Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-08
WANTS DIVISION MADE
Mrs. Julia Farrell. of Muscatine.
Demands Share Of Moth.
er's Estate.
Mrs. Buckley, the Parent, Only
Died Tuesday-0t Other New
Cases.
Jury for September Term o
District Court Drawn This
Morning.

her agent, James Farrell, filed in the
asking than an equitable division of the
property of her mother. the late Mrs
Mary Buckly, be made. Mrs. Mary
Ann Plunkett and Edward Plunkett are
made defendant in the action.
Mrs. Buckley died only last Tuesday
at the Plunkett home, where she had
lived for the past fifteen years. On July
/ % she executed a warranty deed trans
ferring a piece of property described as
lot 6. block 6. Schofields addition, to
her daughter. Mrs. Plunkett. Ii is this
transfer that the plaintiff asks to be set
aside.
The plaintiff, in her petition. alleges
that the property in question is worth
the sum of $4,000 and has rental
value of $40 per month. She claims that
in securing the deed to the property the
defendants conspired to wrong the
plaintiff by fraud, force and coercion.
The transfer it is alleged. does not rep
resent the voluntary act ana deed oil
Mary Buckley. but of the defendants.
as they directed and influenced. Mrs.
Farrell also AYERS that for a long Tune
prior to the execution of the deed her
mother was sick. aged and intirm. also
of an unsound mind, and not competent
to be party 10 any valid deed or con-
tract She prays, therefore. that the
pretended deed be set aside, and de-
creed null and void, and that the de-
PENDANTS be forever barred from OBJ
tanning any right, title or interest
Hereunder. She asks Judgment
against the defendants for any portion
of the property unaccounted for, and
wants the property divided as would be
natural under the law, when there are
but two surviving heirs.
Two Divorce Gases.
Mrs. Ef1ie Willley. of State Center, is
plaintiff In an action for divorce
brought against her husband. G. w.
Wilkey The couple was married at
State Center Dec. "a, 1890, and lived
together until Sept 2, 1901. when the
plaintiff alleged the defendant aban-
doned her, and that for period of six
months she did not know whether he
was living or not. Mrs. Wilkey brings
some serious accusations against her
husband, the principal one of which is
that he has committed series of crimes
which, if he We're unprecedented would
cause his prosecution for felony. She
charges as a fact that he is now fug
itiNe from justice. and also that While
in this city he has been guilty of inn
moral conduct. Mrs. Wilkey wants a
dovorce, judgment for alimony in the
sum of $500. and custody of her minor
sons, Henry and Mckinley, aged IL and
Z years.
Another divorce has been begun by A.
+. Simons against Maggie Simons.
They were married at Bloomfield May
-, 1894, and lived together until April
/. 1901. The plaintiff alleges THAI the
defendant abandoned her, and that
while as his wife threatened to take his
life and slandered him to such an ex-
tent that his health was endangered,
because of the excessive worry.
Brings Second Case.
III. Wilson, Cashier who was plain
tiff in an action recently filed against r.
Il. Sears, j. III. and Emily Augustine,
thru his attorney this morning filed
second action, in which c. I. LaPant,
Phoebe ID. LaPlant, j. III. Augustine,
II. e. Sears, the Fidelity Savings Bank,
f. r. Lay, w. +. David and +. w.
Brewer are defendants. The second
case is similar to the first, and in its
outgrowth has the same foundation.
Judgment in the Polk county courts on
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r. E. Sears for $2.69S.2O, none of which
has been paid. The defendants to the
action, he alleges, are owners or are
interested in lots II and 10. block I, in
other words. the lots at the corner of
Second and Main. known as the old City
Hotel corner. Wilson alleges that II.
e.. Sears is in fact still owner of the
property, which was secured by j. III.
Augustine In January, 1899, by pre-
tended treasurer's or tax deed. and was
later sold to Mr.. LaPlant. He asksethat
the pretended tax deed he set aside and
be declared null and void: that the
court order an accounting of the total
taxes paid, amounts of interest and
penalties the defendants are entitled to
receive: the rents and profits they have
received and render IN equitable ac-
counting. that the balance due he may
be allowed to pay and redeem the prop
erty on his Judgment.
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Liquor Permit Wanted.
John Nj. Alexander. n druggist of the
city, filed an application for permit to
sell Intoxicating liquors. this morning.
The matter will be brought before the
term.
The September Jurors.
The forty jurors for the September
term of the district court We're drawn
this morning by Clerk S. p. Knisely. of
the district court. with q summons to
in this city on Monday, Sept. s.
The list is as follows:
Frank w. Nooum. Marshalltown.
b. +. Gettle. Marion.
August Wendt. LeGrand.
T.. +. Howe Linn.
Nels Thompson, LeGrand.
H. III. Beaman, MarshalltoWn
John A. Turnbull. Logan.
f.. S. Troxel. State Center.
William Holroyd. TAYLOR.
b. S. Hines. Minerva
r. +. Weigel, Marshalltown.
r. G.. Goodale Linn.
II. j. Thompson. Eden.
T.. w. Head, Marshalltown
r w. Curtis. Washington.
p. III. Raber, Linn.
f. S. Hauser. Liscomb
j. Nj. Byers, State Center
w. ID. Glow. Marshalltown.
George B. Davis. Minerva.
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