Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-11-04
Circuit Court.

week conferred in petition presentee
by attorneys for the Norfolk & West
ern Railway Company to condemn /;
strip of land for site for its pro
posed new station in Charles Town
Early last summer the company's OF
ficia.s gave out the announcement
that handsome new station fc
Charles Town would be built nea
the intersection of the company
tracks with the Charles Town an,
Summit Point road. While plans 70
the new structure were being cons d
cred by contractors 1T was discovered
that the ownership of a strip Of
land, Is feet in width and 900 feet cr
length, parallel with the company:
tracks and instersectns the proposed
site belonged to Mley Brothers, anc
not to the company. Conferences be.
tween the owners and officials Of the
company failed to result in an agree
ment between them as to the value
of the strip. The railroad company
thereupon petit.oned the court to
have the land condemned. Thirteen
citizens of the county were appointed
to assess the value of the land. Five
OF the thirteen selected by draw.n;s
were empowered to act. G. s. Callan,
Geo. w. Moore, Logan B. Shut and
Gerard ID. Moore were those selected
for thepurpose, and they made re-
port forthwith. If Their finding is
not satisfactory to both sides to the
controversial jury viii be formal y
empane,ed to ascertain the value of
the land in question.
Mrs, Sarah A. Talbot, Mrs. Rosa
Buckner, and John w. Locke were
defendants in ali acton instituted b.
the National Citizens Bank, to re-
cover the amount of note made by
Mrs. Talbot, and endorsed by the
other defendants. A judgment for
S1O3l25 with interest until paid, was
rendered against them.
In the case Of Martha Waters vs..
VIM. NJ. Demory, a pea of not guilty
was offered, and the case continued
until the next term of court.
A decree of divorce was granted
VIM. H. Cooper from his wife
Norvi.la Cooper on the ground of
desertion for three years prior to the
institution of the suit.
Upon the petition of Mary J. Ma
gruder, guardian for Anna ]. Magru-
der, ]. S. Bragon:er who appointed a
commissioner to sell the real estate
belonging to the defendant, NJ
Augusta, and Geo. H, Magrude-, and
Alletta E, Wiley, the commissioner to
execute bond in penalty of. $l0,-
600 before assuming the trust.
F. L. Bushong, Guardian, VS.. John
Griggs Flanagan the death of the
infant John Gr.ggs Flanagan, being
suggested, it was ordered that the
fund of S1691.35 in the guardians pos
session be paid to Mrs Bertha D..
Flanagan, the only heir of the de-
ceased infant, and the case be retired
from the docket.
Oberly Jackson. indicted for shoot
ing with intent to kill man at Engles
was tried on Tuesday. Testifying in
his own behalf Jackson said that he
did shoot his revolver twice but did it
to brighten the man. The jl.y found
him guilty as charged and later he will
be sentenced to the penitentiary.
An action for damages instituted by
Thomas H. Jones against the B. & o.
Railroad occup ed the attention of the
court and jury all day Wednesday. On
the 18 day of August. 1912 passen-
ger train on the B. & o. R r killed a
horse and damaged buggy belonging
to the plaintiff at the pulp mill cross
ing, on Potomac strent. Harpers Ferry
The object of the suit is 10 recover
damages sustained.
Judge Woods rendered an interest
! ing decision in the case of Geo. w
Blankinship VS.. Eva Snyder and 9th
ers in which he confirmed in par
the report OF the commiss oner APP
pointed to audit the claims agains
the estate of the late Mrs. Mary s
Shepherd, The case had been pend
ing more than three years. Mrs. Mar
S Shepherd against whose estate j
was sought TO establish claims dice
on February 2, 1910, leaving a will de
vis.ng her estate which included
among other property, farm o
about 100 acres on the east side o
the Shenandoah river, near Myer
ford, TO her son w. F. Shepherd, o
Washington, d. c., and grand
daughter, Eva Snyder, of this county
to share equally. La March, 1910, w
F. Shepher1 inst tu.ed suit in tn
Jefferson Circuit Court to partitio
the real estate if found susceptible @
partltionlng, otherwise to sell it, alleg
ing IN his bill that there were FEY
small debts against his mothers eztat
at that time. Eva Snyder, the othe
devisee under Mrs. Shepherds wi
died after lingering illness in tn
summer OF 1910. Immediately afts
her death, creditors suit was inst
tuted by the Blankinship Commerci
Company to which had been assigne
few small claims. against Mrs SheI
herds estate. the original partitic
suit having been dismissed. tt
claimants were in due course, notifie
to present their claims to COMM
: sioner in chancery. 1t then deyelope
that w F Shepherd held note pu
nOrtinr to have been made nv h