighbors, that on
May II last the defendant. in the pres
ence of other people. accused her, in ex-
/ tremely rough language, of two very
| infamous crimes. and implicated busi-
ness man and Mrs Bester. the plf's
sister Both parties live in Butler.
Lizzie B McKissick VS. Josiah NJ Nc
Kissick. petition for divorce.
J.H. Foster end r w. Hervey VS.
John P Forcht and Jas. w. Watson,
bill in equity to force compliance with
the terms OF an article of agreement
made April 80. 1902 for the sale of
Forcht' farm of 80 acres, two miles
west of Bntler. for si00 per acre. The
plaintiffs are Pittsburgers, Watson was
their agent and the article was made in
his name and they allege he stole the
paper from their safe for the purpose of
fraudulently assigning If.
Nolr1
Private sale of 80 acres of Robt Nc
Bride decd. in Concord township, hy
r. E. Mcbride, admir-. to c. c. Clever
for 800 was approved
Robert Sherman was sent to Jail Is
DAYS for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct Likewise P. w Lougher.
Joseph Mccullough is in Jail on a
charge of false pretense
Charges of surety of the peace have
been entered against Sid Mccullough
and J. c. Hutchison.
A charge Of knowingly, wilfully and
forcibly resisting and opposing an of
ficer in the execution of a legal writ has
been made against Milton Critchlow by
r. H. HARRISON.
James Shields has been charged by
CLYDE Sanderson with assault and
surety of the peace.
Charges of keeping disorderly houses
have been entered against Mrs Margaret
Barnes and Mrs Anna Cousins. Their
places out along the West Penn railroad
were raided by Constable Pat Brown
and the defendants lodged in Jail. Mrs.
Cousins danced jig when taken into
the Jail. Mrs. Barnes has several little
children who will become charges of
the Poor District.
Antonio Intenzo and wife of S. Nc
Kean St were arrested on similar
complaint, entered by Levi Slater. Mrs.
Intenzo was discharged but her husband
was held.
Joseph Mccullough arrested on COM
plant of Henry Bickel, for false pre-
tense, was discharged.
John Grossman, admir- of Hugh
Grossman VS. Mary A. Hamilton appeal
by deft from Judgment rendered by
Esq. John f. Mccoy.
One Of the most important decisions
to corporation interests in this State
given by the courts in recent years, was
fled last Friday by the Dauphin County
court, in passing upon the validity OF
the corporation merger act of May
30 1901. 1t was decided that electric
light and gas companies chartered
under the general corporation act OF
1874 may consolidate. The question
arose in the case of a bill filed by the
Commonwealth at the instance of the
Attorney General to enjoin the Hunt
ingdon Gas company and the Hunting
don Electric Light company from con
solidating The right to consolidate 1t
was claimed on behalf of the companies,
was conferred by the acts of April IL,
1876. and May 30, 1901, supplemental to
the general corporation act of 1874, but
the Common wealth urged, among other
objections, that these acts do not
authorize the consolidation of companies
organized for different purposes While
technically supplying gas and supply
ing electricity to the public are different
purposes, yet the court finds that both
companies are engaged in the business
of supplying light, and that in any case
the language of the acts of Assembly is
SO broad and general as to leave no
doubt as to the authority conferred to
merge and consolidate.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Caroline Heberling to Elsie B Hartje
lot in Evans City for $500; also 81 acres
il Forward for $1700.
WI III Uber and Jos Bestler to w G.
Webber lot in Slipperyrock for 800.
Chas. Duffy to T II Burton lot on
Willow st. for $1,000.
Lydia Mardorf to S Emery Beighley
lot on w Cunningham St for $3.50.
Ella Niece to Elizabeth Dambaugh
lot in Harmony for $2775.
John w Smith TO III G LitZinger lot in
Millefstown for $1,000
VIM Brooks to III G LitZinger lot in
Millerstown for $3.50.
Laura E Young to II G Pryor lot in
Clay for $3.50.
Jos Edmundson to d J Davis lot in
Millerstown for $795.
J A Gelbach to John Mohr lot in
ZelienoIle for 5000 also to Chas Meeder
lot for $500.
LIZZIE v Graham to Julia F Williams
lot on Z Clay for $3500
S d & r Co to Robert T Rodney lot
in Saxonburg for 800.
PHI Sechler to Sherman Gallagher Is
acres in Muddycreek for 1927.
Guaranty d & T Co to John G
Dunn lot in Dougherty plan for $3.50.
Caroline Hammond to L. G. Wick lot
on Spruce st. for $1,000.
Andrew McClintock to John McClin-
took SO acres in Franklin for $3.50.
FL w Bagg to L D Van Rensselaer, lot
in Renfrew for $1,000
Alice Butler to PHI A Gerner lot on
Norton Ave. for $685..
Alfred Darling to VIM Arnold lease
and wells on Kelly farm, Butler twp,
for $11 ,443.
Mars Cemetery Assn. to G Watt lot
for $25.
JE Boyle to VIM F Rumberger lot
on E. Clay St for $3.50.
VIM Eicholtz to T w Sutherland lot
in Zelienople for $500
AL Ruff TO Tirzah Balph the Husel-
ton lot on Main st. for $1,000.
J A Gelbach to Fred Zehner lots in
Zelienople for 5000.
Amelia Reiland to Thomas Lang lots
on West st. for $2125.
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