Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-11-23
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

NEW SUITS.
The Central District g. Printing Tele-
graph Co has appealed from the award
of viewers granting damages for pass
ing over the land of Grant Schuster in
Buffalo twp.
L.. @. Purvis VS. Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburg Railroad Co., trespass for
damages for injuries received at the
Butler station last July. No statement
has been filed.
Annie Maloney VS. Noble Montgomery,
stated case for opinion of Court In
July 1904, Mrs. Maloney leased the deft.
50 acres in Donegal twp, operations TO
commence within 60 days or SO per
month rental to he paid in lieu thereof.
Mrs. Maloney demanded it last May and
Montgomery offered to surrender the
lease. She refused to accept until he
paid the rental claimed $50, and the
Stated case was made TO determine
liability.
Guaranty Safe Deposit g. Trust Co.
VS. John g. Kapp, attachment execution
on goods. etc, of deft. in hands of Mrs.
John G Kapp. for debt of s14O0 due
from Kapp to the plaintiff.
NOTES.
The Western Allegheny Railroad Co.
has been granted leave to build grace
crossing at the Portersville and Jacks
vile road, at the Cumley farm on Mud
DIV creek, where Portersville station is
to be. An electric bell is to be main
tanned
Trial of the case of Frank Y. Kohler
VS. Butler county for damages on an ap-
peal from the award of the viewers on
the opening of the road from Mr..
Kohler's place in Lyndora to the Har-
mouy-Whitestown road at the Marshall
farm. was commenced Friday and the
case went to the jury Monday morning.
The plaintiff claimed valuable building
lots were destroyed by the opening OF
the road. The jury returned verdict
of 81, 120 in favor of the plaintiff.
City Solicitor Campbell has filed ex-
ceptions to the report of viewers on the
opening of Polk street. in which S72O
damages were awarded to Mrs. Mary
Biedenbach.
w. III. Walker, Surveyor, T. b. Dodds
and Thomas Smith have been appointed
viewers on petition Of citizens of Clinton
twp. for change in the location of the
Pughton road
The will OF the late Benz. F. Hilliard.
of Washington twp. has been probated
and letters granted to his wife, 70 whom
all real and personal property IS left,
except his surveying instruments and
library, which go to his daughter,
Nancy.
T. J. Dodds, Harry Sutton and Miles
Shakeley have filed their report as IN
spectors of the new Grobbs bridge IN
Cherry twp. At their first inspection
sometime ago they decided the bridge
was not built according to specifications,
and would not recommed its adoption
by the Commissioners until the con-
tractors got to work again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fl. Kennedy OF
Butler have adopted Dorothy, daughter
of Mrs. Maggie Wallace. The father
of the child is dead.
The case of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Wilkinson of Oil City against the Evans
Mfg. Co. for damages for the death or
their son. Joseph Wilkinson, minor,
who was killed while at work in the de-
fendant company's shops in Butler, re-
suited in verdict of $4,000 tor the
plaintiffs. A new trial was moved for.
A compulsory non-suit was granted
against the plaintiff in the case OF Mary
McQuistion VS. August and Mary Lid
dreli Mrs McQuistion bargained for
a COW, with Elmer Cousins, the price
to be $50 and s. was paid down on the
purchase price. Mrs. McQuistion said
Cousins was to keep the COW few days
until it became fresh, but one of her
witnesses said Cousins vold him he was
to keep the COW until the balance of the
purchase money had been paid, When
Mrs. McQuistion sent her son with
$50 bill to pay the balance and get the
COW, Cousins had sold it TO Liddrells,
and Mrs McQuistion then replevied the
animal, but was knocked out of court
because she could not show possession,
nor establish clear right.
In the case of Detweiler 81 Wetherell
vs the Eleanor Iron and Steel Co. and
the East Butler Land and Improvement
Co. a verdict for 1885, subject to law
questions reserved by the Court, was
rendered for the plaintiffs. who furnish
ed brick, gravel and other material for
The factory buildings which the Eleanor
people started to build and abandoned.
A mechanic's lien was filed. and as the
land reverted to the East Butler Co.
after the Eleanor Co. became insolyent,
the former had to defend,
William Campbell, bail for John
Shanor. and garnishee in the suit
brought bv McQuistion and Ralston,
and by James Shanor, has asked leave
of court to pay the money in his posses
sion, $1100. into court, and be released
from the bail bond.
A young fellow in Bradford county is
now serving q term in reformatory
for stealing ten cents from a rural mail
box, Rural mail boxes are under GOV
ernment protection, and it should be
generally known that no person but the
owner of the box or an authorized
letter-carrier has any right to put any
thing into mailbox or take anything
out Of il. The people who stuff adver
tising matter into rural mail-boxes are
almost sure to get into trouble.
Tony Colinsino, an Italian shoe re-
pairer Of 4. Jefferson street made in
formation against two other Italians,
last Friday morney. for assaulting him
in his shop Thursday evening, and cut
ting him across the face with a razor.
Tony asserts that the Black Hand, +"
the dreaded secret society of the bad
Italians has an organization in Butler.
One of the alleged bad Italians is in
Jail.
A settlement was made in the case of
Chauncy Latshaw VS. Constable Il. G.
Campbell of Slipperyrock, whom Lat
shaw sued for damages for false arrest.
The case Of P;ttsburg Pump Co VS.
Craig Kennedy Hardware Co was cou-
tinued on account Of tie illness Of a
material witness on the part of the deft
The case of the National Supply Co