The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02
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caused a second petition to be pre-
pared in the name of Teresa Sciford
praying for divorce upon the same
grounds as set forth in the former pc
tition, but withheld such second pc
tition from record until the 2Sth day
of October, 1907 That in the second
petition an order was also prayed
for and the issuance of a writ OF
attachment, and the writ was grant
ed, and a levy made upon the prop
erty of Mr.. Sciford, including his life
estate reserved by him in his home
property in Crawford County, Iowa
That service in this action was OBJ
tanned by publication only and on
Feb 4th, 1908, decree was entered on
default of defendant upon the grounds
set forth in the petition. That Teresa
Sciford was a woman unable to read
or write, as Mr. Harding we'll knew
and easily Influenced and did not
comprehend the nature of the petition
which she signed by mark only, and
she was wrongly induced to bring the
divorce suits and that at the conclu-
sion of the second suit Mr.. Harding
extorted from Mrs. Sciford the sum
of six hundred dollars on threat of
attachment of her property.
Count Two.
Count two relates to the action of
Mr.. Harding in the suits between
Mr. George Sciford and Thomas ].
Muenster. The count relates that Mr..
Harding is guilty of misconduct as
an attorney of record in that while
appearing as attorney of record in the
second action mentioned in the count
one he was at the same time appear
ing as attorney of record in the Dis
trict Court of Crawford County for
Mr.. Sciford in a suit wherein T. j.
Muenster was plaintiff and Sciford
defendant, in which action upon a |
counter-claim filed therein by George
Sciford against NIuenster, it was al
legged that Sciford had sustained dam.
ages because of the alleged wrongful
conduct of Muenster in sustaining un-
lawful relations with Scifords wife,
averring that the martial troubles be-
tween Sciford and his wife were at
tribntable only to such alleged mis-
conduct of Muenster That while APP
pearing as attorney of record in said
action as attorney for Sciford, Hard
ing as attorney for Mrs. Sciford pro
cured the divorce in the action men
toned in count one without the
knowledge of Sciford uon the charge
of crnel and inhuman treatment set
out in the action for divorce alleged
to have occurred long prior to the
claim of unlawful relations Sustained
between Mrs. Sciford and Muenster,
and that in SO doing Harding was
guilty of duplicity and fraud upon
Sciford and imposition upon the court
in which actions We're heard.
Count Three.
This count refers to the conduct of
Mr.. Harding in case between Will
tam Smith and wife of Crawford
County The court states that Harding
in the summer of 1907, without the re-
quest of anyone, appeared as attorney
for William Smith, who was the de-
fendant in an action for divorce then
pending in Crawford County District
Court, and such appearance was i'm
mediately after a solicitation by
Harding's of the plaintiff in said ac-
ton for employment by the plaintiff
therein as attorney for her to prose
the place of another attorney then APP
pearing for her That whatever en-
ployment there was for Harding, as
the attorney for Smith, was at time
when Smith was nearing the end of
period of drunkenness and while
he was under the influence of liquor
and that at the same time and in a
pretended conferenc with Sitmh at
Council Bluffs in relation to the di-
vorce case which conference was
brought about by Harding with the
sole intent OF obtaining for his own
use and benefit large sum of money
from Smith, and that Harding did e1-
tort sixteen hundred dollars on pre-
tense that this was reasonable at
torneys fee when In truth he had
rendered no service, save to consent
TO an order allowing an attachment Of
the property of Smith, on behalf of
his wife in the sum of five hundred
dollars, but without any intention that
such attachment should ever be en-
forced Or available to the plaintiff.
Count Eour