Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

Saturday ". C. Thompson filed bill
in equity against the Bell Telephone Co.
asking for an injunction TO restrain the
defendant from erecting telephone poles
aud lines in front of his property, the
| Park Hotel on the Diamond. On Mon
! day the case was settled.
Millerstown Deposit Bank for use of
B. B. Sybe1t VS. Mary T. Nolan, adm x
of b. j. Nolan, decd, assumpsit for
s17337.
| Sidney j. Winner VS. Solomon Slough
ton and Stein heirs, summons in parti-
| tion for partition of 10 acres adjoining
the Campbell, Watson. Long and w.
| Shaffer farms ia Franklin twp.
Priscilla Hockeuberry VS. Casper
Hockenberry of Franklin twp, petition
/ for divorce
Victor B Walker VS. John Bergbigler,
| ejectment for two houses and lots on
Institute Hill.
NOTES
The outfits for tax collectors are now
ready to distribute in the Commission
ers' office and ali collectors are request
ed to call or send for them at once in
order that their notices may be posted
July 1st.
The decision of Chicago court on
the status of an ex-mother-in-law is Cal
culated to create confusion OF mind "a
to whether the mother-in-llw is vindi-
Gated or the exact opposite The case
was that of a wife who had the temerity
to marry man with the experience OF
four preceding wives She did Lot blanch
at that, but when she found the mothers
of two of her predecessors installed IN
the house with the usual firm convic-
tions as to how the house should be run
she rebelled. Held by Holdom, j., that
as the man Of the house has the right To
keep q dog if il does not bite, whether
the wife likes the dog or not, so be has
a right to keep x-mothers-in-law If the
latter class behave themselves. irrsspec-
tive Of the subsequent wife's taste
A remonstrance was fled last week
against granting license to j. G. Martin
of Mars One of Martins petitioners,
asked the Court to strike off his name
on the certificate.
Wednesday the Commission in lunacy
on Daniel h Wulier reported him to be
insane and committee was asked for
his estate by his children and mother
and sisters. Mamie Wuller, the only
daughter of ID. H. asked by telegram
to the Court that her brother Charles,
be appointed. Mr. Wulier's people OBJ
jected, but the appointment was made.
The estate is said TO amount TO SSO0O0.
George TT. Graham, J. D. Smith and
Andrew Reiger were appointed viewers
on petition 0f Fairview twp. citizens for
a new bridge over the east branch of
Bear creek at the Wm Scott and Burke
places.
w A. Swain, surveyor, Walter Hill
and T. G. Kennedy have been agreed
upon by the heirs OF Sarah J. Blakeley
of Adams tsp. to make PARTITION of her
estate.
The Sharon Coal & Limestone Co. on
Monday placed ON record coal leases on
about 1000 acres more of Slipperyrock
and Mercer twp. land.
Joseph McCarel was appointed guar
dian of Rachel mclaughlin of Forest
vile.
John 6 Jamison, guardian of Paul
Thompson, was given leave to purchase
an interest in the j. B. Jamison farm in
Fairview for his ward.
The Trust Co was appointed guar
dian OF Agatha Anna Russell. minor
child Of VIM Russell. decd. of Chicora.
P. w. Lowry was appointed auditor
in the estate of Sylvanaus Cooper,
decd. of Slipperyrock
License Court convened Tuesday
morning. The applications for the
houses at present licensed were heard,
and nothing new developed. The ap-
licants for the new places in Butler, w
E. Cooper for the STANDARD Hotel.
now being built by G. Duffy along the
Car Works or old Fair Ground road;
and G. H Giles for the ferguson
House, into which the Hartung resi-
dence along the Pierce road is tc be
transformed, were heard; and P. F. Nc
Cool said he had known Cooper,a a young
looking fellow, for fifteen years, and
considered him responsible man; also
that the places would both be necessary
as the Car Works and connected in
dustries would employ about 5000 peo-
pie, keep their own police, etc. When
the application of J. c. Martin of Mars
was taken up his father and sisters
testified against him. All the cases
were held over for week or until next
Tuesday.
A stranger giving his name as Edward
Yates was arrested in the Post Office
Tuesday, for picking pockets and was
held for Court after a hearing before
Justice McElvaln.
At the continuation of the Wuller
estate hearing Wednesday afternoon on
the matter of appointing committee
for the estate, it was developed that
great bitterness OF feeling existed be-
tween Charles J. Wuller, the son of D.
Fl. Wuller and his uncle and aunts, the
brothers and sisters of his father
Charles Wuller, brother of D. H.,
testified that, after his nephew had
tr1I tbor, that ha bal boJ 1ic fa+bor