CIRCUIT COURT
1909
RECORD WRITTEN BY : TINA EASLEY
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RESEARCHED FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
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Case of Isaac Benton VS. Cotton Belt - Feb 5, 1909 - Front Page
( HIGHLIGHTS)
The case of Isaac Benton against the Cotton Belt railroad occupied the circuit court Feb 4, 1909 and up until noon Feb 5, 1909 . Mr. Benton is a farmer who lives in Hurricane township near Marmaduke and was suing the railroad for filling up and obstructing a ditch which drained a pond on his property , causing the pond to overflow and flood the land surrounding the pond.
Huddleston & Taylor represented the plaintiff and the J.C. Hawthorne represented the Cotton Belt Railroad. A large number of witnesses were questioned as too the amount of property damage . Some of them have known the land for the past twenty - five or thirty years.
The plaintiff states in his complaint that the damage occurred in 1906 , 1907 and 1908 . He states that in 1906 the overflow destroyed 12 acres of corn , in 1906 14 acres of grass . He states the cost of his damages at the sum of $1,762.50 dollars.
The jury found for the plaintiff and fixed his damages at $ 50.00.
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CIRCUIT COURT - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1909
THIS IS THE DAY SET IN CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TRIAL OF ALL CASES IN WHICH THE IRON MOUNTAIN RAILROAD IS DEFENDANT . BUT THE COMPANY HAS PEFORMED THE REMARKABLE FEET OF SETTLING EVERY CASE OUT OF COURT. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DAMAGE SUITS HELD AGAINST THE IRON MOUNTAIN , BUT THEIR CLAIM AGENT AND LOCAL ATTORNEYS GOT BUSY AND COMPROMISED THEM ALL.
TWO CASES AGAINST DAVE FAULKENBERRY - ONE FOR MURDER , ONE FOR CARNAL ABUSE . FAULKENBERRY WAS TRIED AT THE SPRING TERM ON THE MURDER CHARGE AND TE RESULT WAS A HUNG JURY . IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT A COMPROMISE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THE DEFENDANT WILL ACCEPT A LIGHT TERM IN THE PENITENTIARY AND THE CHARGES WILL BE DISMISSED .
THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF PEANUT CASES ON THE DOCKET THAT SCARCELY AMOUNT TO ANYTHING . WHICH TAKE UP ALOT OF TIME OF THE COURT.
MOST OF THIS MORNING WAS DEVOTED TO A HEARING OF THE CASE OF STEPP VS. LIGHT WAS STILL OUT . IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THEY WILL BE UNABLE TO AGREE.
MESSRS . SMITH AND BLACKFORD , ATTORNEYS OF WALNUT RIDGE , FILED AND ARGUED A MOTION TO STRIKE OUT PART OF THE ANSWER IN THE CASE OF MARGARETTE SURL VS. DICK SCOTT A SUIT ON ACCOUNT OF BREACH OF PROMISE .
CASE OF BIGGS VS. THE IRON MOUNTAIN AN AGREED JUDGEMENT OF $75.00 FOR THE PLAINTIFF
MOTION TO DISMISS WAS FILED BY DEFENDANT IN THE CASE OF GRACE WATSON VS. THE IRON MOUNTAIN . THIS SUIT FOR $25,000 DAMAGES ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND OF PLAINTIFF . THE COURT OVER RULED THE MOTION AND THE CASE WAS CONTINUED FOR THE TERM.
PARAGOULD LUMBER VS. CHAS LYTLE IN WHICH THE COMPANY SEEKS TO REGAIN A WAGON IN THE HANDS OF LYTLE . LYTLE CLAIMS HE TRADED THE WAGON WITH THE UNDERSTANDING HE WAS TO FIND A PURCHASER FOR IT . THE JURY FOUND FOR THE DEFENDANT.
STATE VS. ED GRADY CHARGED WITH SELLING LIQUOR , A PLEA OF GUILTY WAS ENTERED AND THE COURT ASSESSED A FINE OF $50.00.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MARY JUSTICE VS. MRS. MARIE JUSTICE , A SUIT FOR AMOUNT DUE FOR SERVICES AS TEACHER AND IN DOING HOUSE WORK , RUNNING OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS . MISS JUSTICE CLAIMS THAT SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY HER FORMER STEPMOTHER TO TEACH THE PRIMARY CLASS , AND DO CERTAIN HOUSE WORK , AND THAT SHE HAS RECEIVED NO COMPENSATION FOR HER SERVICES. MRS. JUSTICE CLAIMS THAT SHE SECURED A DIVORCE FROM THE FATHER OF MISS JUSTICE HIS TWO DAUGHTERS , MISSES MARY AND SHIRLEY HAD BEEN BOARDING AT DIFFERENT PLACES AND VERY MUCH DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR MODE OF LIVING AND AS A KINDNESS TOOK MISS MARY INTO HER HOME AS A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY , PAYING ALL HER EXPENSES , GIVING HER TRIPS EACH SUMMER AND THAT SHE OWES NOTHING ON ACCOUNT OF ANY SERVICES RENDERED. THE SUIT IS BROUGHT FOR $1,400 AND WILL PROBALLY OCCUPY THE ATTENTION OF THE COURT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
STEPP VS. LIGHT RETURNED VERDICT FOR THE DEFENDANT FOR $114.00
CITY OF PARAGOULD VS. J.H. PENNY FAVOR OF THE PLAINTIFF FOR $150.00
JOHN A. OLIVER VS. W.A. YANTIS CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT TERM
BERTIG BROS. VS. H.T. BOWMAN , SUIT ON NOTE , JUDGEMENT ENTERED FOR THE PLAINTIFF FOR FULL AMOUNT
HARRISBURG SUPPLY CO. VS. W.D. McGINNIS , JUDGEMENT ENTERED FOR THE PLAINTIFF FOR FULL AMOUNT
W.W. BANDY VS. CAMP WILL BE HEARD MONDAY
LIGHT VS. WARREN OTEY JUDGEMENT ENTERED FOR THE PLAINTIFF FOR FULL AMOUNT
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APRIL 10, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
FINED FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY
FRANK WISEMAN AND MAND BRANNON GOT THEIRS IN ESQ. COLE'S COURT EACH ON THE CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY . THEY PULLED A ROUGH AND TUMBLE SCRAP ON NORTH PRUETT AND EACH WAS ASSESSED A FINE , OF ONE DOLLAR PLUS TRIMMINGS WHEN THEY APPEARED BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
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FRIDAY , SEPT. 17, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
YESTERDAY IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THE JURY IN THE CASE OF STATE VS. HADEN PACE , CHARGED WITH ROBBERY , RETURNED A VERDICT OF GUILTY AS CHARGED AND FIXED THE PUNISHMENT AT ONE YEAR IN THE PENITENTIARY.
THE CASE OF STATE VS. RUBE ALLEN WAS CONTINUED FOR THE TERM.
THE CASE OF G.T. BRECKENRIDGE VS. BEN GOODWIN AND SOUTHERN DRAINAGE COMPANY WAS CONTINUED FOR THE TERM.
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THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - SATURDAY , OCTOBER 30, 1909 - VOL XI
LANDRUM AND HENSON FAMILIES IN COURT
ALL BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY
THE LANDRUM AND HENSON FAMILIES OF MAINSHORE TOWNSHIP HELD THE CENTER OF THE STAGE ESQ. THOMPSON'S COURT YESTERDAY. IF THERE WERE ANY MEMBERS OF THEST TWO HOUSEHOLDS WHO WERE NOT ARRAIGNED IN COURT ON SOME CHARGE IT WAS NOT THE FAULT OF THE OTHER FAMILY.
THE TROUBLE HAD A INNOCENT START BUT IT PROMISES TO COME UNDER THE WIRE WITH A SERIOUS FINISH. W.B. LANDRUM , SON OF JOHN LANDRUM HAS BEEN PAYING COURT TO A DAUGHTER OF TOM HENSON. CUPID SEEMS TO HAVE BADLY HANDLED THE CASE SO FAR AS THE OLD FOLKS WERE CONCERNED. THE HENSON'S OBJECTED TO YOUNG LANDRUM'S ATTENTION TO A MEMBER OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD AND UGLY LANGUAGE PASSED BACKWARD AND FORWARD BETWEEN THE TWO FAMILIES.
THE MALE MEMBERS OF THE FACTIONS MET THE OTHER DAY STARTED INTO SCRAPING OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES . SOME BLOWS WERE PASSED , KNIVES WERE DRAWN AND THINGS LOOKED FOR A TIME LIKE SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO SERIOUSLY GET HURT. BUT FRIENDS INTERVENED AND STOPPED THE HOSTILITIES BEFORE THEY GOT SERIOUS . HOWEVER EACH FAMILY SWORE OUT WARRANTS AGAINST THE OTHER AND YESTERDAY THEY APPEARED ESQ. THOMPSON'T COURT FOR THE PRELIMINARY LEGAL SKIRMISH.
WM. HENSON WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL , COMMITTED UPON THE PERSON OF W.B. LANDRUM. HENSON DEMANDED A TRIAL WHICH WAS SPEEDILY GIVEN HIM WITH THE RESULT THAT HE WAS BOUND OVER TO THE GRAND JURY UNDER A BOND OF $500 WHICH HE GAVE.
SARRY LANDRUM INSTITUTED PROCEEDINGS AGAINST LULA HENSON FOR SLANDER , ALLEGING THAT THE LATTER SAID MANY UGLY AND UNTRUE THINGS ABOUT THE FORMER. THESE ARE OLD WOMAN AND MOTHERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FAMILIES . MRS. HENSON WAIVED EXAMINATION AND GAVE BOND FOR $500 FOR HER APPEARANCE IN CIRCUIT COURT.
JOHN LANDRUM WAS ARRESTED CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL UPON THE PERSON OF TOM HENSON. THESE OLD GENTLEMEN ARE FATHERS IN THE RESPECTIVE FAMILIES. LANDRUM WAIVED EXAMINATION AND GAVE THE $500 FOR HIS APPEARANCE IN CIRCUIT COURT.
W.B. LANDRUM THE YOUNG MAN WHO CAUSED THE TROUBLE BY HIS COURTSHIP , WAS NEXT ARRAIGNED ON A CHARGE OF ASSUALT WITH INTENT TO KILL UPON THE PERSON OF TOM HENSON , THE FATHER OF YOUNG LANDRUM SWEETHEART . HE , TOO WAIVED EXAMINATION AND GAVE BOND FOR $500 FOR HIS APPEARANCE IN CIRCUIT COURT.
THIS WOUND UP THE MATINEE IN ESQ. THOMPSON'S COURT . THE BIG SHOW WILL BE HELD WHEN THE GRAND JURY BEGINS ITS INVESTIGATION INTO THE VARIOUS CHARGES.
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