Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-28
A NOT ABLE TER NJ
SEVENTY.NlNE CASES DISPOSED
OF DURING MARCH TERM OF
DISTRICT COURT.
A RECORD FOR LONG CASES
Loan e Building Association Case the
Biggest Ever Tried In Local Court
chancery Cases Predominate-Term
Was Eishty-Two Days Long.


Was Eighty-Two Days Long.
With the signing of the DEGREES
the Ottumwa Loan & Building assoc
alton case Saturday afternoon Judg
Robert Sloan brought to an end one {
the most notable terms of the distric
court ever held in Wapello county
There were total of seventy-nin
cases heard and DEGREES renderd il
them in addition to considerable mas
of other judicial work of more or les
Importance
The great interest in the term cen
tiers in the Loan and Building associa
ton case which was entirely unique
and which was the biggest case eve
heard in the local court. 1t occupied
the greater portion of the eighty-twt
days of the term. The case was be
gun during the second week and con
tinued almost to the exclusion Of al
other business through seven weeks
During the progress of the case At
torney F. M. Hunter, attorney for Re
ceiver Asbury was on the witness
stand for twenty-five days establish
ing a. record for long time witness
Nearly every attorney in the city was
interested on one side or the other OF
the case and the large number of de
PENDANTS made the interest throughout
the community more widespread than
In any other case ever tried in the
Wapeilo county court.
The desire on the part of Judge
Spoan to complete the case and get it
off the docket lead him to devote al
most his whole time to it. However,
when the county Jail began to get so
full of criminals of various sorts, and
when Judge NJ A. Roberts, who had
completed the March term of the Da-
Wis county district court, returned to
the city it was decided to hold sec
ond court for short time for the pur-
pose of clearing up the criminal or
state docket and cleaning out the coun-
ty Jail. This criminal section Of the
court was continued for about three
weeks.
~ Resume of Cases.
The resume of the cases heard and
in which decisions were rendered dur
ing the past term is as follows:
COURT HEAD & LEAD COMING
Law Cases.
First National bank VS.. Gushing &
O'Keefe suit for Judgment. March %,
decree signed granting judgment for
$1,021.33, interest and costs, with Or
xdzril %. garnishee discharged
F. w. Fails VS.. Tom Gaffney, suit for
Judgment. March %, decree signed
granting judgment in the sum of
$166.93 with interest and costs, attach
ment granted on certain described
real estate as security.
Blanche e. Campbell vs.. Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway COM
pany, suit for damages. March 23,
suit settled in consideration of pay
ment of s54.90 by defendant company
in lieu of all claims made by plaintiff.
Henry Darts Sons VS.. W. A. High
smith. suit for judgment March %
default judgment rendered for 1858
and costs.
Henriette Reed vs. c. A. Ross ct al,
landlords attachment. March 26, mo-
ton to discharge attachment over
ruled.
Hall, Ekfelt Furniture Co. VS.. M. ].
Bachelor. suit for Judgment March
26, suit dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
Frank s. Whitmore VS. Western I'm
ion Telegraph Co., suit for damages
March 26, judgment granted for $500
and costs.
Stodghill & Darden vs. c.. B. & @.
railway, suit for damages. March %.
J.,W. Warner ct al VS.. w. A. Under
wood and w. H. Slingluff. April 8,
settled and dismissed as per stipula-
ton on file
Alexander Hartley VS.. c.. M. & st. |
p. railway, suit for damages. April 9,
suit settled and dismissed as per stip-
ulation on file.
p. H. emery & Co. vs. Wabash rail |
way company, suit for Judgment. April
IL, case continued until next term.
W! w. Rankin, trustee, VS. ]. G. |
Hutchinson & Co.. suit for judgment. |
April %, suit dismissed at plaintiffs
and costs.
William Wilson VS.. c., B. & @. rail
way company ct al. suit for damages.
May II, case settled and dismissed.
P. A Wilson VS.. c., B. & @ railway
company ct al, suit for damages. May
II. settled and dismissed
Tisdale Bros. vs. Cushing & OKeefe,
suit for judgment. June 10, Judgment
by agreement for S114S3 and costs.
Lacrosse Lumber Co. vs.. Cushing e.
O'Keefe, suit for judgment June 10.
Judgment by agreement for s15O.7S
an dcosts.
chancery Gases.
Abbie Houser VS.. Geo. N. Houser.
petition for divorce. March %, decree
of divorce signed
G. A. Wall VS.. U. s. Grant, petition
TO quiet title. March %, decree signed
quieting title to certain described
lands.
Isaac H. Johnston VS.. Elias Bayliss