The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-09-25

the defendants to perform their part.
The case of Andrew Hedlund vs..
Elizabeth A. Green and twelve other
defendants Is suit at equity to quiet
the title to certain property located
in Mahaska county
Margaret Middleton has filed suit
against Perry Edris asking judgment
for $1,125, interest and costs, for dam
ages alleged to have been sustained.
She AYERS that she rented certain
pasture to the defendant for the sum
mer of 1911 and that, without her
consent or knowledge he cut down
seventy-five trees on said pasture for
the purpose of letting his cattle eat
the leaves and foliage. She further
alleges that during the following fall
or winter he entered upon the land
and sawed the trees into fire wood
with an engine and saw.
q. e. Daily has filed suit against
NJ. M. Rogers for $774.40 alleged to
be due him from defendant as re.
suit of real estate deal transacted
between them. BE-
Bertha Hackley has filed petition
| In equity against her brother, Free
man Hackley, In which she AYERS that
they Jointly own certain land in White
Oak township and that they entered
into joint partnership agreement by
which she was to receive half of the
stock and crops raised on the land.
i She alleges that no settlement has
ever been made and asks for an &C
counting, that the partnership be dis
silved and an equitable settlement
made. .a. ..s. T.
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ceived from the judges of the Sixth
Judicial district list of the dates for
commencement of the terms OF court
in the several counties of the district
for the coming years of 1914 and 1915,
and including the names of the judges
to hold said terms This list is made
out every other year by the three
judges of the district court and en-
braces the terms for the two succeed
ling years. The Sixth Judicial district
comprises five counties and four
terms of court are held in each coun-
Ity during the year. The counties OF
Mahaska, Jasper and Keokuk hold
terms OF court in the months of Feb
Iruary, April, October and December,
while Poweshiek and Washington
counties begin their terms in Janu-
larry, March, September and Novem-
Der The dates for the beginning OF
1.-THE terms of court in Mahaska county
during 1914 aud 1915, with the names
of the judges who will preside, are as
follows;
February 2 Talbot
April 6 .Willcockson
October 5 ,,....,......,.... Silwold
4 December Z .......s........ Talbot
1915
February | 80. 49, :, Willcockson
April s .,......... ........ Silwold
October 4 .e.....-....:.... go. Talbot
ADecember 6 ...,..,., .Willcockson
Judges in the Sixth District are
Hon. Henry Silwold, of Newton, Hon,
X. e. Willcockson of ,Sigourney, and
Hon. John F., Talbot, of Brooklyn.
Mahaska County District Court
vened this afternoon at l o'clock with
Judge Talbot on the bench for the
purpose of finishing up the work oil
the April term and making the dock
ct clean from the beginning of the
October term on October 6. The SEES
sion will probably last but a couple
of days, there being several probate
matters and possibly few law and
equity cases to be disposed of.
A new rule of practice in the Sixth
judicial district has been promulgated
Iby Judge Henry S. Silwold, John r
) Talbot and X. E. Willcockson to be
: come effective in Mahaska county
r with the October term Of the district
: court. The new relates to motions
and demurers and will be known al
Rule No. of the Rules of Practice
1t will be pushed in the October tern
docket.
The order signed by the three
t judges of the district, as received by
. Clerk of the Court J.. l.. Milligan is az
! follows: s.
Rule z.
J The clerk OF of the district cour
in each county shall provide Motion
oocket,' and enter thereon. at onc'
when filed, each motion and demurrer
with the title and the number of thu
cause In which filed said Motion Dock
ct shall be called on the morning o
the second day of each term and eacl
!, morning thereafter during the frs
: week of the term and thereafter dur
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be ordered by the presiding Judge"
"A motion and demurers filed. pre-
: ceeding the day on which the Motion
. Docket is called shall thereupon b.
: submitted unless, for cause shown. |
: lis otherwise ordered by the court"
= Heretofore attorneys. and court ha,
!, a kind of list OF motions outside
: the docket which they desired brough
. up, and this was kept by attorneys o
= court Courts have been annoyei
!. In times past by the looseness of tn,
practice and attorneys themselve
, have been made to feel the inconven
. fence of the old way. The new rul
win meet with general favor on tn
, part of both court and bar but on tn
:. other hand some criticism and ad
verse comment will be heard. The OF
: flee of the clerk of the court is mad
. to bear the labor of maintaining tn
j. new Motion Docket and the recor,
!. Twill always be at the hand of tn
!. court in a form easily accessible.
. The 25th Iowa Reunion.
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