Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-26
DEATHS OF JOSEPH
A. AND JOSEPH r. LYNCH
BASIS FOR HUGE CLAIM.
WERE KILLED ON GRADE
CROSSING LAST SEPTEMBER
Suits Are Brought by Charles r.
Lynch. Administrator of Estate
Husband Asks Court to Annul Al
legged Illegal Marriase-other Cases
Filed For January Term.

Claiming damages in the huge sum
I of s35,50o. Charles r. Lynch. admins
! istrator OF the estate OF his brother, Jo-
seph A. Lynch. and nephew, Joseph I.
| Lynch, who We're killed Sept. 4, on Il
| grade crossing OF the Chicago Grea,
fled suits against the railroad COM
pany, and Lyle Woodard, OF Des
Moines, locomotive engineer. The Pc
titions were among the last OF a score
that were filed late Thursday after
noon for the January term.
Killed in Auto Wreck.
/ The Lynches. father and son. We're
I killed in an automobile accident While
/ homes the ear they we're in was struck
/ by south bound freight train pulled
/ by Woodland on q highway crossing
southeast OF Green Mountain.
| Damages of 100000 are asked for the
death OF Charles r. Lyncn. Fifteen
/ thousand FIVE hundred is the amount
sued for in behalf OF Joseph A. Lynch $
estate The petitions are Identical
! The railroad company is charged
I with negligence in several particulars.
! II is alleged the train vas being OPP
/ Grated carelessly; that The crossing was
/ IN a bad state OF repair, and that 8
view OF the track was INSTRUCTED by
weeds the railroad company had al
! lowed to grow.
Wants Marriage Annul!ed.
| An unusual suit that is brought to
annul a marriage that il is alleged IS
illegal because the principals were di-
4 vorced and were barred from marry
| ing by statute has been fled for Ben
I janin c. Weidt against Mrs. Louie NJ.
i Weidt The plaintiff lives in this city.
1 The couple has lived in Cedar Rapids.
! Newton. Council Bluffs and Des
Moines. The petition AYERS they were
married July 8. 1895. Mrs. Weidt then
being Miss Olive belong. Mrs Weidt
/ got a divorce at Marion May 81. 1914.
the petition says. At Minneapolis Oct.
( Il, this year. the divorced pair was re-
1 married. 1t is alleged in the petition
that the laws OF Iowa denied divorced
people the right to marry within a
year, and the laws Of Minnesota pro-
hibit marriage within six months.
/
ton that Mrs. weidt knew the law
against remarriage of divorced per-
sons. but that she induced and per-
suaded her past husband to wed her.
He now wants the marriage annulled.
Other Cases Begun.
Among the other cases filed FOR the
January term is one action for divorce
and several other civil suits:
p. Stonewall Davis, of this city. fled
petition for divorce from mis- wife, Mrs.
Bernice r. Davis. The couple was
married in Topeka. Kan. Feb. Il, 1911.
the petition alleges.
c. H. Eckman. an architect OF this
city, has sued E. H. Keller for ss7. It
is alleged this amount is the balance
due the architect for plans for house
made for Keller.
L. G.. Marsh, owner OF garage and
repair shop, has brought suit against
Robert B. Valentine for sS6.7s. The
petition says the amount is for labor
and material supplied for Valentine.
car and for storage charges.
Mrs. GenneIlar E. Fordham, Of this
city, has sued FOR divorce from VIII
liam ]. F'ordnam, an NJ. & ST. l.. en-
ploye. The plaintiff asks for temporary
alirnony of 800 and $50 month fol-
the support of herself and two children
whose custody she asks the court u
award her. The couple was married
Jan. 20, 1903.
The Marion National Bank, Marion
Ind, has sued the Marshall Oil Com
pany on six promissory notes for {
total Of ss26.06. The notes the petitio;
alleges were given to the HARDWOOD
Barley Manufacturing Company, o
Marion, Ind
The International Harvester Com
pany is the plaintiff in three suits OIL
promissory notes given for agriculture
machinery. The defendants and tn
amount sued for are: Bert Mitchell
$40; ]. i. Griggs and L. Griggs, 1873
r. A. Wardman and Ben Sweet, s271.75
The Fidelity Savings Bank has file
suit against II. a. Johnson and VI. L
Mundy on q promissory note for 1906
DR. II. H. Center. Of this city, Ia
brought suit against Dora 3. Hoi
brook, Of Portland. Ore, for profes
soinal services. The amount of tn
claim is 1910.