The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-07-30
IN THE COURTS

Olive p. Sickafoose has filed a par
tition suit in common pleas court
naming Margaret o. Blson as defend
ant. The plaintiff claims an interest
in common with the defendant in 8S
acres of land situated in Sandy town
ship, this county, which was the prop
erty of Lavina Sickafoose, now de-
| ceased The plaintiff states that she
and the defendant are the only heirs
at-law of the deceased and asks that
the court partition the land and that
If this cannot be done without injury
to either party that it be sold. The
plaintiff is represented by Attorney
James H. Robertson.
William H. Kitzmiller has filed suit
in common pleas court against Jesse
| B. and Frances J. Miller in which he
asks for the recovery of deeds for cer-
tain lands in Osnaburg township and
damages in the sum of $10,500. The
! plaintiff alleged that he transferred
the property in Osnaburg township to
the defendants on the condition that
they, in turn. transfer to him GER
tain lands situated in Canton town
ship. He claims he delivered the deeds
and that later he found that the de-
PENDANTS we're not the owners of the
Canton township property. Because of
this he asks for the return of the deeds
he delivered.
The plaintiff also sets up the claim
that he and partner, ]. H. Lehmil-
Ter, had been mining coal, taken from
the Canton township property, that
they have been practically evicted
from the said property. For this rea-
son he asks for judgment of $10,500,
The plaintiff is represented by At
torney D. c. Hughes.
A peculiar domestic tangle was
solved by Probate Judge Bow yester-
day morning in manner that might
not have been beneath King Solomon
The judge received complaints from
Henry Vending and his wife in
which each charged the other with be.
ing irrational. The husband filed the
first complaint and his wife was not
slow in following suit.
Yesterday the cases came up for
hearing. Judge Bow took the COM
plainants by surprise when he stated
that he would switch the examining
physicians and have the expert re-
tanned by the wife examine the hus
band and vice versa. This startling
I departure caused the attorneys
. Wernts for the wife and Youtzey fol
! the husband to quickly get together il
conference and the result was mo-
ton to dismiss the case. This was
;, quickly done by the court. The cou
pie are said to have not been living
! in harmony.
Judge Bow yesterday allowed thu
= writ of habeas corpus sued for by At
n torney Turner, representing Miss Uni
D. Connell, the Hartford street schoo
=, teacher accused of inhumanely whip
4 ping Charles human, on the groun
that when Justice Barrick did not TAX
o final jurisdiction of the case and hel,
4 the defendant to the probate court h
= lost jurisdiction of the person of tn
! defendant on that particular affidavit
;, He still has jurisdiction of the caus
and the defendant may be brought t
, trial before the justice In the even
q that the complaining witness files an
II other affidavit. The record of the jus
4 tice in the case just closed cannot b.
4 re-opened, however, and unless neV
action is commenced the defendan
cannot be held. The case has beel
= in the justice and probate courts TO
:, several weeks and because of the lega
: tangIe which followed the attempt a
:, prosecution has aroused more tha
usual interest,