Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-27
MANY NEW ACTIONS FOR FALL
TERM OF DISTRICT COURT
ARE BEGUN.
MRS. LOIS DAVIS SUES
FOR PERSONAL INJURY
Bangor Township Woman Files Peti.
tion Against James e. Liston For
,ooo-Alleses Listens Auto Caused
Horse to Run Away - Other Cases
That Have Been Filed.

Today was the last day of service OF
original notices for cases to be filed for
the September term Of the district
court. Friday is the last day Of filing
and within the last twenty-four hours
five new petitions have been fled They
include on action for damages in an
automobile accident, suit to recover
for damages under an attachment bond
an action to foreclose a mortgage. a
divorce and a suit on merchandise
account.
Sues For 5000.
Mrs. Lois Davis, Of Bangor township
is plaintiff in the automobile suit. She
has filed action against James E. Lis
ton, Of Liberty township, for $4,000
damages for alleged injuries received
when the horse her husband was driv-
ing became frightened at the Liston
automobile, ran away and upset the
buggy. The accident is alleged to
have happened on the hill up Mormon
ridge, west of the Indian bridge, on
July 4. The petition alleges the acct
dent was caused by the careless way
in which Liston drove the car. In the
buggy with Mrs. Davis were her hus-
band and two children. The petition al
leges Mrs. Davis was permanently in
jured on the body, legs and knee.
Davis filed a claim against the coun-
ty, alleging that because of the mar
rowness Of the road, and the bitches on
either side, the county was responsible.
kn1 fct
told them that he stopped his automo-
bile distance of five or six rods away
and before he met the Davis buggy on
the hill.
Wants Damages For Attachment.
J. E. Retz has filed suit against John
C. Ewing. J. r. RoebuclS, and Aaron
Hale for damages of $3.50 claimed to
have been sustained by Retz by reason
of an attachment, secured under bond.
by Ewing. A year or more ago Ewing
sued Ritz for $500 for commission for
selling land. Ewing got out an attach
ment against property owned by Ritz
to secure his claim, and posted bond
for $500.
The petition alleges the jury gave
Retz a verdict and did not allow
Ewings claim. 1t also alleges that be-
cause OF the attachment and the cost
incidental to defending the case Ritz
suffered loss. He now sues to recov-
er under Ewing's bond.
Other Gases.
The Buffalo County Land and. Abb
stract COMPANY has filed a petition
against A. NJ. Jennings, ]. NJ. Trumbull,
Frank I. Olson and J. H. Miller. Suit
is brought on promissory note for
$1,555 alleged to have been given by
Jennings to B. Ferguson. The note
was secured by mortgage on real
estate in Van Cleve. Foreclosure of
the mortgage is sought Trum bull.
because they were subsequent purchas-
ers of the real estate.
Arthur Mulsby. of this city. has
filed petition for divorce from Mrs.
Anna Louise Maulsby, statutory
grounds are alleged. The petition asks
the court to decree that the couples
minor daughters. Wanda Esther, aged Z
and Tnez. aged 4. be awarded into the
custody of their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles E. Whited. parents of
Mrs. ,Maulsby The court is also asked
to decree the children's parents pay SIS
month for their support while they
are in the custody of their grandpar-
ents. but that their mother is not to
have them in her custody. The couple
was married in this city May 8, 1906.
The Cedar Rapids Pump Company
has filed suit against w. C. McCarten.
doing business as the McCarten Plumb
ing Company. for $S25.G0. The claim.
the petition AYERS. is an unpaid balance
of an account for merchandise sold
McCarten