Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-05
CASES HEARD,
CIRCUIT COURT

/ Tuesday was motion day in circuit
! court in Baraboo and Judge c.. A
Fowler of Fond du Lac presided in
the place of Judge E. Ray Stevens OF
Madison, who was not able to he
present. "a d
In the case of G.. W. Norris and 9th
ers against Walter P. Flanders, and
others a title was quieted. This in
wolves the sale of the old Norris
home in Merrimack Ned ]. Norris
appeared in court for the estate. One
of the heirs, D. c. Norris, is clerk OF
court at Brewster, Nebraska. Attor-
ney E. F.. Dithmar represented the
estate. !. r. - I2Ia'
Divorce. Granted t<2rg IS
A divorce was granted in the case
OF, Mrs Rose Alice Reamer againstC
A. Reamer Mrs Reamer7 resides in
Baraboo and Mr.. Reamef is i'll Madi-
son. Z. There Isl but one child "a son,
and he remains with the mother Mrs,
Reaner was given the household
goods and alimony Of $500. per
month Cruel and inhuman treatment
is given as the cause of the action.
Attorney E. F. Dithmar appeared for
Mrs. Reamer.. ~12<A ~
1.-The 8raine Estate Ia
There was an action to quiet, the
title in the case of Lucius Bump
against the estate of Mrs. Martha
(Dollie) tBraine. Mr.. Bump appeared
for the Baptist ~church,to whom the
property was left by the will of the
deceased The petition was granted.
The petition of B. H. Haviland to
discharge a, mortgage was granted
r. ~. Is Legally Dead, 3&&%t@. -
In the3case of Mrs. Mary Bowman
against James Fitzpatrick sale of
property was. ordered. Attorney FIR.
Bentley+stated to the court that one
of the heirs had been gone for more
than. twHnty years and asked that he
be considered legally dead. Another
heir was heard from some years ago
and in Tthe' letter he stated he was
going to South America; since then
the death Of the parents in Woodland
the farm passed to a son and at his
death, he being single, the property
passed to several brothers and sis
ters. The share of the. one legally
dead will be divided and of the other
held for twenty years. A partition sale
has been ordered E. E. Nicholas is
the administrator.
The Binder Estate
Further action will be taken in the
case of Mrs. Kate l. Whitman, Miss
Ada Whitman, and Martha Whitman
against John Binder and others.
When Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Binder died
about year ago they left a farm Of
about 500 acres at the Lower Mar
rows of the Baraboo river formerly
owned by Charles w WaddellJ to a
hospital in case certain provisions
were met. Mr.. Binder left no will but
Mrs. Binder afterward executed one
with the above provision. The money
may or may not go to hospital in
BaraboO. Mrs Whitman and daugh-
tiers have a mortgage against the
farm of about $4,000, the land being
worth about $4,000, Mrs. Binder
provided that the $4,000 be paid
from other funds belonging to the
estate, leaving the farm clear as an
endowment fund for the proposed hos
pital When the case came for the
hearing Attorney Dithmar for the
defendants explained the Madison at
tOrney had made sCme errors in pre-
pairing his papers and for this reason
the matter was continued. The claim
was to be paid later and this will
leave the farm clear as an endowment
fund
Other Cases
A petition for a partition sale was
granted in the case of Fred A. Dock
ham VS.. Frank Dockham.
There was discharge of lis pendens
in the case of Wilbert Boyd against
Joe Plachetka.
A bond was discharged in the case
Of the State Of Wisconsin against
w. e. Lee. ana,
Citizenships
Several citizenships were granted,
as follows:
Henry A. Seawert, North Freedom
Ernest Siefert, Reedsburg
Gottlieb Rohde, North Freedom
Leo Cruso, Troy
William Martin, Westield
Alberts Kueger, Westfeld
Ernest SetZke, Sank City
Paul. Held, Prairie du Sac .
= Friedrich. ,Karg, Greenfield
In one case the applicant had died
and in two cases citizenship was re-
fused. One of the men who applied
knew virtually nothing about the
laws of this country and he was told
to give the subject little thought.
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