The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-22
APRIL COURT OPENS
WITH INNOVATION
NOHEAT, CONVENES
IN LAWYERS OFFICE
First Time ! Session Was Ever Held
Here Other Than in the County
Building Only -Four Cases Dis
posed Of.

The laws delay which has been
the bane of mankind for ages, took on
new aspect Monday in the opening
session Of the April term Of Common
Pleas Court. @
The first case on the docket was that
Of the B. & O. Rail<Dad Co. VS.. F. O.
Pl lillips, an action to recover from
plai. tiff the sum of $27l with interest
from, the fall OF 1917, as demurrage on
sssi Of coal. 81. ...-..
About the middle of the forenoon
the court, jtEy and counsel appeared
to be suffering from an attack of ague.
This was soon found not to be the
Gaze, however, investigation disclos-
ing that the furnace Of the building
had broken down and there was no
heat, and not likely to be any fof a
day or'two. or until new flues could
be installed.
The first impulse Of all concerned
OF course, consistent with the past
history of the world with respect to
the law, was to adjourn the court. IA
second thought upon the part of At
torney F, w. Woods changed all this,
and his suggestion that the case be
!, transferred to his office in the Phoen-
TX block was accepted, to which the
court and attaches all repaired, and
the case was resumed.
Il is believed that this is the first
time in the history Of Medina county
that court has been in~session other
than in the county building, and rare
" II ever, except perhaps in case of
fire, IN the, state.
The case under trial came to an end
Tuesday morning, when, after both
sides had rested, Judge John T. Carver
of Sardusky county, who is replacing
IN. III. Mcclure here this week, in
structed the jury to. bring in verdict
for the defendant. J.
The demurrage claimed BY the
plaintiff was. alleged to have accrued
at Chippewa Lake, in connection with
a-cafload of coal consigned to defen-
d; The defense claimed the car
was mot delivered onto the proper sid
IN; for unloading during the alleged
demurTage period and that proper writ
ten notice had not been given defen-
\ dant bysthc plaintiff. The courts de-
cisiofi rested upon the latter claim, Id
the 5aaiils s III sfs I III 4tsss sasss
AT the close Of this case Judge Gaf-
ver resumed court il, the county build
ing long enough dispose Of the fol-
lowing cases: Fred Yost, under IN
dictment fot burglary and larceny;
, Bert Mosier VS.. The State Industrial
Commission; The J. S. Davis Coal Co.
VS.. F. H. Gibbs, ct al, action for
, money only.
Yost, charged with breaking into
Taylor Inn at Lodi and stealing 200
quarts of Whiskey, changed his form
er plea of not guilty to guilty, and
the court sentenced him to an inde-
terminate Imprisonment in the reforma
tory at Mansfield for from one to fif-
teei years! Upon the recommenda-
ticn Of Prosecuting Attorney Seymour
aid because Of the fact that Yost has
a wife apd children in destitute cir
cnmstances, the court suspended the
sentence and admitted Yost to free
dom on probation. He will be re-
leased from Jail as soon as the comit-
tai papers have been filed with the
w;iden of the reformatory and re-
tu...ed to the Medina court. $,,s
The case of Bert Moser VS.. The In
; d, trial Commission was dismissed for
want Of prosecution.
The Davis VS.. Gibbs case was 'settl-
Z ed, costs paid and no record made.
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