Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-19
COURT NOW !.
I. IN SESSION
Judge r. M. Wright of Fort
Dodge Presides at Term
of Court Opening
Today.
NO STATE CASES
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A CASES
No Sensational Cases but
Many Petitions are
Filled.


siding. There are no state cases OF
the docket for trial at this term, an(
the first week will be taken up will
law cases, while tire petit jury has beer
called for April 26.
The term promises to be rather com
mOnplace, with no sensational cases
dOcketed for trial. A number Of peti
tons have been filed recently, among
them that Of Sophia Streb, admins
traitor of the estate Of Simon =. Streb
vs.. Walker d. Hines and the IllipCi;
central railway, asking damages d
$500 . Simon p. Streb, the petition
states, died as 1.-THE result Of injuries
received Aug. 81, 1918, when his ca,
was struck by an engine of the rail.
road near Highview. The p%etitic,1
claims that the whistle was not sound.
ed nor the bell rung to give warning OF
the approaching engine.
Auto Accident Case.
Another case which IN up f>r
trial at this term of court is that OF
Chas. Mason, by his next friend, Harold
Mason, vs.. David Lund and Charles In-
g%ertson. The plaintiff in this case asks
damages Of $500 for injuries alleged to
have been received when his car was
struck by a a driven by Ingertson. Ac-
cOrding to the petition, Mason was driv-
ing east on Bank street while IngertsOn
was going west on that street when
Lund stepped into the middle Of the
street to ''better observe an airplane
which was flying above" In order to
avoid a collision with Lund, the peti-
ton states that IngertsOn turned his
car so that it crashed into the Mason
auto, injuring the driver, Charles Ma
son. In a separate petition, Harold
Mason asks 300 judgment for alleged
damage to the car resulting from the
same accident.
The ID. O. CHASER Tobacco company,
of Dubuque, has filed q petition bring
ing suit, against William O'Neal, J. H.
Seeley and w. N. Merrill for payment
of a bill of goods amounting to $3OS.4O.
The plaintiff claims that the defendants
were in business together but that the
entire stock was sold to Seeley recent
ly without notice to creditors as re-
quired by the bulk sales law. The pc
titiOn further claims that William
|O'Neal has disappeared and abscOnd-
ed" and has left no property whatever,
and asks that judgment against the de-
PENDANTS be granted in the form Of a
lien against the merchandise now in
the hands Of Seeley. On similar
grounds, the Willmers BOrthers Cisas
company of Dubuque has brought suit
for payment of $3.50 said to be due
on a bill of goods.
T.. f. Squirting has brought suit
against the city of StratfOrd for dam.
ages in the sum of 5000 which he
claims is due. him for injuries he re-
received when he stepped into 4 h0'a on
a public street of StratfOrd. The hole
was unguarded, open and v'.lCu.
lights to warn pedestrians, the petit
ion claims and Squirting asserts that
he suffered three broken ribs by til.
fall.
In the case of w. J: Biernatzki VS.. ID.
S. Darnell, the plaintiff asks judgment
in the sum Of $S45 which he claims is
due him as commission for securing a
purchaser of land owned by the defend
ant.
The Sligo Iron company Of st. Louis
Mo-, has filed a petition asking judg.
ment Of $291.49 against J. G. Smith,
the amount said to he due on a bill OF
goods.
NJ. Il. Thompson is being sued by the
Marks Brothers Saddlery company OF
Omaha, Neb., for $14O.5S which the
plaintiff claims is due on a bill Of
goods.
". II. Wilson has filed a petition
charging Harold johnson with renting
a battery belonging to the plaintiff and
later selling it. Wilson asks judgment
Of $3S.2J, the cost of the battery.
A petition filed by Otto Quick asks
judgment against Aaron Rose in the
sum of $500 which the plaintiff claims
il due him as commission for selling
land belonging to the defendant. The
latter has filed a counter petition de.
nying all charges.
A. r. BringOlf vs.. A. NJ. Ryberg is
q case in which the plaintiff asks judg-
ment against the defendant for $33S5.S4,
the amount Of a prOmissOry note with
interest, and $62.73, which he claims
is due him for work done.
Martha Morgan VS.. DeFOrest Morgan,
ct al. asks that title to lots 8 and .
in block IA of Webster City be estab-