Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-30
DOCKET WILL Be BIG.
Many Cases F lied for January
Term district Court.
YESTERDAY LAST BAY FOR FILING
Though it Was Christmas the. Clerk
and Sheriff, With Their Deputies,
Were Busy From Morning Till Night
List Of Cases Filed for Hearing.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The Office of HI. w. Michael, clerk
of the district court. was open all day
yesterday and was indeed a busy place
although the day was Christmas.
Sheriff Cremer and Deputy Sheriff
stephens worked all day serving
notices, for yesterday was the last day
for filing cases for the January term
of the Wapello county district court
The papers came in fast during We'd
;nesday and Thursday, the last day
not being quite so heavy as usual
owing to the fact that it was national
holiday However it was a busy day
in the county Offices for the reason
that most of the cases filed during
"wednesday came in after o'clock,
land consequently little or no work
could be done on them until yesterday.
The docket for the January term
will be heavy one in spite of the
fact that up to Wednesday, only a
comparatively few cases We're filed.
The number of new cases tops 100,
and in the lot are some odd petitions.
Josephine McGrew, through her at
itorney w. w. Epps, has filed an in
iteresting case in which she asks for
damages from Charles T. Phillips, for
$4,000 for breach of promise to marry
Although the petition as yet does not
state all the particulars it is learned
that the woman will claim in an
amendment to her petition that the
defendant who formerly resided in
this city, became acquainted with her
AT Lawton, Oklchoma, where she was
hr,c Ian, 70
her, had her sell her business and
come to OttumWa with him, that here
they lived together as man and wife
for some time but that the defendant
finally refused to marry the plaintiff
She is now at Topeka, Kan, it is said
and will come to Ottumwa in few
days. 1880.
Several cases in connection with the
tangle in which the affairs of the
Wapello County and the Ottumws
Loan & Building associations have be
come involved have been filed, ant
damage suits and petitions for divor
ces are very plentiful. 1t is remark
able that the majority of the petition.
for divorce are made on the grounds
that the defendants have been guilt,
of desertion of the plaintiffs. The en-
tire list of cases filed for the Januar.
term, which commences January 5
with Judge NJ A. Roberts of this cit,
presiding, is as follows:
chancery Cases.
Sarah A. Carson VS.. Richard Carson
petition in equity. Plaintiff allege.
that defendant deserted her in June
1902, fifteen months after her mar
riage to said defendant, and that h,
has not furnished her support Sh,
asks for a decree providing for he
support, for costs of the case and TO
other equitable relief Work an,
Work, attorneys for plaintiffs.
Laura McReynolds VS.. Clyde Nc
Reynolds for divorce. Plain
tiff states in petition that she and tn
defendant were married in Ottumwa
October 5, 1899, and lived together III
til the spring of 1900, when she claim
leges also that the defendant is al
labitual drunkard and was guilty c
cruel and inhuman treatment of hel
and asks for a divorce. A. w. Enocf
attorney for plaintiff.
Anna Johns VS.. Benjamin Johns--pt
tition for divorce. Plaintiff states tina
she and the defendant were marie
in Ottumwa, July A. 1900, and charge
defendant with desertion at three di
ferent times. She alleges also that h
has treated her in cruel and inhl
man manner and has refused to SUI
port plaintiff and her minor child. Sh
asks a decree of divorce and the GU
tody of her minor son, Edward Donal
Johns. H. L. Manion, attorney fc
plaintiff.
Nora Sherrick vs.. Chas. Sherrick-