The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-11

suits to the OCTOBER term VI tho -
cult court of Hancock county, whlch
conyenes October 10, 1917, and attor-
neys took advantage of the fact, prlng
ling in many new suits, which hereto
fore had not been entered of record,
filing declarations and other papers in
suits previously fled making the days
work for Circuit Clerk Scott, rather
strenuous, but adding to the interest
of the cases which will be tried at
l this term of court.
The following suits were filed:
Common law: Percy B. Penny, ex-
ecutor, ETC., by O'Harra, Wood 4
Walker and Stafford and Graham, vs.
Il. K. Symmonds, in assumpsit, CLAIM
ing damages in the sum of $500.
Werth Jelden, by -Scotield, Helfrich
and Califf VS.. Asa B. Harter and Har-
riet Harter in assumpsit, fixing dam
lagos at $4,000.
Nine suits were filed by Attorneys
HartZell, Cavanaugh and Martin, for
clients against s. B, Byers, each plant
tiff claiming damages in the sum OF
$1,000, for the alleged purchase Of
shares of stock in the Farmers Pack
ing company, said company represent
ed to be engaged in the slaughtering
and killing of livestock and the pack
ing of meat, 1ards, ETC., the plant sit
uated in the city of Which, represent
ed to be worth 100000, with a killing
capacity of fifty beefs daily, it was
claimed that said plant, or portion
thereof, estimated to be worth $4,000
had recently been destroyed by fire,
and that these shares of stock were
being sold for the purpose of repairing
said damages, and also for the further
In, 0f y,lo hot
might have killing capacity of one
Thousand head of beefs, sheep and
hogs daily, the plaintiffs in each case
now claiming that the representation
were false, seek damages.
Those Ming suit against S. p. Byers
were Carl Painter, L. M. Vaughn, Sid
lLowden, Elmer Davis, Frank Hurdle,
iJ. j. Brian, John Lowden, Christopher
Laybourn, Charles Crum.
Noah McCord by his attorneys,
EO'Harras, Wood and Walker, appeals
his suit brought against him by Adj
die Smullen, filing appeal bond in the
sum of S125, with CHARLES Ingraham
as surety, said cause originally having
been brought before Coulson, JUS
tice of the peace, when judgment was
rendered against said McCord for
$41.S5.
Samuel Naylor, as attorney for the
Dime Savings bank a corporation,
brings suit in assumpsit against John
H. McCulloch and Katharine W. Nc
iCulloch, claiming damages of $4,000.
Chancery: The Taber Lumber Co.,
a corporation, by l.. G. Macarthur, files
bill to foreclose lien, against the Elec-
: trio Smelling and Reduction Co., a
corporation ct al. the Hamilton Lum-
! how o NJ ~
the McManus Quarries Co., corpora
,, ton, claiming that in and by con-
tract with said parties, the plaintiff
was to deliver lumber of various sorts
and cement and other building mater
ial to be used in and about the con-
struction of the smelter the same 10
be erected in the city Of Hamilton, and
located on Sc 29-5-S, claiming dam
ages st30.45.
John H. Hungate, by attorneys J. w
Williams and c. W. Warner, files a
, bill for accounting against Jane q.
Morford ct al, said suit being brought
/, on power of attorney executed to
! the plaintiff by the heirs Of David
+, Cochenour, deceased, involving the
sale of PIT. of SW 21-7-5, in La Harpe.
George w Evans Jr., by his attor-
neys, Hartzell, Cavanagh and Martin
,, brings divorce proceedings against his
!, wife, Oria Ola Evans, for desertion,
the bill showing that parties were
married January IS, 1911, and lived to-
gether until August %, 1915. Three
, children are involved in this suit, the
Oldest five years. the youngest. but
nne year of age.
: Common law: Mary Jane Cassell,
by attorneys Hartzell, Cavanagh and
; Martin, files suit against the Chicago,
, Burlington and Quincy railroad COM
, tpany, an Illinois corporation, claim
, ing damages in the sum of $4,000.
Aldo Sommers Drug Co., corpor-
alton, by c. A. James, brings suit
, against. J. h McCulloch and K. w.
t McCulloch, in assumpsit, claiming
. damages of $500
, William and French Moore, part
. ners, by O'Harras, Wood & Walker.
VS.. Wabash Railway Co., on appeal
from justice court, the original suit
having been brought before J. L. Mar
tin, justice of the peace, hearing had
on May %, 1917, when judgment was
rendered in favor Of plaintiffs in the
sum of S76.05. Appeal bond in the
, sum of S152.10 filed and approved.
, City of Nauvoo. municipal corpor-
: alton, by charles A. James, its attor-
ney, VS.. Richard 5. Latta, debt in the
! sum of $1,000.
j. M. Moses, by attorneys Hartzell,
! Cavanagh and Martin, VS. Mary G..
Carr. Case, fixing damages in the sum
| of $4,000
VIM. j. Lemp Brewing Co.. a cor
poration, by Charles A. James, attof-
: ney, VS.. Richard S. Latta Attachment
: in the, sum of 1856 for goods, merchan-
disc, etc.
City of La Harpe VS.. George Carnes.
Appeal from justice court, of James
NJ. Wilson, police magistrate, on June
II, 1871 wherein Frank Watts and
George Carnes were charged with vio-
lating city ordinance concerning
Eliquor, at which trial defendant George
Carnes was fined S25 and costs of
SS.15, Appeal granted upon bond in
the sum of s63.S2 being field and APP
proved.