Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02
LEGAL NEWS.
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new SUITS.
William :. Mccullough Va Western
Allegheny Ry. Co, bond Of the railroad
company in 5000, filed TO indemnify
Mccullough against loss to his land IN
Fairvisw twp.
The Pittsburg Dry Goods Co. vs. K.
K. Burke of Harms City, summons In as
sumpsit for 1891 %.
". w. Robinson VS. J. O. Dodds, deft,
and ". R. Riddle, ex'r of Elizabeth
Doods. decd, garnishee, execution at
tachment.
J L. Mcbride vs. j. L Eckman, bill
in equity. Mcbride states that last
June ne and Eckman formed a partner
ship tasconract for drilling oil and gas
wells and boughj tools Ia August they
drilled Il well for Brown Patch Cham
bers ct ri .oa the Patrick Denny farm III
Clearfield twp through the Specify
sand. 2525 feet NJ 10 cents, amounting
10 $l767. 90 aud another well was start
ed on the Samuel Mi!lgan farm Nc
Bride states that $500 has been paid to
Eckman and the latter refuses to settle
accounts
Goodhart- Hartman Co. Of Chicago v
T. B. Humes, ex'r of the will of Mary
F. Shirley, decd, and J. P. Shirley.
surviving husband, assuInpsit for $3.50 42
for liquors.
J. A. Frauenheim W George Black
ham, assumpsit for $4,000, which the
plf. alleges he paid Dee. 4, 1900, at the
instance and request or Blackaam 10
the Iron City Sanitary Mfg. Co. for 80
shares of stock which were issued to
Blackham.
Anna Minehart VS. Samuel Crider, OF
Evans City, repliven for bay mare.
HC & J. C. Milleman Of Harmony
VS. Mary s. Kavanaugh. adm'x of VIM.
Kavanaugh. decd, Timothy Kaya
naugh, s. G. Lockwood and Mary 5.
Kayanaugh, S. G. Lockwood and Mary
S. Kavanaugh. partners doing business
as Kavanaugh & Co, bill III equity, ask
ing that S. G Lockwood be compelled
to show the amount of the indebtedness
of the late VIM Kavanaugh paid by
him, that an account OF the Kavanaugh
Company's business be taken, that
receiver be appointed and that Mary ,.
Kavanaugh be enjoined from disposing
of II shares of stock owned By her. Ine
plfs. state that at the time of his death
VIM. Kavauaugh was indebted S36l6,
that Lockwood bought his machine
shops for $4,000 on condition Of paying
debts, and that the property is now
worth $4,000, but Lockwood has not
paid off the debts.
NOTES.
Antonio Vaccaro. charged with as
sault with intent TO kill Saltwater
Capato of Etna St, his boarding house
keeper, plead guilty.
Henry Bloom, assignee Of Geo. Din
dinger of Harmony, reported that on
Sept. 8, he made public sale OF two
farms belonging to Dindinger, 80 acres
for @l433, and 50 acres for Si2l5, both
were sold to Geo. w. Dindinger.
David Bulford, trustee, was granted
leaye to sell real estate of Mrs. Ella
HARRISON on Penn twp
Jas B Mates was appointed commits
missioner to ascertain the mental con-
dition of Thomas T. Spence Of Fairview
twp who is alleged to be an habitual
drunkard. Spence owns several pro
ducing wells. The petition was made
by his son John 5. Spence.
Leave was granted to make sale of
the real estate of Esther Reep, decd,
of Fairview twp
Private sale of the real estate of the
late DR.. J. G. Barr of Mars to A. G.
Irvine for $1,000 was approved.
Chas. E. Black was appointed guar
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dren of James Whitlock, decd.
Sidney Mccullough, who has been
serving a sentence for desertion, wac ] e
leased Tuesday on his own recog.
Robert Fay was committed to jail by
Esq Zenas McMichael of Zelienople for
a&b charged by J. w. Gibson
Charles Wiles, aged 16 years, the
South Side boy arrested for burglary of
Campbell's grocery store. plead guilty
and was sent to Morganza.
A. L. Bowser was appointed guardian
of Francis Monte. son of Alfred Monte.
Bond was fixed at $500.
Lynn G. McCandless was appointed
guardian of Clara J. Wagner, minor
child of Mary e. Wagner, decd, and
grandchild of George McCandless of
Washington street
John Brown, John Ferguson and S. j.
Taylor were appointed to make parti-
tion of the estate of VIM. Snyder. dec d.
of Middlesex twp, on petition of E. q.
Brown and others.
John O'Brien was appointed guardian
of W. G. O'Brien, minor child OF
Bernard O'Brien.
John II. Jackson, Warren McCreary,
James W. Miller, George Schaffner and
G. S. Gahaghan were appointed viewer:
to assess damages TO the property OF
Mrs. Mary M. Moore on Brown Ave,
Butler.
Mrs. Luella Van Norman, executrix
of Mrs. jeanette A. Rice, decd, was
given leave to sell real estate in Petrosia
for. payment of debts.
James McCandless, aged II years, the
West Penn street boy accused will
Monroe Thompson for larceny Of some
brass junk from oil wells near Peters
vile, plead guilty Tuesday and sentence
was suspended until after Thompson
trial in December.
Motion courts were fixed for Nov.
and and civil courts for the trial o.
issues by jury on Nov. 10 and Nov. "a
The Lloyd Candy Co. located in the
Odd Fellows building on w Jefferson
st. and capitalized at $780, 900, has flee
its charter.
A lively fight took place last Frida,
night for Jemulla and Marie Barnes, TIVE
little daughters of Mrs Margaret Barne
whom the latter left with their grand
mo ther Mrs. Robert Holmes and aunt
Mrs. Albert Waters, when sent to th
| Work House Mrs Holmes was carinj
| for the children in the home of Mrs
| Waters. On Friday Ballard Page ant
wife, Josephine, who is an older daugh
| ter of Mrs Barnes, came to Butler from
Mt Pleasant and demanded the chill
dren. They were refused and invite,
J to leave the house. Instead they forci
| bly, carried the children away in thei
night clothes after knocking Mrs
Holmes down and throwing Mrs Wat
ters over a bed On getting outsid
they clothed the children in garment
of the Waters children which had bee
thrown out of a window during tn
| fight Mrs. Walters called the polio
! and made informations for larceny an
a&b. The Pages were arrested wit
the children when about to board
a. IN. train Saturday. A very luri
hearing was had before Esq. Keck.
Twenty-four names were added to til
registry list of the third ward and tw
to that of the Fifth ward and seven I
that of First Ward
James Taylor was appointed minorit
inspector of Harrisville
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.