Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-13
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COURT AT BLOOMFIELD.
The Case Of Rhine VS.. Raines Settled in
Favor of Plaintiff,

Favor of Plaintiff.
Bloomfield, Sept. 10.-The case of G.
D. Rhine VS.. l. B. Raines, after occu-
plying three days Of the present term of
court was concluded on Saturday, the
jury bringing In verdict in favor of
the plaintiff. The suit was brought by
Clay Rhine Of Soap Creek against his
neighbor. Boom Raines. On the night
of September 16, 1905, fox hound,
belonging to Rhine was chasing foxes
through Mr.. Raines pasture and
Raines shot the dog. He claimed that
the dog was chasing and worrying his
cattle at the time and that he had a
right under the law to kill It. Mr.
Rhine proved that his dog would not
run cattle, and when on the trail would
not leave 1t to chase anything. He
proved that he had imported the dog
from Kentucky, and that she cost him
$35. and that she was registered and
pedigreed. The court told the jury
that if the dog was trailing the fox
and was not chasing the cattle but
,simpl-' disturbed them in passing
through the pasture after the fox that
the dog. The jury gave Mr.. Rhine a
verdict of $50.
Other Court News.
The jury was discharged on Satur-
day, and today chancery work was
begun, and the case of Jas. Collins
was called. Collins claims that his I'M
Gle, Caleb Collins, gave him a farm
near Savannah, comprising 1T acres.
He never gained possession of the land
and no deed was ever made to him.
Quite number of witnesses from the
southern part of the county are
in attendance The Townsend will
case was continued to the first day of
the October term. The will cases of
the estate of Albert Cassili, the estate
Of John McKibbin. estate of U. Rom
tnger, estate of William Overture, es-
| tate of Eliza A. Lewis, and the estate
OF D. Fl. Haywood were admitted to
probate. The final report Of the estate
OF Emily Horn, estate Of Jas. Meow
en-, the estate of Samuel A. Moore were
approved. The estate of Orange Bal
ley was approved on filing vouchers
The final report regarding the guard
ianship of Clara e. SPAN was ap-
proved, also the final report Of the es-
| tates OF Jacob Low9nberg estate OF
| GottMsb Brown and the estate of Al
| bert F. Wilcoxon were approved. The
appeal case Of the State VS.. John Au-
gust was settled. The appeal case OF
the State VS.. Peter Horn was contin-
c., B. & @. Ry. Co. was settled, and the
case of c. E. F'ulk VS.. the Wabash Ry
Co. was settled and dismissed. The
damage case of Isaac Hastings VS.. The
c., r. I. & P. Ry Co. was continued
The case of Rogers and Dabney VS..
w. Harvey resulted in verdict in favor
of the defendant. The case Of G.. l.
Putnam VS.. the Wabash Ry. Co. was
settled. The case of G. N. Holloway VS.
c. H. Cronk was dismissed at cost Of
plaintiff. The railway cases Of Harry
L. Barnett VS.. the Wabash Railway
company and L. A. Wilcox VS.. the
same, were all settled. In the case OF
Shaw Bros. VS.. w. Fl. Spicer judgment
was given in favor of the plaintiff
The case of Davis County VS.. the C. r
I. & P. Railway company, was giver
change of venue to Wapello county
The plea for divorce filed by Bertha
Caswell VS.. Walter Caswell, granted
| The case of Henry Rafley VS. IT r len.