Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-02-18
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

Hattie NJ Ferree by her next frient
and husband. John ii. Ferree VS. Jos
81. Studebaker, executor of will o
Shepler Boston, decd, of MuddycreeI
twp, assumpsit Si36 SO for work don,
in household of decedent during hi
lifetime.
MOTIFS
Theodore Schwig is in Jail on a
charge of a&b; John Smith for larceny
Thomas Martin for gambling aud sell
/ ing liquor without license. and Franz
Difazio of Evans ity for larceny.
On account of the smallpox case rec
emily at the Nixon Home. Tuesday
election in the Forth Ward was held IL
the Schreiber house Future elections
will be held at the Nixon Home.
John Wolfe was appointed majority
INSPECTOR for the First precinct. Third
ward, vice Hiram Gillespie, removed.
The Kohler- -McCool- Gels partition
proceedings on the Lyndora Hotel were
before court again Saturday morning,
the attorneys for the plaintiffs asking
that an order of partition issue for the
March term. The papers are in he
Courts hands for consideration.
William Wahl has petitioned for
transfer of his tavern license in the
Commercial Hotel, Evans City. to the
Wahidorf, a new three-story brick hotel
which he has just completed in the
same place.
| Guardians sale of property of John
Irwin, deceased, of Forward township.
to Margaret F. Irwin, was approved.
The papers in the sale of the property
of the Devonian Oil Company to the
South Penn Oil Company were put on
| record Friday. The sale was made in
October, 1902, and covered LOO acres
of leases in Concord and Parker twps.
If anyone considers that Dickens
picture of the abuses of Chancery was
overdrawn he might give little atten-
ton to a mild case of the same sort
which has Just been concluded in New
York after twenty-one years of fighting
in the courts. In 1882 a brakeman
named Williams, sued the Delaware
Lackawanna & Western railroad for
injuries On the first trial he got a
verdict for 81, 600. He has since then
had five more trials. at least four differ
ent appeals, in one of which the Court
of Appeals reversed itself, and has
finally obtained an affirmation in all
the appellate tribunals of the last YER
dict for 81, 500, which Will probably
cover attorneys fees.
A charge Of larceny has been entered
against Mrs. John George. of Lyndora.
A charge of larceny of a spraying
machine from the carworks has been
entered against John Smith.
Tony Cherry has been charged with
with selling liquor without license and
to minors
Thomas Martin pleal guilty to-
gam bling and was fined $40 and sent to
jail for 3 months.
The firm of Detwiler & Wetherell
hsve entered a mechanics lien OF
$1735. II against The Eleanor Iron & Steel
Co. and Butler Land 81 Improvement
Co.. and sued for execution thereon.
r. A. Cannon, of S. Main street, is in
Jail on charge of a&b, and surety of
the peace. entered by his wife.
The case of Pollard VS. L. c. Wick, re-
suited in verdict for the deft.
The petition of Eleanor D. Forsyihe
Lind Grepner, aged ten years, whose
parents are both dead, was granted.
In the suit of William Robinson VS.
w. A. Goehring, the only case for trial
Tuesday, a verdict of $35 was entered
for the plaintiff for non-appearance Of
the defendant.
Civil Court convened Monday morn
ing and had nothing to do the first day
because the cases set for trial had to be
continued
The following cases were continued:
Edw ard J. Quigley against the Penn
sylvania Railroad company. Hugh j.
Forquer ct al against Martha NJ. For
quer. widow of VIM. A. Forquer. John
Brennan and Co. against j. V. Ritts
Worth Mutual Insurance Company
against P. B. and l.. E. Railroad Co.
James l.. Campbell against Thomas Nc
Kelvey. August j. Tholer and William
Thaler, partners, as Tholer Bros, against
Wilhelm Greisser Construction com
pany, contractors, and the Butler Brew
ing company, owners or reputed own
ers. w. E. Brown against Western
Allegheny r. r. Co. t. n. Keighner
against Lewis Albert, to February Goth.
A. Seaton and Son against George
w inner, 10 TtDTudIy S@u GliZd DcSt
against Boro of Butler, to February 25.
The following cases were settled:
John Stoffer against the Butler Passen
ger Railway Company. Mrs Ellen
Kennedy against Webster Kennedy.
James Lawrence Kissenger ct al, VS. B.
r. 81 p r. X. Co, Maggie Christie vs
w. G. Seaton.
The trial of Molivar Kovovick, charg
ed with the murder of Contractor Sam
uel T. Ferguson. was resumed in Wash
| ington. Pa, Tuesday, after all day,
Monday, being spent in securing jury.
| The court room was crowded and only
small part of the crowd that clamored
for admission could be permitted in the
room.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
w Blakeley to NJ G. Black 25 acres
in Washington for $3.50.
Chas Duffy to G w Stamp lot in But
ler for 5000.
CIV Stamp to Richard Wick 5 lots on
West d st for $6490.61.
| Leonard Schenck to Edward FL
Schenk lot on w jefferson st fol $500.
| Mary Burckhart to A B Hinchberger
5 acres in Butler twp. for 1925.
| Northside Cemetery Assn to DR. l. Fl
Stepp and others lot for $l34.40
| J G Mettler, gdn, to Morgaret T
Irwin 1873 acres in Forward for $4,000
Theodore l. Schenck to Jos P Sheldon
lot at First and Locust SITS for 1880
VIM Cruikshank to Win Grenue. 25
acres in Connoquenessing twp. for $3.50
E Mcknight to G w Dambach 40
acres in Fairview tor $100.
Robert Hamilton to Lewis Hamilton
1S acres in Mercer for 500.
Geo Munsch to G III Barnhart lot on
Bluff st for $1,000.
Geo Cousins to S McGinnis II
acres in Parker for $50.
s Atwell to Anna NJ Turner lot in
Butler for 81.
Frank J Kleber to G o Hammer
acres in Saxonburg for $4,000.
| Alonzo Mccullough to Angeline Sum
ney lot in Butler for $25.
4 Geo w Foster to Leonard ii Brown
leases and well in Concord for $16S7 so.
j w Boozel to Homer Boozel 25 acres
in Clay for $500.
Geo w Kiester to w A Ralston so
acres in Slipperyrock for S675