Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-10-05
Court House News

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The court house will be closed
Friday, October II in observance
OF Columbus Day, legal holiday.
Members of the grand jury will
be ordered to report for duty
Monday morning, October 8,
when number of cases will be
brought before the jurors for in
veStigation.
Judge J. w. GLlau of the pro-
bate court reports a drop In the
number of applications for mar
riages, with ITO applications hav
ing been filed as compared with
1872 for the nine months period
last year. During September 25
licenses were issued, five less
than in August when 80 were re-
ported.
In the office of the clerk of
courts, Velma Sauvey county
clerk reports Is petitions for di-
vorces were filed during Septem:
ter, which was one less than dur
ing August when IA petitions
were filed. The total number of
civil cases filed in the common
pleas court for this year was 1885
as compared with 1856 for the
nine months period last year.
During September Is new cases
were filed and during August so
new cases were filed.
Auditor E. A. Guth reports 1856
real estate transactions having
been filed in his department dur
ing September a decrease from
August when 189 were recorded.
The total number of transfers
for this year 1,572 drop from
last year when 1911 were re-
ported for the corresponding per
iod.
While in session Monday the
county commissioners awarded
the contract to the Sandusky
Roofing Company, 5andusky, for
repairing the roofs on the laun-
dry room, the boiler room and
porches at the county home. The
work is to cost $5325O which
was the only bid received. The
estimate had been set at S639.00
Mrs. Grace Winters, county re
corder reports an increase in the
number of documents which arc
being recorded including, mort
cages, on real estate, chattel NOR
tageS and other documents.
Total number of certificates of
titles for new and used automo-
bileS reported Dy clerk of courts
Velma Sauvey, filed in the clerks
department for September was
804 of which 1877 represented
new automobiles sold in the coun-
ty during September. Total num-
ber filed during 4lugust was 943
of which 1876 were for new auto
mobiles.
Miss irene Christensen re-
turned to her duties in the office
of the Probate Coui, Monday al
ter two weeks vacationing, part
of which time she spent in Wash
ington, D. c.
The sheriff's department re-
ports seven prisoners in the
county Jail at this time awaiting
action of the grand jury. This
is the largest number of prisoners
in a number of weeks.
New cases filed in the common
pleas court during the week are
as follows: Vernon Ellithorpe
against unknown heirs of Roy
Muggy and others on action to
quiet title: Gertrude Miller
against Richard V. Miller, an ac-
tion for divorce and equitable re-
lief John Subacz against Helen
Subacz, an action Tor divorce and
equitable relief; Jay W. Wood
ward, administrator of the estate.
Rofuth E. Woodward, deceased,
against the Lakeside and Marble
head Railway Co., an action for
money only in which the plaintiff
seeks judgement for $4,000 for
damages alleged to have resulted
from the death of Ruth E. Wood
ward, who was fatally injured in
traffic accident which Occurred
on the Danbury Church road at
the railway crossing, October 2,
1949, when the automobile in
which Mrs. Woodward was riding
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