Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-08
Court House News
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Alexandria Nelson of Silverton. who
has been subject to attacks of wander.
ing from home for the past few years
left her home Tuesday night and walk.
ed to Geer Although when she started
she was out of gear, when she arrived
: at her destination she was in Geer
She was brought to Salem yesterday
evening and committed to the Oregon
state hospital.
Notice of appeal to the circuit court
from the decision of Judge Bushey in
awarding Mrs. George s. Downing,
widow of the late George s. Downing,
the sum of $50 month from the pro-
ceeds of the estate and also setting a
side an exemption homestead was Civ
en- yesterday by the executors of the
estate.
Complaint for the collection of mon
ey alleged to be due on apromissory
note in the sum of $l7694 was filed
yesterday afternoon by G. z. Randall
against Louis and Kate Enners 1t is
alleged that neither the principal nor
the interest on the note has been paid,
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defendants refuse to pay and asks
judgment
An amended complaint in the ease of
Arthur Buehner, ct al, against Elias
Kilcn, ct al, an action for the eollec
ton of four promissory notes of $3,
GOO each, was filed yesterday after
noon. The complaint asks in general
that the mortgage given as security
for the note be reformed so as to indi-
cate just exactly what was intended by
the parties and also to recover iudg-
ment on the notes.
An amended complaint in the case
of May FlatmaR against Arthur Flat !
man, an action for divorce. was filed
yesterday afternoon in which she
states they were married at Lyons,
May 90, 1895. She charges him with
drunkenness and cruel and inhuman
treatment. She saws that once he threw
his lunch pail at her and also drew a
gun and threatened to shoot her and
the whole family.
A marriage license was issued this
morning by the county clerk to Folbert
r. Hook, a farmer of Mt. Angel, and
Viola Humburg, also of Mt. Angel
An order Of final discharge in the
matter of the estate of John A. Graack |
deceased, was granted yesterday by
Judge Bushey as the administrator s
account was fully settled.
A petition for the appointment of a
guardian in the estate of Glenn E. |
Walker, minor child who has no le-
gal guardian, has been made by Myr-
tie Walker. The child is heir to an
undivided one half interest in the
household furniture and piano, %
shares in the Donald Nursery valued
at $780, and an interest in certain |
land valued at $3.50 or a total of $3,- |
275.
Notice of appraisal of the estate of
the late Byron T. Randall is given to
the state treasurer T. Il. Kay i'll a /
document filed with the county clerk.
The property is located in Tillamook,
Yamhill, Jackson, Polk and Marion
counties, and the appraisal is to be
made on March 49,
Declaring that an effort is being
made to displace him by w. 7, and L,
T. Rigdon, of the undertaking firm of
Rigdon and Richardson, r. F. Richard
son, manager, yesterday filed q suit in
the circuit court against w. T. and l..
T. Rigdon asking a restraining order
to prevent them from calling special
meeting Of the directors until the pres
ent differences are settled.
He also asked for an injunction re-
straining the defendants from interfer-
ing with him as manager of the firm.
In his complaint Richardson declares
the Rigdons issued call for special
meeting to elect manager, he also
says that they assert they own 10l
shares, or o majority of the stock,
which would give them power to issue
the call. He states that, instead of own
ing 10l shares, they own only fifty
shares each. He says that of the other
100 shares he owns 9S and AL Richard
son and L. G. Richardson one share
each,
Richardson states that the bylaws
of the firm specify that special meet
ings shall he called on the written re-
quest of one or more of the stoekhold-
ers representing majority of the
stock. He asserts that the purpose of
the meeting was to GUST him and put Il
W. 7. Rigdon in as manager and Lloyd
T. Rigdon as assistant manager, He
declares that after the election of w.
r. Rigdon to the place of manager was
secured, it was planned to increase the
salary.
A stipulation was filed yesterday
also between the parties in the case
that no meeting should be called until
the suit is settled and disposed of,
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