Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-23
FIGHT STOCK ASSESSMENT
Important Point in Tax Law Taken Int
Court BY Savings Bank.
COUNTY DEFENDANT IN FOUR CASES
Two of Them Are for Board and Care
of Smallpox Patients-RailrORd
Wants to Have High
way Vacated.

The right Of the city to assess corpora
lions for taxation purposes on their COR
porate stock will be tested at the Septem-
Der term Of the district court In the suit
brought by the Council Bluffs Savings bank
In which It appeals from the action of the
Board Of Review. The bar was assessed
at 8 $780,, being one-fourth Of the actual
value Of its stock. Against this the bank
demanded an offset OF ss1. 300. being the
amount Of United States bonds held by It,
but the local Board Of Review declined to
make the deduction.
Pottawattsmie county was made defend
ant in four suits in the district court yes
terday. Jasper J. Ferguson seeks to re-
cover s545 claimed to be due him for serv-
ices as reporter Of the superior court. Fer
guson presented a bill for 29S days service
as reporter and the Board Of Supervisors
refused to allow him for but 1ss days. His
bill was certified to by Judge AyleswOrth,
then Judge of the superior court, as re-
quired by law.
Mrs. Mary A. McRoberts brings suit for
SITS for caring for a young woman named
OFT, a smallpox patient, from February q
to March q Of this year. The young woman
was guaranteed at Mrs. McRoberts' home
by the city health authorities.
Jhncb M6ekt idnuIOTu Oh LnS 6eNeT6
house, wants 1920 from the county for the
beard and care of a woman suffering from
smallpox, whose illness resulted in his
hotel being Quarantined for thirty-seven
days. The patient in question was an en-
ploye Of the hotel.
The Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad COM
pany has begun suit to have declared void
the claim OF Pottawattamie county to the
easement of q highway across the land OF
the plaintiff railroad company at what is
known as "The N~arrows,' north OF the city.
Prior to the entry Of the Illinois Central
there was an old county highway leading
into the city along the Missouri river, be-
tween the river and the tracks Of the North
western. The Dubuque & Sioux City rail-
road commended that with the purchase Of
the land for its right-of-way the easement
Of the county to the highway was obliter-
atad The county hes = suit pending 20
compel the railroad to provide ground for
this highway.
F. E. Bender filed suit against the in
corporated town Of Minden, this county, TO
recover 5000 for alleged personal injuries
received by falling into an excavation in
a sidewalk on March "a Of this year.
Mrs. Harriet F. Griswold began suit for
divorce from George v. Griswold. whom
she married In this CITY Fepruary ~ loSU.
She alleges that he deserted her April 4,
1900. She asks for $50 q month temporary
alimony and 1900 and $50 a month perma-
nent alimony. George Griswold is a mes
| senger in the employ of the Pacific Express
company and the plaintiff has for the last
two years been a clerk In the First Ma
tional bank OF this city.
Mrs. Maud Roderick. wife Of Otto W.
Roderick, bound over to the grand jury on
the charge Of killing Clark Meyer, tho
railway mail clerk, has begun suit against
J. ]. Klein. as proprietor Of the X. g.
house, on South Main street, for $4,000
damages. Mrs. Roderick alleges that
liquor was sold her husband at the X. G.
house until he became intoxicated and as
the result was arrested. charged with the
murder Of Meyer.
Mrs. Sophia jenkins sues for divorce from
w. G. Jenkins, to whom she was married
in Glenwood May 10. 1898. She alleges
cruel and nhuman treatment. as a result
Of which she was forced to leave her hus-
band last July. She asks to be awarded
the custody of their minor child. q
daughter aged 10 years.
Mrs. Ellen Nora Klein began suit for
divorce yesterday from J. ]. Klein. The
papers in the case we're withdrawn imme-
diately on being filed and we're not made
public.