The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-03-03
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

report hearing March Z, 1910, at
In the guardianship Of Johann;
Yer Ploegh, report of sale approved
Deed ordered. sss@
| In tae guardianship OF Jan Paulul
VerPloegh, report of sale approved
Deed ordered.
In the estate of Pierce Ratiiff, dcd.
claim OF Holiness university allowet
and established In sum Of $4,000.
In the will of Isaac Kalbach; will
admitted to probate. John A. ant
Geo. Kalbach appointed executors ant
trustees without bond.
In the estate of John Dodis, dcd.
hnal report approved, administrator
discharged. aa y, .-.. .
In the guardianship of Joseph Me
sarc, guardian authorized to expend
$4,000 for support and schooling Of
wards for one year. ... ...
In the guardianship of Earl wy
more, minor, Henry Reynolds appoint
ed guardian.
Earl Grill pleaded guilty in court
Monday morning to charges found
against him in the indictment by the
grand jury, that Of larceny from a
building in the night time. He was
sentenced by Judge Preston to pay a
fine of 500 and to serve term of six
months in Jail. Bond on appeal was
fixed at $1,000. Grill is the young
man vino was charged with having
broken into the store of Harris
Brothers Company and robbing the
till. The evidence against him was SO
strong that he pleaded guilty and
threw himself upon the mercy Of the
court rather than stand trial.
James Bradford VS.. Unknown De-
feidants ct al. partition. Continued.
In equity case OF the Independent
School District of Leighton, Iowa, VS..
Julia A. Mendenhall, defendant given
ten days to plead. Trial commenced
on plaintiffs application for tempo
rary injunction. Temporary injunc-
ton denied. Plaintiff accepts.
Sewers Mfg. Co. vs.. Strouse Mfg Co.
ct al, motion Of defendants for more
specific statement sustained.
Carl Johnson VS.. Frank w. Golden.
settled. --..
Nancy J. Phillips VS.. Z. s. Windahl.
defendant given until March l to
plead. ~"
Walter Prime ct al vs.. Frank d. Meri
ct al, quiet title; default OF all defend
ants. a'a
E. S. Windahl VS.. James "A. Critch-
low and Martha T, Critchlow De-
PENDANTS given ten days 10 plead.
Jennie 'Cowell VS.. Tom Cowell, dis.
missed by plaintiff. &:S w
Victoria l. Roe VS.. Fred Dress and
D. Bress. cause transferred to law
docket. tssa,. I'D.
Thomas. Long VS.. Taylor Faulkner
ct al, equity, default Of defendants.
B. C. Mognett VS.. Geo. Gable.
Plaintiff given fifteen days to amend
and divide petition into counts.
State VS.. J. F. Grill, C. Yer Ploeg, ap.
pointed to defend. Defendant valves
pleads not guilty.
State VS.. James Duke, charged with
keeping a gambling house. John N.
Mccoy appointed to defend; defendant
valves arraignment, pleads guilty,
valves time and asks that judgment
be now pronounced. Is given SEN
tence at hard labor for 80 days.
State vs.. Finley Henderson; grand
Jury returns no bill. Defendant dis
charged.
State of Iowa VS.. John Richmond,
grand jury returns no bill and defend
ant discharged.
The damage case of John s. Shaw
vs.. Homer Garner was finished Mon.
lay and given to the jury which re-
turned the following verdict: 1--WE, the
Jury find for the plaintiff, and assess
The amount of his recovery at one
and seven dollars and seven
" cents ($1O770.)-T. H. Cariin, Fore
man"
AFTER the disposal OF the ShaWIGar.
Ter case the damage case of James
A. Brown vs.. the City of Oskaloosa
was taken up. The jury was empan-
slled at sis Monday evening, con-
'isting of Fred DeCook, f. Else, Will
lam Funk, F. A. Garrett. Roy Gate
wood, Henry Grace, wv. L. Gwin, r. B.
J. A. Lester, H. G. Moore,
Manley Thomas and M. Todd. The
attorneys for the plaintiff are s. V.
Reynolds and Williams G. Orvis. For
ne defense, H. w. Gleason and James
\. Dewitt.
The case of ]. A. Brown VS.. the |
city is still occupying the attention of |
Judge and jury and bids fair to ex-
end through the week.
In the Estate of Americas Shaw, |
led, final report, approved.
Guardianship of Joe L. Beach, final |
eport and settlement approval.
In guardianship of Clara Johns, |
damned that ward is confined to bed |
nd not properly cared for. John N. |
dcCoy is appointed attorney to inves-
igate and report to the court .g
In Estate of Americas Bowen, John
'owen appointed administrator.
In the Estate of Mary E. Dutton.
cd, final report and distribution ap-