Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-02
DIVORCE oAsEs FIRST ON DEoE
S~eventy-Five Thousand Dollars All.
mOny Claimed in One.

Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ALI
mOny Claimed in One.
Mrs. Rhoda Butler, whose suit for divorce
and claim for $4,000 alimony Is among
the important civil actions to come before
Judge Woodruff, secured an order for $500
temporary alimony in a preliminary hearing
of the case Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Butler, who declared that she had no
means to prosecute her suit, asked for
temporary alimony to the amount of s., 400,
for maintenance, witness fees and attor-
ney's fees. Judge Woodruff held that that
amount was not necessary for the pur-
poses set forth, ana allowed $500, The
amount was divided into three parts, 500
for maintenance, 500 for witness fees and
$500 for attorneys fees. Mrs. Butler and
her husband were both In court. The aged
husband attracted much attention, although
he appeared to take little interest in the
case. Mrs. Butler, looking much younger
than her forty years, followed the argu-
ments OF the lawyers with closest atten-
ton.
1t is expected that the final trial of the
divorce case win be held this morning.
Butler is resisting his wife's effort to col
lect $4,000 alimony, offering in evidence an
anti-nuptial agreement by which she was
to awe $1,000 for every year they lived
together as man and wife. Mrs. Butler
claims tina she was induced to sign the
contract through misrepresentation.
Upon motion of the defendant, Judge
Woodruff yesterday issued an order re-
moving the suit Of Mrs. Ida NJ. Culver for
$751; COO damages against the Rock Island
road to the United State circuit court. Mrs.
Culver is suing the road for damages for
/ The 1aafh 81 har husband GIpnnuon q Cni.
yer, who died recently as the result Of
INJURIES received In a collision In the yards
in OmRhR- a-.. .... ,
The First National bank and the stock
holders in the bank numbering fifty-one
persons, filed suit against the city Of
Council Bluffs yesterday to rave the as
sessment Of the banks capital stock cor
reeted. The assessment was made on $500,
900, capital stock, which with capital stock
at S136 a share made the total assessment
as fixed by Assessor Hardin, $272, 1000. The
bank claims that S167, 500 of this is invested
in government bonds which cannot be as
sessed and that the balance is invested in
real estate, which is assessed as real es-
tate.
Flfty-seven motions to require Mikes
who are suing j. c. Mabray and others
to furnish bonds to insure the costs In
the cases were filed Wednesday.
Six divorces were granted by Judge Wood
ruff Wednesday and another went over
for further evidence.
The DEGREES were granted in the following
cases:
Eva Armstrong, against Harry A. Arm
strong, cruel and inhuman treatment. They
were married January Z. 1906.
Lucille Z. Egholm against stephan NJ.
Egholm, cruel and nhuman treatment.
Married April 10, 1907.
Leon p. Aeck. against Ida Aeck, adultery.
Married June 10, 1901.
Leonard Bettinger, against Bertha Bet
finger, desertion. Married January 10, 1898
COLA Zoo Carter, against Walter c. Carter
drunkenness and cruel and inhuman
treatment. Married March "a, 1880.
Belle Brosius, against M. G. Brosius,
cruel and inhuman treatment.
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