The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-09-28
NEW CASES
Nc Danger of Mahasks Court ccsss
Failing OF Any.

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Eighteen new cases we're nled with
me county clerk Friday afternoon, rp
on the last day % Ming COZ the Octo
her term % court, and Deputy Clefhs
Corlctt aud Martin had a busy time
~ Il docketlng the cares. Many o.
the cases, as Ii usual. were held ont
by attorneys until the last moment
when they were brought In for nllng
Among the cases fled are the fol
lowing
Eighteen hundred dollars for dam
ages TO a livery team and rig In the
modest sum asked OF the O., ID. a q.
railroad by Mi. John Iobblna, OF
Buxton, whose livery team was struck
by a hand.car on tho q. nea Hamilton
and sustained injuries. Mr.. Lobbins
through his attorney, charges that the
animals will never be the same. lie
states that he was exercising care and
precautlon, and had looked Is far as
possible up the track, but was struck
through the negligence OF the railroad
employees, and not his own.
Suit for $4,000 upon an alleged &C.
count for royalty due on coal mined
under a lease Of their land, has been
brought by w. i. and Sarah II. Kin
| sick, against Bolton.fIoover Coal Co.
J.. d. Bolton and G. A. Hoover. The
suit IS brought upon q guarantee Of
payment OF q certain sun in royalties
each year.
Arthur A. Hanna, through his attor
neys, Burrell & Dewitt, asks o Judg
ment against Edwin and Nancy BOND
from whom he purchased a farm, BIO
lieving It to be Of 40 acres, whereas
hp declares It was Of but 1873. III
asks S125 repaid to him for the two
missing acres.
Ella u. Johnson has filed a sui
against her daughter, Ella Johnson, In
order to be allowed TO sell the proper
ty left by the late husband and father
p. Schoehofen Brewing Co. is plain
tiff In a suit appealed by the defend
ants, John Rose and Charles Carr, tc
the district court. The suit Is fol
possession OF certain saloon fxturei
worth about $500.
J. d. McCurdy g. Co, on an account
ask judgment against Charles and Ef
1e McGlumphy for s222.GG.
BY the oskaloosa Savings Bank sui
is brought upon a note against ] @
| Hanna, Ivory Quinby and others. The
| amount asked Is S3,700.
Suit is brought against T. J. anC
Perry Ferree upon n note for sf37.2b
by r. H. Gordon Of this city.
Mrs. Margaret Tate brings suit fol-
a referee in the matter OF the home
stead left by her late husband, which
she desires to sell and 70 divide ant
| apportion the value thereof. The do
PENDANTS named are her daughters
Anna Burnell and Lottie Kirby.
The death OF Martin Lockard, wht
was run down and killed by an lows
Central switch engine on April IL o
this year, Is made the basis OF a sui
brought by L. M. Bacon, administrator
OF the estate, against the Iowa Cen
trail Railroad Co., asking for $4,000
damages. Lockard, as the petition
recites, was almost blind, and was Vt
tempting TO cross the Central track
when struck with the switch engine
The petition alleges that he was no
warned by tho flagman, who knew hi
Bightless condition, nor by the train
men. II Is alleged that the train wa
going at q low rate Of speed and coul'
have been stopped had proper car,
been used. At tho time OF the death
however, the %coroner's Jury held tina
the accident was Of nm unavoidable ma
ture, and exonerated the railroad con
pany and It's employees.
Mrs. Emma McFadden, II the pct
ton OF A. q. Novels Is 10 be reliei
upon, hath a dogCa very bad dog IN
deed. the canine Is Of vicious habits
and MrB. McFadden, as the petitioi
recfteth continued TO have him abot
her home, unrestrafned, although r.
peatedly warned that he was a ba,
dog, and that he was n dangerous ca
nine. Mr.Nowels fafing forth one da.
with vegetables, " Is mis- wont, tn
tale continues, was set upon by Mr.
McFadden's dog, being at the time o
the home Of a neighbor across th,
Btreet, and the dog then and there d.
wilfuliy assault Mr.. Novels and BIT,
yiciously into the calf Of his ieg. J
cost $500 for doctors fees, and Tn
plaintiff suffered $4,000 worth o
mental suffering and anguish Where
fore no asks judgment for $4,000
against Mrs McFadden.
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