The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-05-05
New CASES IN COURT
The Following Cases have been Filed
with Clerk of the District Court
kehler the Past Week.

Charles Lester VS.. Leandcr Pullen and
wife. Suit is brought to foreclose a
mortage on the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of the southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter of Sec
tion Is, township SO, range 26 west,
Decatur county, Iowa, given to secure
payment of a note for $500 dated Oct.
IA, 1901, due in one year. John w.
Harvey & Son attorneys for plaintiff.
In the case of ]. e. & r. A. Greenland
VS.. The State Insurance Co.. of Des
Moines, the defendants have filed a
motion asking to have the Judgment and
decree awarding plaintiffs damages in
the sum of $2,940 set aside and new
trial granted, for the reason that since
the case was tried Frank Greenland had
admitted to Zeb Peterson and others
that he knew tho property destroyed in
the barn was old and worthless and was
going to burn the barn for the purpose
OF defrauding the insurance company.
They also charge Greenland with hav-
ing set the barn on fire and with
cautioning all persons who had any
knowledge that he burned the barn
against saying anything about it..
Carter, Hewitt, Parker & Wright and
John w. Harvey & Son attorneys for
defendant.
w. A. Kirkpatrick VS.. r. A. Greenland,
Northwestern Life & Savings Co.,
Citizens Bank Of Decatur City, Annie H.
g. Brown, and other defendants, is a
case involving the title to the south
west quarter of the northwest quarter
of section 8, township 20, range 26,
Decatur county, Iowa, the plaintiff
claiming that he is the absolute owner
OF the land which is worth S5,000 and
which he claims to have purchased from
the defendant Brown and others. That
in April, 1902, the plaintiff handed his
contract to Greenland and requested
him to pay the last payment on the
contract and return it to him, Green
land at the time owing plaintiff more
than enough to make the payment. He
claims that Greenland failed and
neglected to return the said contract
and when requested on numerous occa-
sions to do SO made excuses but always
promised to do SO, and it was not until
several months later that he learned
that Greenland had taken the deed to
the land in his own name. He then re-
quested Greenland. to quit claim the
land to him, and rendered him the $1.25
to defray the expenses of making the
deed. That defendant never at any
time refused to make said deed, but
would promise at some future time.
The plaintiff has had possession of the
land since Jan. Il, 1899, and has paid
the taxes on it each year. lit is claimed
that II Greenland presented as claimed
an assignment Of said contract it was
& forgery. The plaintiff asks that the
deed made to Greenland be declared
null and void, and the other defendants
who claim an interest in the land by
virtue of mortgage made by Greenland
be shut off from claiming any right,
title or interest in and to said land.
Geo. w. Baker attorney for plaintiff.
Lucetta Dunn VS.. Geo. w. Dunn and
other heirs of Allen Dunn, deceased.
The plaintiff brings an action in parti-
tion as the widow of the deceased who
owned farm near Crown and some lots
in the town of Leon, and asks that the
lands be partitioned and sold and the
proceeds divided among the legal heirs.
Q. W. Hoffman attorney for plaintiff.
Mary Myers VS.. Leander Boyer and
other heirs of Joseph G. Boyer, deceas-
ed. The plaintiff who is daughter of
the deceased, who prior to his death
had decided part of his property to his
wife, claims to be entitled to one
eighth interest in the property owned
by her father at the time of his death,
and asks that the court order the land
sold and the proceeds divided among
the legal heirs. G. w. Holman attorney
for plaintiff.
Letts-Spencer Grocer Co. VS.. ]. w.
and M. v. Van Beck. Plaintiff brings
suit on an account for goods sold and
delivered to the defendants on which
there is balance due OF $210.54, and
ask for judgment against defendants for
this sum with interest and costs. Il. j.
Horton and v. r. McGinnis attorneys
for nInintiff