The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
New Court CAGES.

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Plaintiff and defendant were married
and lived together until February 1,
1910. He asks for divorce on the
grounds of adultery " R. Nc
Ginnis, attorney for plaintiff.
| w. A. Ramsey vs.. George Hale ct
al. Action to quiet, title. Varga &
Son, attorneys for plaintiff.
State VS.. Arthur Cresswell. Three
indictments were found against de-
PENDANT for selling liquor at Decatur
City and an injunction is asked re-
straining him from conducting a
nuisance. He gave bonds for his ap-
pearance.
State VS.. Rob Axes Two indict-
ments for selling liquor and bond
given for his appearance.
H. r. Layton VS.. John w. Barrett.
Suit is brought on note for $456.50
w. J. Springer, attorney for plain
tiff.
C. E. Hurst, trustee of Robert Per-
ry Wolverton, bankrupt vs.. Charlotte
Wolverton. Suit is brought to re-
cover $4,000 alleged to thave been
given to defendant by her husband as
gift, plaintiff claiming this money
was paid to her for the purpose of
defrauding the creditors of Wolver-
ton Marion F. Stookey and w. L.
Cooper, attorneys for plaintiff.
c. M. Axes has filed his separate
answer in the case of E. HOush VS..
Keller & Robertson, c. M. Axes ct al,
which was filed few weeks ago, the
contents of the petition being pub
lished at that time. The defendant
Axes denies all the allegations in
plaintiffs petition except those here
after specifically admitted. He ad-
mits that he at one time was the
owner of certain lands involved in
the transaction, and that he has been
engaged in the real estate business
and has on probably three different
occasions acted with Keller & Rob
ertson in making sales and exchanges
of land and AYERS he also acted with
other agents in Leon, Iowa, in max
ing sales and exchanges. He AYERS
he did go to Colorado with Keller &
Pryor at,the request of Housh, that
he had no knowledge of the value of
Colorado lands, which fact was known
to Housh at the time, and that the
defendant paid his own expenses. He
J
or oral contracts entered into by
Housh and Newton Coser, or that he
was party to the contract at the
time it was executed as between
Coser and Keller & Robertson ct al
He specifically denies that there was
any secret contract entered into be-
information and belief AYERS that any
&c int h1yi
Coser, Housh or Keller & Robertson
the full knowledge and consent of
said plaintiff. He denies that any
contracts to which reference was
made by plaintiff was ever in the
possession or under the control of
this defendant, and is unable to state
whether copy of a contract between
Coser, Keller & Robertson and others
is true copy. He AYERS that Housh
at the time the deeds in question were
executed and at the time he decided
the land to Coser, had full and COM
plete knowledge of the entire trans
action and that the deeds to this
defendant were made in blank and
delivered to him in the presence of
Housh. He admits the 100 acre
tract was worth $4,000 and the 90
acre tract $7,1OO, that the name of
C. M. Axes was inserted in the deeds
with the full knowledge and consent
of Housh, and that the deeds from
Coser to the 160 and 80 acre tracts
were delivered to this defendant in
the residence of the plaintiff Housh.
He admits he sold the land in ques-
zion to H. A. Ellis, ]. F. Hagen and
W. ]. Latta. The defendant AYERS
that he acted in good faith through
out the entire transaction; that he
was guilty of no fraud or misrepre-
of any kind or character;
that nothing was concealed from the
plaintiff; that at and prior to the
time the plaintiff made the final trade
Of his lands in Decatur county for
The Coser ranch in Colorado, he had
'ull and complete knowledge Of
Ill the transactions pertaining to said
;rade, and that he made said trade I
With full and complete knowledge I
If all the contract and all the condi- {
ions surrounding the said trade.
Defendant AYERS he paid in cash for 8
he 100 and 80 acre tracts of land i
he sum of $13,500 in cash; that at t
he time the deed was delivered $6,-J s
500 of the purchase price of these t
racts of land was turned over di- &
ectly to HOush by the said Coser.
that the payments made by him for {
aid land were as follows: $500 Ia
O Newton Coser; that there was a a