The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-03-26

alleges that c.. Nelson Foster owes
Judgment in that sum and also ask
that writ of attachment issue to en-
force their lien.
The Mccall estate has sued J. n. Fox
for $133.75 on promissory note.
Henry Wander Pol claims that c.
C. Palmer owes him $725.50 on ac-
count of live stock purchased at
public sale held by the plaintiff and
he requests judgment in that amount.
The New Sharon State. Bank has
brought suit against George McClain
for $3.50 alleged to be due on a
lprCmissory note.
Sanford S. Playle VS.. Isabel Shelley,
ct al, is the name of suit asking
that the title to real estate be quoted.
Walter Stanley and William Rich
mond were each sentenced this morn
ing by Judge Talbot to imprisOn-
ment in the county Jail for period
of one month and fine of 500 for
participating in the destruction of
property on the night of the street
car riot last November. Both had
previously entered pleas of guilty,
Richmond to the charge Of malicious
injury to chattelS and Stanley to
malicious injury to electric railway
apparatus Several OF the most
prominent business and professional
men in the city voluntarily came in
to court before judgment was pro-
nounced and recommended leniency
! toward the young men. Judge Tai
! bolt also called on several other men
| who happened to be in the court
room and all spoke in highest terms
| of the excellent character and rGpu-
tatiOn for integrity that the. defend
ants possessed. Judge Talbot said
J in pronOuncing sentence that lie was
, giving consideration to the state
ments and requests Of these men and
was therefore treating the defend.
ants leniently. The maximum pen
atty for the crimes of which the de-
! PENDANTS were accused is five years
in the penitentiary.
District court was convened by
Judge Talbot yesterday morning at
nine o'clock after adjournment from
! last week. No more jury cases are
! to be bead at this term of court and
: the remainder of the time from now
| on until the April term COnvencs will
! be devoted to hearing equity and
probate causes.
The case of Ben Mccoy VS.. Emma
McCraCken ct al, an injunction suit,
was taken up yesterday and is being
heard in court to-day. The plaintiff
in this cause asks that the defend
ants be restrained from fencing or
in any manner interfering with a
certain strip of land that lies on the
boundary between the residence prop
critics of the parties to the suit. The
strip Of land in controversy Is be-
tween and 3 feet wide and the pur-
pose of the suit is to quiet the title
to it. The plaintiff claims hat title
is vested in him through possession
| for a longer period than ten years,
the time in which the statute OF linn
itations begins to run, while the de-
| PENDANTS claim title through owner
ship.
Default of all defendants was de-
cared yesterday in the case OF Sam.
uel Page ct al vs.. Eliza Page ct al,
suit in equity asking for the parti-
ton of property. Trial was heard
! by the court and a decree granted
establishing shares as set out i'll the
petition and the property was order.
ed sold. c. c. Orvis was appointed
sole referee.
Motions for new trials were heard
and 0verrulled yesterday in the law
causes of Laura White, admrx. VS..
the Cricket Coal Co., l.. K. Adlon,
admr VS.. the M. & St l.. Il. r. Go,
and j. j. Evans VS.. j. L. Black.
| Motions for new trials were sub
mitted and taken under considera.
ton by the court in the cases of w.
| l. Hodges VS.. ]. D.. Hoogendoorn and
/ Il. E. Daily vs.. NJ. M. Rogers.
| A motion to correct the verdict in
the case of l.. K Adlon VS.. the M. &
ST. l.. II. r. Co. was sustained and
the verdict reduced from $500 to
81 $50.
| George Farr yesterday entered a
plea of guilty to the charge of break.
| ing and entering and was fined 500
aud costs. Farr was indicted in
April, 1912, for stealing a couple of
hides from building but had not
been apprehended by the officers UNI
til just recently.
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