Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24
LEGAL NEWS.
New SUITS.

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, the plaintiffs one-third of the hay and
grain from $50 acres in Clinton which
was devised to their father, John Love,
decd, by Robert Love decd, with the
proviso, that the plaintiffs received the
third as long as they lived and paid a
third of the taxes.
Paul Rudert VS. E L. Rudert. sum
mons in partition on II acres in Jetfer-
son township. bounded on north by w.
RuGert and Bauer heirs south by Aug.
BaeI, Obi heirs and FL Rudert, east by
Aug Baer, public road and Bauer heirs,
and west by Fl. Rudert. The plff.
claims the deft. made an article of
agreement to convey TO him of the II
acres and never did so. The lard Is
located at the Saxon Mineral Springs.
First Nil. Bank of Zelienople vs.
Annie C. Winter, attachment execution
on S249. due the defr in the hands Of
W Fl Lusk.
f. c. Buhl VS. P. W. and B. g. O. r.
r. Cos, summons IN trespass.
First National Bank of Zelienople VS.
G. II Parker, of Butler, assumpsit for
5000. claimed TO be due on a note.
In the estate of james W. Barr. de-
ceased, of Summit twp, Eva Barr. his
widow, filed an election to take under
the intestatc laws instead of under the
will.
In the estate of Valentine Stock,
decd. of Butler. a writ Of partition was
awarded on petition of Capt. Ira Nc
VII in1
twenty years ago leaving property on
Etna 81. to his wife for life and there
after TO his seven children In January,
1908, Capt McJunkin bought the inter
ests of the widow, and four of the chill
dren The others, Mrs. Winger and
Mrs. Spuber, both of Allegheny, refus
ed to SELL and the partition proceedings
are necessary.
Frank Davis, aged AZ years. coal
miner from Possum Hollow, Lawrence
county, employed at the Reamer mine
in Penn twp was arrested last week on
a charge of surety OF the peace. He ap-
peared insane and Samuel Walker. DIR.
w. S. Patterson and George McCand.
less were appointed a commission on
him. He was committed to Dixmont.
Ed. Graham was placed in Jail Fri
day on an old charge.
Rev W. P. Squ1res. pastor of the
First Baptist church, East Brookfield,
Massachusetts, was sent to Jail for 30
days for contempt of court, by Judge
Forbes. The clergyman wrote letter
to the Judge in connection with suit
now pending, in which the First Baptist
church is interested, accusing witnesses
of perjury. The judge promptly decid
ed that the writer had used undue
and improper influence" with the court
and sentenced him to pay fine of $50
or go to Jail. The clergyman said that
he could not pay the fine and took the
alternative.
Detective Barnes and Constable
Campbell. Of Slipperyrock, broug ght
Fred Pryor, of that township. to Butler,
last Saturday, and had him held for
court for taking part in the robbery and
torture of the Elliott sisters, Of Worth
township. last May. Latchaw, who
brought suit against Campbell for false
arrest, sometime ago. is SAID to have
left for parts unknown. The ringlead-
ers of the gang escaped arrest and left
the country, having been warned of
what was coming by drugstore loaf
CT, NEO Caught Oa W SUIc lulOIuld
tion sent over the wires.
The Islanders consider the garbage
plant nuisance, and have filed bill
against it, The matter will be heard in
Cours, Saturday.
The appraisers in the estate of the
late Michael Knauff, of Butler town
ship have filed their report. The val
g he o+a Sc, pf
the estate is deposited in three banks in
Butler.
The case of H. A. Stauffer, receiver
of the Standard Trust Co, VS. G. d.
Greenlee, president of the company,
went TO trial Monday and after the evil
dence had been heard the plaintiff had
the case continued. The suit was
brought to recover about 500, 900, due
ON three notes which Greenlee had exc
cuted in favor of the Trust Co., which
the plaintiff claimed mad been given by
Greenlee in payment for the stock he
took in the company. The Court held
the case could not be maintained be-
cause no assessment had been made on
the stockholders, and the plaintiffs at
torneys then asked for the non-suit
Another suit will be entered.
The case of the Henry Shenk Con-
tracing Co., of Erie, VS. the Butler Co.
National Bank went to trial Monday
afternoon. The plaintiff Co. is rep
resented by Rody Marshall of Pitts
burg. and !. d. Marshall and Murrins.
and the defendants by Campbell, Bow
ser and Moore. The plaintiffs claim
that they built the bank building under
a contract In which the price mention
ed was $136, 600, and after5the job was
completed and had been taken off their
hands by the contractors, the bank re-
fused to pay the last SEQ, 900, alleging
defects in various parts Of the building,
and that it had been a heavy loser by
reason of the plaintiff company com
pany consuming a great deal more time
in the building than they agreed to in
their contract. The plaintiffs claim
that delay in building the wall was
caused by the destruction of carload
of Indiana limestone in a railroad
wreck, allowance for such contingen-
cies having been in the contract), and
that other delays were caused by
changes in plans, etc, made by the
Bank people.
The changes raised the price to $1S7.
600. The case is still on trial.
Rev Montgomery was found guilty
of assault. in the Pittsburg court, last
week, and fined $25, which was prompt
ly paid by members 'of his church,
present
Last August Mrs. j. Ziegler. of Kit
tanning, died, it is alleged through the
wrong filling of a prescription. Harry
5. Dersheimer not having the ingredi-
ents. is alleged to have forwarded the
prescription to Pittsburg, and from
there to Philadelphia, where is was fill
ed and returned to Dersheimer. Last
Saturday, j. J. Ziegler filed against
Harry s. Dersheimer $4,000 damage
suit.
Justice Maxwell committed George
Wilson. colored, of Cleveland to Jail,
Tuedsay, for trespassing on the B. &
O. road.
Wilbur Manning, alias Floyd Chap
man, was arrested at Greenville, Mon
day, by Constable Kemper on warrant
sworn out by Mrs Doyle of E. Wayne
St, who charges Manning for jumping
$40 boardbill.
The will of Joseph Croft, decd, Of
Lancaster tip, has been probated.
A charge of a&cb with intent to COM
NIT adultery has been made against j.
G. Howard, Parker twp storekeeper,
by Mrs. AIDA McKissick. wife of Chas
McKissick. who alleges that ON Nov. II
Howard tried to make love to her in a
forcible manner in his store