The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1922-01-03
DECEMBER Taxes
SHOULD PRODUCE
!. ABOUT } i s500,000.
County Auditor Rinehart
Looks For Big Collection
Of December Taxes
,OLUMBUS PHYSICIAN
BRINGS SUIT HERE
opinion Given By Judge Blair
In Case In Court, Other
Court House Notes

Collections from December taxes I
This year should amount to approxi.
mately $500,000, County Auditor A. d. ,
Rinehart announced Friday morning
"The returns made on real estate |,
and personal property last year show
that collections from December tax
es should reach the sum of $500. .O0O,"
the county auditor stated
I. County Treasurer Mcdonald an.
rounced today that money is coming
In rapidly for December taxes. This
Is due to the fact that the tax BOOKS
were opened from two to three weeks
earlier this year than in former years.
Residents of city and county have
until January 20 in which to pay their
December taxes.
Physician Files Suit
DIR. j. F.. Baldwin Of Columbus on
Friday filed suit in the Knox county
common pleas court against Henry G.. |
Bishop and Mildred Bishop, executors
of Lucinda f. Bishop, to recover the
Ssum of $3.50 which he alleges is due
MIN for professional services.
The plaintiff states that he per.
formed surgical operation on Lucin-
da F. Bishop and at her death he pre-.
sented his claim of $3.50 to the execu.
I tors. who rejected it, alleging the
Iclaim was not valid. Plaintiff there
fore asks for Judgment in the sum Of
$3.50, with interest from Oct 15, 1919.
Frank o. Levering is the attorney
for the plaintiff.
Demurrer overruIed-
n In the case OF L. H. Southard VS..
the Super-Heating sBoiler & Furnace
CO., Judge Blair has handed down a
written opinion in the Knox county
common pleas court. The demurrer
Of the plaintiff and of the receiver to
the answer and cross-petition of the
defendant. S. S. Davis, is overruled
by the court.
Inventory Filed
George p. Koppert, administrator of
Frank H. Koppert, has filed an in.
ventory and appraisemenu in the
Knox county common pleas court.
showing the following: Personal prop.
erty $421.95, money $1,512.S9, real es.
tate $4,000. Total $7,934.S4
Appointment Made-
w. H. Bell has been appointed ad.
ministrator of Ella M. Cochran by the
probate court of Knox county. Bond
$4,000, with E. Mary Strang, Kate
Cochran and Bessie G. Bell as sure
ties.
Flies Account
Harry w. Rooms, assignee of Aughts
f.. Walker, has filed his first and final
account in the probate corut of Knox
county. 1t shows the sum of $2,625.5(
( received and $2643.75 paid out, leav
4 ing a balance of $1S26 due the as
Z signee.
p Army Discharge
John M8nns, a Knox county soldier
has filed his discharge paper for rec
ord In the office of the county record
or.
Answer 10 Filed
In the case of Bert Norris ct al.
VS.. Thomas ]. Porterfield ct al, al
4 answer has been filed in the common
pleas court of Knox county by How
ard Rine and Charles Dugan. The
defendants state they have no. knowl
edge Of the ownership and sale of the
premises and deny all the other allie
cations. They allege that the defend
ant gave them an extension of time
in which to remove the timber from
the land and proceeded under thes'
terms. They ask that the restraining
order be dissolved and that they p'
allowed to proceed with the remova
OF the timber. Ewalt & Blair arr
the attorneys for the defendants.
Answer 10 Filed
In the damage suit of Homer B
iLevering VS.. Charles Bone ct al, al
.Lanswer has been filed in the Kno'
county common pleas court. The de
PENDANTS. say that the plaintiff is th'
husband of Eva B. Levering, defend
ants daughter. The defendant denie'
that he uttered any false or malicious
stories concerning the plaintiff OF tina
he forbad him to come to his house
to see his (plaintiff's) wife. On thu