The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26
CIVIL CASES OCClJ-
 PIED COURT FRIDAY
J. A. Mackey Secured Verdict Giving Possession of Land Claimed by :. II. Webb-52 Indictments and
 Grand Jury Report.

the possession of certain land To- cated at Rich Mountain, was tried Thursday afternoon and completed Friday morning when the jury re- turned verdict finding for the plaintiff the land lying west of line running north from a point 2iS feet east of the southwest corner of NEA NEh of Section :, Township 1 South of Range 3i West and parallel to the west line of said section, assessing the damages at Si0 The element of damages arose from the fact that the defendant had had the land in use. Minor Pipkin represented the plaintiil and Judge Wright priekett was attorney for the defendant.
 The case of w. T. Whittenburg vs. C. C. Naught was continued to the next term of court.
 The action of Gaylord Hughes, a minor, by W. D. Hughes, his next friend, brought against the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, was a suit for damages iii the amount of $i025, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plain tiff, and was adjudicated by the con- fession of a Judgment in the amount of Si00. The allegation was that the plaintiff was injured October 1 1916, while passing over board side walk on the cOmpanys property, Iwhen one of the loose boards tripped lup and he was struck over the right eye by two nails in the end of the board. The accident happened near the intersection of Third street and Jansen avenue where Janssen av- cnue crosses a spur track of said railway company.
 In the case of Common School Dis triet No, i2, by J. J. Cotton, w. Nj Foster and J. Nj. Howell, it's direc- tors, against E. L. Mcclure, judgment | by default was rendered in favor of the plaintiff district. The action was brought by the school directors to get possession of certain school property consisting of a stove benches and a building, all of the value of $93, all which, it was al- legged was wrongfully detained by the defendant. The judgment gave possession of the property to the lplaintiff district.
 l When the grand jury made report Thursday evening, 1t was reported that the charges against J l.. Horner and Henry Murphy had been ig- lnored, and when informed by Pros ecuting Attorney A. D. DuLaney that he did not desire to have those defendants further held, they were discharged by Judge Bowling. ]. L Horner had been bound over to the grand jury in the court of L. N Burnett on the charge of embezzle- ment. The defendant, Henry Mur- lphy, is the young man who was bound over in the J. P. court of S. H Smith on the charge of grand lar- Iceny, consisting in taking clothing and other articles from the home of Eugene Harper. The young man since his arrest and examination had been sent to the reform school
 In the case of Anna Gilliland vs Fred Van Wagner, which was ar appeal from the J. P. court of l. | N. Burnett came up for a hearing at this term of court on the demur- Irer to the complaint filed by Minor l Pipkin on behalf of the defendant l Fred VanWagner. The demurrer was sustained by the court and tho cause was dismissed for want oi Jurisdiction. To this order the Iplaintitf's attorney excepted, anC prayed and was granted an appea to the Supreme court. The case ol | A. E. Kelly vs. Fred Van Wagner which involved the same issues as the case of Gilliland vs. Van Wagner was, by agreement of parties, to be determined by the decision of tho Supreme court in the case of Gillil- and vs. VanWagner.
 In the suit of the Bank of Cove vs. R. c. Smith, the court found thai the defendant was due the bank ar aggregate balance of S927 25 on three notes. and the court further found that attachment had been levied or the telephone exchanges in Wickes Cove and Vandervoort and the lines running therefrom, and it was fur ther found that writ of garnish- ment had been issued on H. D. Ladd charging that he was indebted to R z. Smith in the amount of Si0( land that further garnishment haC been issued against Mrs. Henry. op- orator at Wickes, charging that sht was indebted to R. C. Smith in tho lamount of $50. It was therefore lordered by the court that the tele- Iphone exchanges and the lines run ming therefrom be sold by the sheriff to satisfy the judgment, and that tht Iplaintiff recover from the persons garnisheed the amounts due saiC Smith, and that the amounts be ap- piled on the Judgment.
 The jury in the case of Wysl Lumber and Trading Company vs lC. R. Lourie returned a verdict O Si25 in favor of the plaintiff.
 < total of 5 indictments had beer lretWned by the Grand jury up ts | the adjournment of court Thursda, levening.
 Report of the Grand Jury.
 1 To the Honorable ]. T. Bowling, Cir,
 cult Judge:
 i We, your grand jury for the Apri term, 1917, of the Polk Circuit court