The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-05-15
MRS. TREMAYNE
GIVEN DIVORCE
AND ALIMONY
BY THE JUDGE
Cases of Minor Public Interest
Occupying Attention of the
District Court This Week.

District Court This Week.
In the case of Nettie G. Tremayns
vs. Ernest c. Tremayne the jury on
Wednesday returned the following YER
dict:
I'VE. the jury. find the defendant.
Ernest c. Tremayne. guilty of having
been extremely and repeatedly cruel
towards the plaintiff, as charged in
and by the plaintiffs complaint, and
we fnd the said defendant not guilty
of having failed to provide for the rea-
sonable support and maintenance o.
the said plaintiff and his children for
the period of one year prior to the be-
ginning of this action
1--WE. the jury. further find the
plaintiff not guilty of having been ex-
tremely and repeatedly cruel toward
the defendant. as charged in and By
the ross-complaint of the defendant.
(Signed) "A. G. PRICE. Foreman"
As the result of the verdict tenn
porary decree of divorce was granted
the plaintiff. Mrs. Tremayne. on yes
terday. and the decree included the or
der that the defendant should pay the
sum of $50 a month alimony for the
support of the wife and children, and
also pay SIS attorneys fees for thss
wife's attorneys. Also that the wife
should be given the care. custody and
control of the children. at least for
the period of six months. which must
elapse under the law before the decree
can be made final.
The case of Grace Houston vs. Mas
-sE
ers. which involved title and interest
in considerable portion of Florence
real estate, including the properties
occupied by the Globe Stores Com
pany. and the Hadley Mercantile Com
pany. was set for trial the first of the
week. but the matters in issue were
compromised between the parties be-
fore the time set for trial. and the
trial of the case was vacated. pend
ing a disposition OF all the matters
involved
Wednesday morning the case tried
was that of Jim Rocchio VS.. Tom Orec-
chic This case grew out of disputes
between plaintiff and defendant as
to the proceeds arising from the oper-
alton of coal mine known as the Tom
Ebdi ntoA w
burg, which was being leased from
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
The plaintiff claimed that he and the
defendant had leased the property. but
that the plaintiff had failed to make
any accounting to the defendant of any
of the proceeds from the output OF
the mire The defense of the de-
fendant was that there was no CON
trac arrangement between the parties
and that Mr.. Rocchio was simply
working as an employe of Mr. Gree
chic. as a day laborer. at wages.
and thattheieasewasmade bbbb
| and that the lease was made by Mr.
Orecchio. or between him and the Col
o-ado Fuel and Iron Company. Al the
time the case was called for trial yes
terday morning J. P. Thomas. Jr-. at
torney for the defendant. announced
that settlement had been effected
between the parties. and the case was
thereupon dismissed.
This morning the case of Grace A.
Thornton VS. Eunice Shelley was be-
gun This is a court case. involving
the right OF the use of a certain irri-
cation ditch for irrigation purposes. in
connection with property on West
Second street. in the town os Florence.
Some time in the month of May last
year. the defendant is alleged to have
filed up a ditch crossing a portion OF
her property. but used for the irriga-
tion of the lot adjoining hers. and it is
charged that the ditch was several
times filed up and cleaned out. and
| that the narties were not able TO come
to any agreement as to the use of the
ditch. Shortly after that time the
plaintiff brought suit and secured a
temporary injunction restraining the
defendant from further Interfering
with the use of the ditch until the case
could be tried on its merits. The
matter is now being tried on the mer-
its. Most of today will probably be
consumed in submitting the testimony
to the court Messrs. Jetrey & Stine-
meyer for the plaintiff. and ID. A. Hes
sick of Florence for the defendant.
The matter set for Friday morning
is the case of W. II. Smith of the
Canon Land and Cattle Company.
against Henry II. Tomkins. cattle
owner of Custer county. This case
has been on the docket for some time.
and involves certain pasturage and
fence right and boundaries between
the parties on lands located in the
southeastern corner of Fremont county
In the vicinity Of the Hill pasture
lands. This case will also be tried
to the court without jury. 1t being
an equity case. The plaintiff is rep
| resepted nv lanes T. Locke. and the