Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-27
$1,000 FOR DOG BITE.
Mack Kendall, of Marietta,
Thinks He Is Entitled to
That Sum
GEORGE D. BROWN DEFENDANT
Four Other Small Damage Suits Filed
Friday-c. M. Vohs Wants 1899 for
Loss of Eye-Four More Divorces
Added to the Already Long List for
January Term.

New cases for the January term o
The district court came in with a rusl
Friday, the last day in which to file
providing service is not accepted. Fiv,
small damage suits are among the mum
her and four more divorces are added
to the already long list. The CONNER.
cial Club is plaintiff, thru a trustee
in novel case, in which 1t seeks t.
collect monies promised toward it's sup.
port.
Mack Kendall young farmer living
four or five miles west of the city, is
plaintiff in $1,000 damage suit against
George D. Brown and wife, Mrs. Hattie
Brown. Kendall brings the suit on be-
half of his brother. Clay Kendall, a
boy of II, and the cause for action is a
dog bite.
The plaintiff says that on Aug. 16
| 1902 Clay Kendall, while engaged in
lawful pursuit at a point about five or
six miles west of the city, was attacked
and bitten by vicious bull terrier, the
| property of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown. He
| claims by reason of the injury consid-
cradle expense was incurred, and that
| his brother is as yet not ridden of the
| trouble or he of the expense. He asks
a judgment for $1,000 interest and costs
| of suit.
The dog in question is the animal
/ O or nv %
| George Polk, of Grinnell, as the result
Of which incident litigation was prom
ised.
c. M. Vohs, a former employee of the
A. e. ShorthiH Company, thinks that he
has been damaged to the extent of
s1,999, because of an injury said to have
been due to negligence on the part of
The company. Vohs claims in his pc
tition that he was hurt on Oct. 10, 1902
while at work in the company's
foundry, by being struck in the eye by
piece of steel, which flew from AN
iron rail that was being cut. He alleges
that he was employed as roustabout
and should not have been compelled to
work at the duty being performed when
The accident occurred. AS the result
of the accident Yohs claims that he is
totally blind in his left eye.
Because a herd of sheep. belonging
&c Moses Lacey. broke thru fence be-
tween the I.>cey home and p. j. Peter
sons farm, in Marietta township, Peter
son " Gnts damages In the sum of $500.
and has filed an action in which he
prays for a judgment for that amount.
Damage to crops is alleged TO have re-
suited from the trespass.
S. NJ. Howell wants damages of
$20T.0S against the Chicago, Milwaukee
&c st. Paul Railway Company because
of an alleged failure to properly pro-
vide for q consignment of hogs to the
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, shipped on
May 81, 1902 Mr.. Howell alleges that
because of the improper handling, and
the fact that the employees of the COM
pany permitted the animals to go with
out water during hot weather, many of
them died. He claims that of the
twelve head shipped, weighing 3,340 |
pounds, and netting him $240 had they |
reached their destination in good or
der, his consignment was worth only |
$3S.40 when it did reach Chicago.
J. e. Powers, of Liscomb, is plaintiff /
in an action against w. P. Adams, of |
the same place. The plaintiff alleges
that on June II, 1902, the defendant was
engaged in operating a restaurant in
and on that day sold his stock |
and fixtures to S. L. Powers. On July /
81 S. l.. Powers sold the business to the |
plaintiff. Mr.. Powers claims that the |
in violation of his contract |
with S. l.. Powers, On Dec. %, 1902,
opened up another business of similar
nature, across the street from the plain
tiff, to the latter's lasting damage. Mr.. |
Powers asks a judgment for damages
in the sum of 500, and that a writ of
temporary injunction restraining Adj
ans from continuing, issue. He also
prays that the injunction be made per-
.nanent on it's first hearing.
Four More Divorces.
Rose N. Mayhem wants a divorce
from her husband, Edmund d. May
hew. The couple Were married on May
%, 1897, at Rockwell City. On the goth j
Of this month, the plaintiff alleges. the ;
defendant treated her so cruelty and In
numanly that her life was endangered.
The i'll treatment, she alleges, is due to
!runkard. The plaintiff asks the GUS
SOdY OF nGf IulHOT SOt,s4lOllriti, WIZ was
BORN on Feb. IL, 1901.
Bergret Heng VS.. Amer Heng is the
title of another action for divorce. The
couple We're married in March 1883
md are the parents Of six children, all
If whom are minors excepting one. A
arm is owned by them, valued at $l2,-
100 and on it is personal property
claimed to be worth $4,000. The plain
iff claims that by reason of the de-
'endant's dissolute nature, caused by
labitual drunkenness, which has re-
suited in his severe abuse of her, he is
IN unfit companion to further live with.
She asks exclusive custody of the
minor children and such alimony, tenn
,orary and permanent, as the court
ieems equitable.
Still another divorce case is that
by Emma Woodard against her =
husband, Warren w Woodland. They
we're married at LaMoilie Dec. 2l, 1878.
.ruel and inhuman treatment is also
siyen as the reason for requesting the
separation. !
Mrs Carrie Seibert- Bennett is tired
# married life and seeks to have the
les that bind her to Fred Bennett
evered. They were married Feb. 4,
9O2. Mrs. Bennett does not have a
-ery exalted opinion of her spouse, If
Ter petition is any exponent of her |
ceilings. She alleges that he is utterly
and of no account, and spends
lis substance in riotous conduct and
Cruel and inhunan treat ,
nent is the cause assigned for the ac-