The Mena weekly star., 1916-04-20
HATFIELD SCHOOL CASE IS SETTLED
'Tvice Appealed, Now Adjusted by Aareement-Mr. Knight Given a Judgment for S6OO-Appeals
 From J. P. Courts Tried.

that of c. W. Knight ct al vs. Hat F field Special School district, wa. % settled today by agreement under
 which the plaintiffs are to have
 ndament for $500, and the defend
 ami is to pay one-half the costs ol
 fine two appeals and the costs foi
 tbeir own witnesses. All other costs
 are to be paid by the plaintiff. The
 court made an order in conformity - <, tt,,;s agreement Minor piDkir
 and Col Pole McPhetrige repre-
 sented Mir. Knight and Judge J.
 Alley and J. $. Lake appeared for
 fine school district. This case had
 twice been tried in the Circuit court
 and twice appealed to the Supreme
 court being each time reversed and
 remanded for a new trial. The judg-
 ment in the first trial was for $l282.-
 62 in favor of the plaintiff, and the
 nry in the second trial gave the
 plaintiff Judgment for S826.46. The
 issues in the ease were a settlement # on the contract for the erection of
 the cchoo building for the Hatfield
 district.
 As has been the custom during
 the past six years, Judge Bowling
 after calling the civil docket and
 giving attorneys an opportunity to
 file motions and other pleajings, de- < voted the remainder of the first day # of court to the trial and disposal of # cases appealed from the J. P. courts 4 of the county.
 The first civil case tried to the # fury was that of Dr. Frank A, Lee
 against Mir. and Mrs. G. w. Smith,
 which was an appeal from the jus
 tee court of ". NJ. Darwin of T Wickes, and was for the collection
 of payment for professional services
 in the amount of s3l50 The jury
 returned a verdict of 5000 in favor % of the plaintiff. Another case be- q tween the same parties was the \ matter of an attachment secured in # the justice court of w. NJ. Darwin M by Dr. Lee on certain property of
 Mir. and Mrs. Smith. The attach ment was dissolved by the court. # In the case Of w. A. TomlinsOn 8 ys. c. W. Knight. which was all ap- peal from the justice court of H. J. # Radcliffe, the defendant confessed 4 judgment in the amount of Si23.t6. < and it was therefore ordered by the # court that the plaintiff recover from < the defendant the sum of Si23,i6, the costs of the suit. and that eX- z eeution issue on the judgment.
 The case Of W. F. Dickerson ys. 4 Ii. $. Hoover was dismissed on the # payment of the costs by the defend ant This case was brought by At # torneys Mephetrige and Martin on the allegation that the defendant, acting as Justice of the Peace had, m certain case in which the plain tlll herein had been plaintiff, over charged in fees the amount of s255. sad overeharge being in the matter one alfidayit 9 cents. one summons oV cents, administering oath to i3 Witnesses at 10 cents each. Si30, approving one bond 90 cents. The sult was brought to recover not only the Illegal fees but the penalty as lxed by the law, amounting to $50. The defendant confessed judgment iof the reason silat he had made the oVercharges enormously without any illegal intent or without any purpose of extortion.
 The suit of K. P. Lawrence vs. E |. Ayants was an appeal from lne J, ?. court of J. c. Hampton of uap Springs township and was a sult brought to recover the value of d Wild cat scalp. The judgment in lne justice court was in the amount VI D and was in favor of the pplailtlH. The verdict of the jury in fendant.
 m the case of Il. E. Stephenson Ns. A. M. Harrah and Frank Hou- sseef the court directed that the !nuly return a verdict in favor of tue defendants. The case came to q. sle circuit court on an appeal from S'le J. r court of T. K. Moore of pzark township and was brought py lhe plaintiff tc recover S66 al iosed to be due for labor, and augment having been rendered in naNor of plaintiff. The plaintiff ,.a, was not in court at the time Of the S,ial Wi but was represented by Judge i" ~. Martin, the defendants were presented t by Minor Pipkin.
 v Ill the case of Harrison Bedford as, Alex Patton and w. c. vandiver, das ddassnlsilee, the defendants were in Sbsiault It was therefore ordered cS, % the court that the plaintiff re- ttr tpser rom the garnishee and that on ore amount so recovered by applied tah tI ehe Judgment secured at the 0c- eoo souer term of court by the plaintiff Nsall'st the defendant, Alex Patton. s,aI ing case of A. H. Scoggin vs. The Sear soa Publishing Company came be- ror ore ,he court today on the demur- fenieu nleu by Minor Pipkin for the de- rhuant s,,hlst against the amended and bbupsyututed b,. complaint filed Monday t;e W Suage J. I. Alley for the plain mu. mn The court sustained the de- thbafrer tba Ter. to all of the paragraphs in t",a ue editorial complained of exeep. s"o' ulrectinE thaf fhav ha stricken