Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-16
WARNERW|LL RE
GIVEN new TRIAL
Bennett Refuses to Accept
Reduction on Verdict
Sent in By Jury
DORAN TAKES GREER
LAD TO ELDORA
Case Brought Against Boy
in District Court Is
Finally Settled

The motion for a new trial In the
case OF Robert Bennett ct. al. vs. j. l..
warner ct. al, was taken up by the
court Saturday and Judge Anderson
required the plaintiff to elect to take
Judgment of $1,500 on the verdict and
when he refused the court granted the
mollon and there is to be another trial
IN the case. This action was tried two
weeks ago and was one in which the
plaintif. youth of nineteen years,
sought $4,000 from the defendant for
personal injuries which he alleged he
received while working for him in the
fall of 1909. The jury returned yer.
dict in favor of the boy giving him q
judgment of $4,000.
Take Greer Boy Away.
The case of the State Of Iowa ex rel.
VS.. Finess Greer, which has been up
in court more or less for the past few
weeks, came to an end this morning
when at 1880 Deputy Sheriff Charles
e. Doran took the boy to the state In.
dustrial school at Eldora. He was or
dered to be committed there by Judge
Anderson on Saturday; his family pro-
tested the action and took the matter
before Judge Cornell this morning with
the result that the Ottumwa Judge sus.
tanned the decision of his colleague.
The action came to the attention OF the
officials some time ago when the moth
er Of the youth. who Is just nine years
old. applied for widows pension. Il
was found, by the special investigator
at work on the case, that the none,
which she was asking for, was to "a
towards the support of the boy and I'd
purchase for him tobacco, to the use Of
which he had become seriously addict
ed. Testimony given on the stand
Saturday convinced the court that the
step taken was the best thing to be
done for both the family and the child
To Hear Smithhart Case.
The case Of Rosie Smithhart va
Oscar Smithhart has been set for the
first day of next term as the time to
hear all matters at issue between the
parties and in contest. The action en-.
titled, State Of Iowa VS.. Ray Morrison,
has been dismissed as the defendant
has given a bond for the support or his
minor child. The defendants motions
to set aside the defaults have been
granted in the cases of Charles Bass
and A. M. jackson VS.. The Ottumwa
lSdiWo oy " Ll6Al W. luC CttOCS vi W
F. Briggs VS.. G.. O Warren, county
treasurer ct. al; State of Iowa VS.. Nell
lie Mccoy and State Of Iowa ex rel.
John Schafer Sr VS.. John Schafer have
all been dismissed,
Commitment Against Travis.
Tr the case Of the State of Iowa VS..
Richard Travis, in default Of payment
of the fine, the commitment to the
county jail for a term Of one day for
each $3.33H of the fine, has been issued
by the court. In the Ottumwa Maltonic
& Ice Co., vs.. Helen Curran Stultz ct.
al case the demurrer OF G. H. Stultz to
the petition has been sustained and the
plaintiff given until the first day of the
next term to amend. The defendants
motion for more specific statement
has also been sustained. In the estate
of Benjamin Harmon, an order has
been signed directing the distribution
of assets, payment of claims and fling
of final report.