Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
LATE RUSH or NEW ACTIONS
COMES WITH LAST DAY
OF PiLlNo.
CASES FOR MOST PART
OF MINOR IMPORTANCE
Denton Brings Suit Against 0reesrs
for Alleged False Arrsst--Fuiflil-
mont Of Contract Sought In Suit
Against Auto Salvage and Elk.
change Company.


petitions on the last day for filing for
the March term. which opens March
10, began Thursday. Up to noon to-
day . number Of new actions. includ-
ing q few for divorce were entered.
Included among them 10 one In
which @. w. Denton 10 plain
ti1 In suit against Will
J. F. and J. r. Flower. in which
he asks judwgment for $1,000 al
legged arrest. r. p. Flower, acting
for himself and his co-defendants,
it is alleged. on Jan. %. swors out
an information in municipal court
charging the plaintiff with larcencN
Denton was charged with taking a
sack of flour worth 50.
The arrest Of Denton was given
publicity from which he suffered. he
alleges. He was given q hearing in
municipal court Jan. -. and was
discharged.
Sues on Contract
Two suits have been fled, one an
action in equity and the other Of
law. by Henry Moler against the
Auto Salvage and Exchange Com
pany. and Fred w. Gates and r. B.
Valentine, In which the plaintiff asks
that judgment be rendered ordering
the fulfillment Of q contract entered
into between the litigants, and in
into between the litigants, in which
judgment is sought on goods deliver
ed by the plaintiff under contract.
The alleged transfer was for the
transfer Of barber and billiard equip
ment owned by the plaintiff, located
in the basement OF the building ut
1918 East Main street. for eighteen
shares in the Mid Seven Oil and Gas
Association, Ltd. He maintains that
he performed his part Of the contract
but that the stock was not delivered.
He further AYERS that the stocks has
no recognized value on the market.
He asks the appointment Of special
commissioner to see that tho stock is
transferred and seeks . writ Of In
junction restraining the defendants
from disposing Of the stock.
Trustee Begins Foreclosure Suit.
Seeking to foreclose ON q trust
deed to collect on . promisory note
for $4,000. A. N. Jones. trustee, and
Frank Lambert have filed suit
against E. L. Monohon. administrator
of the estate Of Mrs. Susan Mooney
Rose. It IL alleged that Mrs. Rose
and her husband, ]. q. Rose, execut-
ed q note. Nov. Is. 1917, payable to
the Bank Of Hereford. Tex. A deal
Of trust to lot ., Of the sast half of
lot s. block Is, Gillespie's addition,
| was given to Jones, as trustee.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Rose have in
the meantime died and the note has
been assigned to Lambert. The
plaintiffs ask that judgment de-
claring the whole Indebtedness. now
$11,435, be declared due and UNI
paid, and payment be secured by tho
trust deed, with the appointment OF
a receiver to take charge of the
mortgaged property. Foreclosure
aslo is asked.
Two Divorce Suits Filed.
Two suits in divorce have been
filed. George Nelson Harrington. Of
Eden township, being the plaintiff in
an action against Mrs. Opal Alberta
Harrington. in which he seeks Gus
tody Of a minor child, Marie Alberta
Harrington. and Mrs. Guy Payne. OF
this city, asking . divorce from
Frank Payne. Mrs. Payne seeks the
custody Of . minor daughter, DLoras
Payne, temporary alfmony In the
sum Of 800, and an allowances Of $50
q month for the child. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrington were married near Col
Inns, March 6, 1913. and Mr.. and Mrs
Payne were married Nov rs, 1913,
at Kirksville, Mo.