The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-20
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

The jury in the case OF Mobley VS.
Bland, in which both the plaintiff and
the defendant claim the ownership OF
the wagon and harness was decided
yesterday. The jury was given the
case at 11:15 and returned the follow.
| ing verdict after being out four hours,
1--WE, the jury find that the plaintiff
is the owner and is entitled to the
possession Of the property" ]. ).
Champion, foreman.
After the return of the Jury in the
above case Judge Willcockson ad-
journed court until Monday, Jan. II,
at 1880 p. m.
The divorce case of Catherine
Richie VS.. George Ritchie has been
filed with County Clerk Corlett. Cath
crime Richie, the plaintiff, alleges
that she was married under her maid.
en- name, Catherine Ternald,to George
Richie in iMahaska county ON Feb.
n, 1907, and since that date the de-
PENDANT has been guilty of cruel and
irlhuman treatment and has further
been guilty OF lack of support. She
asks for complete divorce from the
defendant and 100000 alimony to be
paid monthly in installments of SO
each and also to maintain charge OF
the child, Raymond.
An injunction case has peen filed
in the clerks office in which A. ].
Augustine is the, plaintiff and the
;Hawkeye Lumber Co., Ell. Valentine,
sheriff of Mahaska county, are the
defendants. The suit is over improve
ments made on the building formerly
occupied by the Palace Theater dur
ing the ownership of that theater by
Hanna & Mccormick.
The damage case of Jas. A. Brown
v. the City of Oskaloosa, in which
James Brown is the plaintiff and the
city is the defendant, which was
started yesterday, continues today.
The case is damage suit relative to
the septic tank near the residence of
the plaintiff. Opening statements by
the counsel for the plairtiff and the
defense were made yesterday by c. C.
Orvis for the plaintiff and j. A Dew
lit for the defense. The attorneys for
the plaintiff are Williams & Orvis,
and S. " Reynolds. For the defense,
H. w. Gleason and Burrell &; Dewitt.
Owing to a shortage in jurors both
sides agreed to try the case with elev-
en- jurors instead of the regular num-
Der. The following jurors were en-
paneled at $50 yesterday to try the
case: F. R. Barnes, j. J. Champion,
J. H. Harkins, R. L. Muhm M. H. Pick
en-, Duncan Reed, Howard Reinar, 4.
D. Robertson, l.. A. Trotter, H. d.
Whitsel, Jr., and G. w. Williams. The
witnesses to be examined are, for the
plaintiff, Geo. White, Jim Meyer, Mrs.
w. H. Bovee, Carrie J. Fuqua, A. j.
Hunter, ]. C. Barringer, w. H. Bo-
wee, Mrs. G. NJ. Fuqua, G. NJ Fuqua.
for the defense, DR.. b. o. Terrell, J. A.
Magee, A. f. N. Hambleton, John Pugh
and A. J. Augustine.
One new case has been filed with
Clerk Corlett, that being an equity
case of James J. Burrier V. Otto Volk-
man, and the First National Bank of
Schuyler, Neb. The suit is over a
mortgage on a traction engine.
Information has been filed against
Albert Boatman for an excess in the
use of intoxicating liquors. His case
will be tried before Judge X. E.
Willcockson. If found guilty as
charged, he will be confined to the
hospital at Knoxville.
The damage case of Brown VS.. the
City of Oskaloosa still continues to-
day and the attorneys state that the
case will he finished by tonight.
Judge Willcockson excused all the
jurors not on this panel until to-mor-
row at 900 a. m. Almost all the wit
nesses for the plaintiff had been ex-
amined at 10000 O'Clock this morning
and then the witnesser for the de-
fence will be introduced.