The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-12
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Wednesday, the last day for fling
suits for the November term of the
district court was busy one in the
clerks Office and some unfinished
business was transacted on Armistice
day. The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad is the defendant in
two suits in which damages for tho
aggregate sum of $4,000 is demanded
for alleged injuries in two accidents.
Catherine f. Schenk is plaintiff in
one suit and she asks Judgment
against the railroad company for
$4,000 for permanent injuries she sus-
| tanned in an automobile accident
which occurred at 4 railroad crossing
maintained by the defendant on the
North road at an intersection of the
plank road. Mary A. Kennedy, plain
tiff in the second suit asks the court
for judgment against the railroad for
the sum Of $4,000.
| The plaintiffs in both suits were rid
| ing in an automobile driven by Frank
y. Schenk, Jr., on the evening of June
| 10, 1919 along the plank road. Owing
to the. condition of the railroad cross
ing maintained by the Chicago, Bur
llington and Quincy Railroad company
at an intersection Of the North road
/, tracks and the plank road highway.
| it is alleged that the automobile was
thrown into ditch. The occupants
of the car sustained permanent in
juries as the result of the accident
Three petitions for divorce have
been filed in the clerks office for the
November term in two of which the
husbands are the plaintiffs and in the
third case. the wife plays the lead, al
| leging in her petition that her hus-
band says he has another wife in Mon
| tan;S and "he guesses he'll go back
and i've with her" This plaintiff is
asking court for either an annulment
F! Of her marriage or divorce decree.
Sarah E. Raines is the plaintiff OF
| the husband who alleges to have an
other better half in Montana. She
accuses him of being an habitual
drunkard and says he has been guilty
of cruel and inhuman treatment and
has failed to provide her with food.
Samuel J. Reed wants to be freed
i from matrimonial ties which exist be-
tween him and Mary B. Reed alleging
in his petition that he has been vic
tim of her cruel and inhuman treat
ment to such an extent that he can
not eat in peace nor Sleep in conf
fort" Plaintiff and defendant were
married in 1912.
| c.. A. Mckibben has filed petition
| for divorce against Susan Mckibben
whom he married March %, 1920 Ac-
cording to his statements he has been
true and kind husband but his wife
treated him so cruelty that she could
not sleep in comfort nor eat with
! pleasure"
| The McGraw Hill company has
brought suit against the American
Cement Machine company for the
Fsum of S14S,75, the amount which
plaintiff alleges in petition that de-
Ifendant owes them for an unpaid bill
for some advertising matter which
plaintiff sold defendant in the Goal
Age" magazine.
! Mrs. Ida Jones, heir of The late
Katie L. Dunn has filed suit against
, Henry Myers, executor of an estate
! ct al and asks court to demand of de-
| fendant that he make an accounting
, of the rents which he has collected
for certain piece of property in this
estate in which plaintiff has an in
terest. Mrs. Jones asks that the
property be sold and the proceeds d.
vided properly among the heirs and
she also asks that the rights of a
minor heir George Dunn be protected.
The plaintiff in the suit is the daugh-
ter and heir of the lgce Katie Dunn
| and she is seeking to maintain her
rights and interests in the estate.