The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-09-24
IN The DISTRICT COURT
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

The attorneys who have been pre-
pairing petitions for the September
term of court came in a bunch during
the afternoon of lac iast day OF ming
and during the day no less than thir,
ty-seven cases were filed and entered
on the appearance docket. ThisI
makes forty-eight cases for the week
and is total of one hundred ana
seventy-hve new cases for the term.
With the continued and unfinished
business docketed the term will open
with two hundred and eight cases, as
against two hundred and twenty SIX
for October, 1907.
The petitions in the suits OF the
C. A. Hoover Distilling Company VS.
the several insurance companies,
against which the Distillery Company
has claims for insurance, were filed
Friday afternoon and formed the bulk
of the days business. Nineteen sep
arate cases are filed against as many
different companies. The petitions
are voluminous and contain much mat
ter. They recite the conditions upon
which the suit was brought and ask
| for Judgment in each case in the
amount of the insurance policy held
The warehouse of the Hoover Dis
tilling Co. was burned on the night OF
| May Is, 1908 Claims were immediate.
ly filed against the insuring compan
les. Proofs of loss were filed. The
| companies interested have failed to
adjust the losses and in each case are
| 'esisting the payment of the claims
Nineteen separate petitions have been
fled by the plaintiff. The attorneys
| for plaintiff are Burrell & Dewitt, OF
| If this city. The preparation Of the
| petitions and the cases on account OF
| he amount of matter involved has
| been laborious and lengthy task.
| The defendants in the cases are as
| 'ollows:
| Milwaukee Fire ms. Co.
| The Home ms. Co. "."
German American Fire Ins. Co.
| Fire Association of Philadelphia.
The Phoenix ms. Co.
North British Mercantile ms. Co.
| If london.
Phoenix ms. Co., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Royal ms. Co., of Liverpool.
| The London Assurance Corporation.
Aetna ms. Co.
st. Paul Fire G Marine Co.
Jns. Co. of North America.
CIV OF new York Ins. Co.
Mechanics ms. Co. OF Philadelphia.
Security ms. Co., New Haven, Conn.
Buffalo Commercial ms. Co.
Rochester German ms. Co.
Milwaukee Mechanics ans. Co.
Other cases filed to appear on the
| locket for the October term OF the
| ,ourt are as follows:
Nash Liebling VS.. s. Hammad, suit
| IN account. IS.
Andrew Cambruzzi VS.. Cricket Coal
Co., damages.
| George ]. Clark VS.. unknown heirs
Of Seth r. Slice, to quiet title.
Grin Lyon VS.. William La Force
suit on account.
David CASTOR G Son VS.. the McDon.
ough Construction Co.. and. the At
wood Coal Co., foreclosure on me
,hanics' lien.
Hamilton & Hamilton vs.. w. X
aowerton, equity.
Della Morris VS.. Charles Morris, pc
tition for divorce.
]. r. Jamison VS.. Iowa Central Ry
Co., damages.
l.. C. Bolton VS.. the Cricket Goa
20, suit on claim.
| C. c. Pike, application for permit.
F. f. Green, application for permit
Jay Welton VS.. Iowa Central Ry
Co., damages.
M. e. Smith VS.. iowa Central Ry
20, damages. r.
John Van Funk, VS.. Chas. Holt
damages.
Myrtle Howell VS.. Evan Howell, pc
.ition for divorce.
| George Perkins VS.. Fred Turner
lamages.
Hettie Bridges VS.. w. R. Bridges
petition for divorce.
Laura Hartsock VS.. John w. Hart
sock, petition for divorce.
A. H. Hampton VS.. Maude Hampton
petition for divorce.
w. r. Nugent VS.. Bolton & Bolton
suit on account.
William Moody VS.. Mahaska county
damages.
Grin Lyon VS.. Murray and Natti
Hartman, petition.
w. T. Nelson VS.. Jacob Willomar
petition.
Fred Danner VS., Mahaska County
damages.
A. Westercamp VS.. o. N. Downs
notion and petition for order.
WHITE OAK.
Toby Parlet is working for +.