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Vevay Reveille – 25 Jan 1877 – Page 2, Column 4

LAW REPORT.

Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.

STATE CASES.

Robert Risk—assault and battery; nollied.

James Shaddy, William Branden and Henry Hamilton—assault; continued for process as to Hamilton, nollied as to Shaddy. Plea of guilty as to Branden, and fined $1.

Andrew Martin—assault and battery; fined $5.

Humphrey Abrams—malicious trespass; tried by jury, and acquitted.

Rodolph Oakley—giving liquor to minor; plea of guilty, fined $10.

Robert Risk—assault and battery; plea of guilty, fined $10.

Joseph Clevinger—attempt to provoke an assault, two cases; plea of guilty, fined $1 in each.

CIVIL DOCKET.

Thomas Jager, jr., vs. Hannah Jager, Adm’r, &c.—on account; judgment in favor of defendant.

Missouri A. Cooper vs. Eliza Cooper et als—dismissed, judgment against plaintiff at costs.

Ulysses P. Schenck vs. William H. Dunning et als—on note; now on trial.

Susan Edgin ex rel vs. Carrie Stephenson et als—partition; judgment against plaintiff for costs.

Elizabeth Wood vs. John Thomas et als—on note; judgment against plaintiff for costs.

Jonathan M. Froman vs. Margaret Sturgeon—on note; judgment for $121.

John Howard, Adm’r, vs. Rachel Whitehead—Foreclosure; judgment.

Polly McCreary et als vs. Woodford C. Dehart—to recover real estate; dismissed by plaintiffs, judgment against them for costs.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. James Torrance—on note; judgment by default.

State on relation of John Gill, Auditor of Switzerland county, vs. Samuel T. Campbell—dismissed by plaintiff, judgment against plaintiff for costs.

Polly McCreary, Guardian of Daniel McCreary, vs. Louis Land, surviving partner of the firm McCreary & Land—on note; judgment for $83.

Polly McCreary vs. same—on note; judgment for $75.55.

Elizabeth McCreary vs. same—on note; judgment for $83.45.

William Wiles vs. Perry J. Dunn, Adm’r of Oliver McCreary, dec’d, et als—foreclosure; decree of foreclosure.

Alfred Keeney vs. Thomas H. Sutton—civil action; dismissed at plaintiff’s costs.

Charles H. Waters vs. Edward C. Heady, Assignee of John E. Williams—claim on account; dismissed at plaintiff’s costs.

Charles F. Green vs. Edward C. Heady, Assignee of John E. Williams—claim on account for $21; judgment for $17.50.

William Spear vs. Nathaniel Fisk—on note; judgment for $543.06.

Silas Howe et als vs. William Vauters; dismissed at defendant’s costs.

Phillip J. Herron vs. John B. Hastings—slander; dismissed at plaintiff’s costs.

Polly McCreary vs. William Wiles—on note; default and judgment for $94.09.

Polly McCreary, Guardian, &c., vs. William Wiles—on note; judgment for $626.81.

Perry J. Dunn, Adm’r, &c., vs. Lewis Land, the surviving partner of the firm of McCreary & Land—to require inventory to be filed; judgment upon demurrer.

William C. Robinson vs. Hester J. McCreary et als—foreclosure; decree of foreclosure.

James H. Nighbert vs. John W. Manford—on note; judgment by default for $2,192.94.