The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22

Gil Bluffs Savings Bank as to wheth.
er they would pay the checks and
were informed the checks would be
paid, but when they were sent for
collection the bank refused to pay
the checks and they were protested
and returned unpaid to the Leon
bank. Judgment is asked for the
amount Of the two checks, the pro-
test fees, interest and costs. Jas.
F. Harvey and v. r. McGinnis, attor-
neys for plaintiff.
j. N. Gates VS.. Susie and j. E.
Wiley. Suit is brought to foreclose
mortgage given to secure three
notes aggregating 81 1000, with inter
est and costs. S. A. Gates, attorney
for plaintiff.
NJ. l.. Cozad VS.. James and Belle
| Miller. Suit is brought on promis-
sorry note for $500 dated June 5,
1913. VIM. Springer and G. w.
Baker, attorneys for plaintiff.
Isaac Joseph VS.. Isaac Toney. Suit
is brought to recover the sum of
$4OO with interest from Dec. II.
| 1868, the plaintiff alleging that his
| father, Eliphet Joseph entered a
tract of land and received from the
government certificate of purchase
for same on April II, 1858. That
in August 1850 he received a patent
for the land and on March II, 1862
he enlisted in CO. A., 18th Vol. and
was killed at jacksonville, Florida
on May IA, 1868, dying intestate
and leaving as his sole heirs his wild
ow and children, one Of the children
being the wife of defendant. That
| the estate of plaintiff father and
| mother was never administered and
at the time of his fathers death de-
fendant took charge O. all of his
papers and property. That his moth
er was uneducated and did not know
that her husband had patent and
title to said land. That defendant
about Dec. II, 1868, sold the land
to George Butcher and took the pro-
cecds for his own use and concealed
the facts from the heirs of said Eli
phet Joseph. A sister and brother Of
plaintiff, Martha Sans and James
Joseph have assigned their interest
in the claim to plaintiff. Marion
Woodard and Sharp & Parrish, at
torneys for plaintiff.
The American Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society VS.. First Baptist Church
of Leon. Iowa. Suit is brought to
foreclose a mortgage on the Leon
church on which it is claimed there
lis due between $S4O and $3.50. 1t
was originally loan of 5000, made
Nov. 20, 1888, and the mortgage was
executed by the trustees, R. E. Dye,
J. P. Hamilton and G.. NJ. Murry,
and provided that in case the church
or corporation ceased to conform to
the doctr' mes and practices of Bap-
lists churches in union with the de-
nomination, or abandoned the house
as place of worship, the mortgage
was to be paid with interest there
on. The plaintiff claims the church
Sdisbanded in 1909-or 1910 and that
the mortgage is due and unpaid.
That the Leon Baptist church is in
no way the successor of the First
Baptist church and has no title to
the property. The plaintiff asks that
they be given title to the property
by the court and in case this is re-
fused that they have judgment for
$500 and interest from Nov. 20, 1863
at s per cent. Marion F. StoOkey,
attorney for plaintiff.
Biddison Coal & Grain Co. vs.. T. A.
Jackson. Suit is brought for a
breach of warranty on 207 bushels
of timothy seed purchased by plain
tiff from defendant at $1.90 per
bushel by sample and was warranted
by defendant to be fully equal to the
sample, and that 1t had never been
wet and was to be good mechantable
seed. Plaintiff claims when the seed
was delivered it was not equal to the
sample and had been wet and heated
in the bin. They paid $393.5l for
the seed which was worthless and
had to pay freight and drayage of
$5692. Plaintiff asks for Judgment
in the sum of $500 with interest and
costs. E. H. Sharp, attorney for
plaintiff.
Eva Rhea US. r. A. and F. 3. Sig
Ter. Suit is brought on a promis-
sorry note for $3.50 dated March 10,
1913 V. r. McGinnis, attorney for
plaintiff
w. T. Ashburn VS.. Noah Green
Suit is brought to establish land
lords lien for 5000 for rent of a
farm to defendant. Amos P. Olsen,