Evening times-Republican., 1903-08-27
Nearly 200 Cases on the Docket
For Trial at the Present
Term
SOME OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT
A Great Deal of Interest Is Manifested
in the Cases Against the Des Moines
Iowa Falls & Northern and Globe
Construction Company, Special Tax
Levy Being Involved.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Nevada, Aug 27-District court con
vened in this city yesterday with Judge
Evans, of Hampton, on the bench. This
Is the first term for Judge Evans in this
county. The docket is the largest in
the history of district court in this
county. The term promises to be an
exceedingly busy one there being near
ly 200 cases on the docket.
OF the 200 cases there are 9S new
ones, 61 carried over from previous
terms and % probate cases on the civi!
docket, and 10 criminal cases. Among
the former are large number of per-
sonal damage cases. The majority Of
them are new cases and recently filed,
ranging in amounts from $4,000 down
TO $500. There are nineteen of this
class of cases, among which are num-
Der that are likely to prove Of interest
10 the public. Among those which are
likely to be particularly interesting is
the case from Ames. in which Miss
against Nina Smith, Hattie Mccarthy,
Sallie Moffit, Anna Nichols and Anna
Trusdale, for $4,000 for alleged defama-
tion of character. Mrs. Watkins was a
professional nurse in Ames, and she
claims that the talk of the defendants
have caused her great annoyonce and
anguish to the extent that it can only
be repaired by the payment OF the
above amount. The Illingsworth case
from Cambridge, in which Mrs. Ida
1llingsworth sues her father-in law for
$4,000 for damage sustained thru NAL
icious talk uttered against her by the
defendant is also likely to be OF inter-
est
Several actions will be brought
against the d. NJ, l. T. & N. Ry. and
against the Newton and Northwestern,
now in the course of construction, for
damages sustained thru passing thru
various farm lands of the county. The
case of w. O. johnson & Sons against
the Globe Construction Company and
the d. M. l. +. & N. Ry. to recover on
work done in the construction of the
road Will also be watched with interest
by our people as the outcome of this
case will have considerable bearing on
the outcome of the case about to be-
brought by the railway company
against the city of Nevada to recover
on the taxes voted them and which the
city council refused to certify to on the
grounds that the road was not COM
pleted according 10 contract. This Is
the same grounds on which the com
pany refuse. to settle with johnson II
Sons, the contractors who did the grad
ing on the road.
The criminal cases consist OF six
nuisance cases the most of them for
selling liquor, part of which have been
brought over from former terms and
for cases wherein the defendants have
been bound over to the grand jury for
burlary, larcency, and similar offenses.
Charles Crane and Mike Conroy. the
two fellows arrested at Maxwell for
stealing a number of pairs Of trousers
and Bill Carmody and c. Moran, bound
over under bond accused of having
stolen a tub of butter from the cellar Of
Chris Hall, while on their way to Was-
kins' Well one day this spring, viii
have their hearings.
The first case to come up for trial
this morning in the case Brown VS..
Cole, a contest over deed.