Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-10-11
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

VIM. Kavanaugh Co. VS. j. S. Bean,
assumpsit for $162. 2.1s, claimed to be due
on an account for oil well supplies
S. Yeager vs. Geo. Vensel. H Kritch-
gaer. Jos c. Byers, c. L. Vensel, g. E.
| Fetzer, Elmer Guthrie, Lewis Kepple
and John Wiles, assumpsit for $412.e3
claimed to be due for oil well supplies.
MYRTLE Gartley VS. Samuel T Gartley,
libel in diverse, desertion alleged.
Geo. w. Gentner VS. W. A. and S. NJ.
Gcehring, defts, and A. Seaton and ii.
A Seaton, partners doing business as A.
Seaton q Son, of Harmony, garnis nees,
attachment execution on debts due defts
from the garnishees.
NOTES.
w. J. Miffin is in Jail on a charge of
agg. a&b. He is alleged to have snatch
ed Car Works Policeman FitZsimmons'
club out of his hand and beaten the Of
ficer over the head.
In criminal court in Pittsburg, last
week, Max Freedman, a member of the
Councils, was found guilty of being in
terested in the sporting houses OF the
town.
Peter McCool of Butler. former man
ager of the Car Works, has Been sued
in Pittsburg, for desertion and non-sup-
port, by woman who says she is MS
wife-Mrs. Elizabeth Mary McCool
Mr.. McCool gave bail for Court; and he
denounces the affair as Matchmaking
scheme.
Among the opinions filed by the
State Superior Court on Monday were
two on cases from this county.
McCleery & Co. vs. Stoup, Judgment
reversed and Judgment in favor OF de
fendant.
Follet vs. Butler county, decree affirm
ed and appeal dismissed at cost of ap-
pellant.
A suit by Attorney d. A. Nelson
against Beaver county, involving $3, 900
will be tried in New Castle. Nelson is
seeking to secure the amount for legal
service incurred during litigation that
followed Beaver county's effort to con-
denim property for free bridges under
the right of eminent domain The
commissioners contend that Nelson's
regular salary as county solicitor
covered all his work in the cases.
Judge Pollock made a decision at
Wichita, Kansas. in an unusual case
that came before him. 1t was the re-
suit of an alleged bigamous marriage
by James Mclaughlin. Mclaughlin
was an old soldier who deserted his
wife, Rebecca, in Pennsylvania, and
went to Kansas with young woman |
named Annie Scott, married her and |
lived with her 30 years, rearing eight |
=; he
wife, who says she knew nothing OF his
previous marriage, applied for pen
zion and .h's Ia1 m tha discovery of |
wife number one. The Court decided
that the Pennsylvania wife was entitled
10 half the estate and the children by
the second wife were entitled to the
other half, while the second wife was
entitled to nothing.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Magdalena Sweinsburg to Sarah w
5weinsburg 25 acres in Centre for $500,
Sallie Longwell to Katie Householder
lot IN Zelienople for $1,000.
Katie Householder to Jas S Wilson
lot in Zelienople for $500.
Geo Renno heirs to Louisa A RenDo
lot on w Clay st for $4,000.
S o Sterrett to F M Dyer lot in Va
encis for 500
A K Stoughton to Elk Brewing Co
lot in Harmony for $4,000.
VIM P Gormley to Henry Beilstein
in Clearfield for $500.
A j Black to Jas W Houston Co lot
in Hilliard for $50.
Jos III Thompson to Frank w Howard
20 acres in Adams for $1,000
G L r t4 Iaf IN, Il
Washington for $500.
ca Hite to Jonathan Steele int in
,2-acre Iease in Oakland for 500.
S o Sterrett to W W Hill lot in Va
encia for $3.50
Int & r Co to H poppenhouse lot
IN Wayne st for $40.
s o Sterrett to G Cox lots in Va
encia for 1915.
Margt Weigand to H E McManees lot
n Butler for 81.
P r Burke to r M Bowser int in 90
lcre lease and wells in Forward for
,425
A N Campbell, Shf, to John Berg d
% 101 acres in Concord for $4050.
Edw L Graner to Jas p Graner 104
Icres in Cherry for 81.
A M Campbell, Shf, to A T Scott,
OF on Second st for $4,000; to T G.
Campbell, trustee, 3 lots in Butler twp
or $3.50 each; to Butler Savings and
Trust Co 10 acres in Clinton FOR $3.50
o Orzilla SLAYER lot in Evans City for
200; TO ] = Mates, trustee, 15f acres in
summit for $115.
Jas III Thompson to Plummer 9 Bell |
ot at Hooker for Sf5.
S N Russell to Samuel T Bell 81 acres
n Concord for $3100.
Henry M Taylor to Burton McGowan
, acres in Worth for $121.S7.
John McGonegal to A e Maltby lots
n Slipperyrock for $500 and $525.
J d Marshall to Henry A Berg lot on
Main st for $4,000.
u D Magee to T c Clark lot in Yalen-
ia for $160.
Francis s Lavery to Frank K Winters
ot in Penn for 81.
II G Keasey 70 Edw aefton acres in
Jefferson for $1,000
Margt Graham to Maude Mcknight
ot In Park View for 1925.