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COURT NOTES

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Claiming there is due him the sum
Of $2,06l.72 for the board, lodging and
care OF the defendant, Charles Slack
has commenced suit against Jesse
Hess in the Knox county common
pleas court.
Tho plaintiff claims the above sum
10 due him for the board, lodging and
care Of the defendant for period
covering a number of weeks.
J. w. Barry of Mt. Gilead and Paul
NJ Ashbaugh of Mt. Vernon are the
attorneys for the plaintiff.
Motion overruled--
A motion for new trial In the case
OF John c. Levering vs.. George A.
Wisner, has been overruled by Judge
Blair In written opinion in the com
mon pleas court
Order Of Sale
Judge Blair of the common pleas
court has handed down written
opinion In the case of George Feren-
baugh VS.. Mary Ferenbaugh in which
the court directs an order of sale.
Answer 10 Filed
In the case of Susan Kunkle vs..
Emerson Kunkle, an answer has been
6led by the defendant in the Knox
county common pleas court, in which
he denies all the allegations in the
plaintiffs petition except the date Of
thoir marriage. Dwight II. Hyatt is
the attorney for the defendant.
Partition Case
Ella Sellers has commenced suit
against Carrie f. McCullouch ct al
In the Knox county common pleas
court In which she asks for the parti.
tion of real estate. The land in ques-
tion is located in Clay township.
r. l.. wilkins and Barton w. Blair
are the attorneys for the plaintiff
In the matter of the contempt of
court proceedings Of Ross M. Hamp-
ehire, q petition in error has been filed
IN the court OF appeals Of Knox coun-
".
The petition alleges that on July 8,
1922, the court of common pleas over
ruled a motion asking that the con
tempt proceedings against Hampshire
be dismissed. The attorneys for
Hampshire allege four grounds for err
ror in the proceedings and conse-
quently file the petition In error in
the appellate court, The attorneys
ask that the order of the common
pleas court be reversed and that the
defendant restored to all things lost
by reason thereof.
Harry l.. May of Steubenville and
Frank o. lowering of Mt. Vernon are
the attorneys for Hampshire,
B. II. Sapp, prosecuting the con
tempt of court charges against Hamp
shire, announced this morning that n
motion would he filed to dismiss the
petition In error in the court Of ap-
peals on the grounds that it was not
q Anal order and could not be ap-
pealed to the higher court.
6heriff Lyle and Attorney Sapp ex
pact to go to Steubenvillo to arrest
Hampshire and bring him back to this
city to answer to the contempt of
this morning that HampslNre's at
totneys would resist arrest by habeas
corpus proceedings,
Case Is Heard
The case of Watson and Bebout vs..
Bebout was heard before Judge Blair
In the Knox county common pleas
court on Saturday morning.
Cancellation OF Note
Ernest Bates has commenced suit
against Harry l.. Ward and Ralph
Ward, doing business under the firm
name OF Ward Brothers, in the Knox
county common pleas court asking
that note be surrendered up and
cancelled. W..
Plaintiff declares that he purchased
Q second hand automobile from the
defendants for the sum OF S36S, BY
agreement the plaintin was to pay
$50 per month. Plaintiff says the de-
feudants represented the car to have
y new battery and to be sound in ev.
cry way. The plaintiff claims that
tho battery was old and that the ma
chine was not in first class condition.
He says the defendants refuse TO re-
pair the car and convey to him bill
Of sale. The plaintiff asks that the