The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18
MANY new CASES ..LfD
Today is the last Day to file New
Cases for the September Term
of the District C0urt.


@. r. r. co. Plaintiffs shipped a
car containing 80 head Of hogs from
Garden Grove to Ottumwa, and when
the car arrived at Ottumwa door
was found open and the car contain
ed only 81 hogs. Plaintiffs ask for
Judgment for the value Of the miss
Ing Is head fn $a;at{f $S31g2 ScGinnia H Amos
McGinnis,. attorneys for defendant.
Oscar T.. Drehman vs.. A. s. Dukes
and Walter Braden. Plaintiff owned
a farm of $50 acres in Appanoose
county, and made contract with the
defendant Braden whereby he was to
sell the land at $40 an acre, and
if he sold the land for more than
$40. Plaintiff alleges that defend
ants found buyer for the farm at
$40 an acre, but represented to the
plaintiff that the best they could Sc
cure for the farm was $35 an acre,
and he finally consented to sell it at
farm was selling at $40 an acre. He
asks for judgment in the sum Of
$2.221.10, which was the amount
defendants sold the farm in excess of
what they represented to plaintiff
they. were receiving for it. C. w.
Hoffman and Ed Fl. Sharp, attorneys
for plaintiff.
plaintiff sues for a commission of
1850 which he claims he earned by
G. and J. A. Woolums. C. w. Hoff-
man and Ed H. Sharp attorneys for
Bertha yirden VS.. Levi virden.
These parties were married at Des
lived together u until Sept. $, 1918.
Plaintiff asks for decree of divorce
on the grounds of cruel and inhuman
treatment and failure to provide for
her and their two children. She asks
for the custody of their two minor
children, 500 as temporary alimony,
and $35 per month as permanent ali
until the youngest becomes sixteen
years of age. G.. w. Hoffman and
Ed H. Sharp, attorneys for plaintiff.
Haw Hardware Co. VS.. The Variety
Store of Murray, Iowa, and Walter
sold defendants amounting to the
sum of s1s7.63; w. S. hedrick, at
Martin Boatnian trustee of VIM.
and Richard Lloyd. Plaintiff was
appointed trustee in the bankruptcy
proceedings, VIM. H. Lloyd schedul-
ed one-half interest in the stock
OF morclanQ1S0 ana DullQluS ana
half the accounts, the other half be-
ing listed as belonging to his minor
son, Richard Lloyd for whom he is
guardian. Plaintiff alleges that as
matter of fact the firm of w. H.
Lloyd & Co.. consisted of no other
person than W. H. Lloyd himslf. and
asks that the real estate. merchand-
ise and accounts be declared the
absolute property of w. H. Lloyd and
that Richard Lloyd be barred and
cut off from having any interest in
the property. Stephen Varga at
torney for plaintiff.
Martin Boatman trustee VS.. Annie
Noble. Plaintiff asks that mort
gage for $4,000 given by w. H.
Lloyd to defendant on real estate in
Decatur be cancelled and set aside
for the reason that at the time the
mortgage was given, May 8, 1919.
w. H. Lloyd was bankrupt and
this mortgage is preference as to
the other creditors. Stephen Varga
attorney for plaintiff.
A. J. Owens vs. Walter Cox. Suit
is on a. promissory note for $240.
McGinnis & McGinnis attorneys for
plaintiff.
:hohn T, Robertson VS.. Charles
Teller. Plaintiff asks for judg-
ment for $500 on account of having
to pav note of defendant which
plaintiff signed as security. G. W..
Hoffman attorney for plaintiff.