The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-09-25
in THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

suit has been nled Win the clerk Oh
the district court for hearing at the
October term by Eta Brown, in
husband, Charles Brown. The petit
ton alleges that the parties we're mar
ried at Decatur, Iowa, on Oct. 6,
1901. The alleged grounds for d.
vorce are cruel and inhuman treat
ment and adultery. The plaintiff
asks for custody of two minor chill
dren and alimony in addition to free
dom from the bonds of matrimony.
Sam J. Borum has filed suit against
Art Fritch and H. j. Fritch asking for
an accounting. The petition of the
plaintiff alleges that the plaintiff and
defendants entered into partner
ship in April, 1911, operating pool
and billiard hall under the name of
Fritch Bros. & Co., with the plaintiff,
S. j. Borum, as manager 1t is fur
ther alleged that the defendants sold
the business in December. 1911, and
no settlement has ever been made.
The petition asks that the partner
ship be dissolved an accounting
made, and the amount due plaintiff be
ordered paid, including salary as man.
ager. " f'
Dodd & Struthers, manufacturers,
of Des Moines, have brought suit
against Hensyel & Sayles to recover
an account alleged to be due for mer.
chandise ordered by defendants and
delivered to them by plaintiffs, Judg-
ment is asked for 5000 and costs.
| Fletcher Norris has filed suit
against Leslie Rowland for the sum
of $500 alleged to be due him as rent
on farm leased to defendant. 1t
g, is ayerred in the petition that the
farm, known as the Sarah Arnold
farm" was leased to the defendant
by plaintiff in March, 1913, for the
term of one year, payments to be
made at stated intervals. Judgment
is asked for $500 and that a writ or
attachment issue for the enforcement
of the landlords lien. t..
With the final day on which cases
may be filed for hearing at the Octo
Der term of the district court, but -four
days away, new petitions are coming
in to the office of the county clerk
with increasing rapidly. Nine new
cases were filed Saturday and the last
four days of filing will undoubtedly
find many more on the docket.
Minnie Dean has brought suit
against her husband, Charles Dean
for divorce, equitable alimony and
the custody of their minor child. The
plaintiff AYERS that she was married
to the defendant at Oskaloosa on
Sept. "a, 1897. The grounds for di
vorce are the alleged acts of adultery
land inhuman treatment, OF which the
defendant is accused in the petition.
Suit has been filed by Ben Mccoy
in which he seeks to have /, III. Nc
Cracker and wife, Emma McCracken
permanently restrained from moving
the fence between their property and
that of the plaintiff, and to have the
boundary line between the two pro
fperties permanently established along
the line of the fence now separating
the lots. The petition alleges that
the parties own adjoining properties
and that. the fence between them has
been recognized by all concerned as
the true boundary line for the pas
twenty years. Now. so the plaintiff
says, the defendant threatens to move
the fence over and claim part of the
land formerly occupied by the plain
tiff. The court has granted tenn
porary injunction as prayed and sucf
will stand until final hearing on the
permanent injunction.
G. ID. johnson and G. G. Johnson
have each filed suit against the Inter
state Vaccine Co., OF Kansas City
for damages alleged to have been sus
tanned by them as a result of the
death OF several hogs from blood poi
soning which resulted from the con
Illumination of hog cholera serum pur
chased from the defendant company
by the plaintiffs. so they aver J. G.
johnson alleges in his petition that he
lost twenty-five hogs in such manner
and asks Judgment for $3.50 and costs
while C. G. Johnson AYERS that he
has lost fourteen hogs and he asks
Judgment for 5000 and costs.
j j. B. Morton has brought sui
against Matthias and Eva NJ. Stone
hooker In which he asks for specific
performance OF contract alleged Il
have been entered into between hin
and the defendants. He states In his
petition that the alleged contract was
made on June IA. 1912, and that &C
cordine to its terms he was TO give
cash, a note and property 10 return