The Switzerland County, Indiana Circuit Court report appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 16 Jan 1879 – Page 4, Column 3

LAW REPORT.

Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.

The following cases have been disposed of:

James Kincaid vs. Martha Kincaid—divorce; granted.

State vs. Fredrick Gotamiller—perjury; indictment quashed, and defendant discharged.

State vs. Frank Schmeid—Assault and Battery, two cases; plea of guilty, and fined $2.50 in each case.

State vs. Henry Farer—Assault and Battery; plea of not guilty. Tried by jury, and fined 1 cent and costs.

State vs. Edward Wintizer—Perjury; motion to quash indictment sustained, and defendant discharged.

State vs. Mary Schmeid—perjury; motion to quash indictment sustained, and defendant discharged.

State vs. John B. Hastings—malicious trespass; plea of not guilty.—Acquitted.

Abigail C. Jackson et al vs. Philander S. Sage et al—to enforce vendors lien; judgment for plaintiffs.

Rosina McFadden vs. Mary E. Holmes et al—partition; petition ordered. Henry Myers, Abraham Tinker and Uziel H. Stow, Commissioners.

Ulysses P. Schenck vs. William McMackin et al—foreclosure; judgment for $1,086.59; judgment to bear 10 cent.

Same vs. same—foreclosure; judgment to bear 6 per cent.

Robert L. Goddard et al vs. Edward P. Goddard—Partition; granted.

City of Vevay vs. Henry McMackin and Chub Bright—appeal; dismissed; defendants to pay costs.

Charles A. Robinson vs. Ephraim Williamson—appeal; defendant required to give additional bond of $100.00.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. John and Richard Henry—foreclosure; foreclosure granted.

Henry Pogue et al vs Mary J. Detraz et al—on note; judgment for $165.00.

Allensville, Center Square and Vevay Turnpike Company vs. Charles Humphrey—subscription; judgment for $105.30.

Joseph B. Ramseyer vs. Medney E. Tardy et al—on note; judgment for $235.55.

Silas Q. Howe, surviving partner of the late firm of Wm. T. Pate & Co., vs. Alanson R. Wells—on note; judgment for $244.70.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. William A. Cross—on note; judgment for $113.00.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. James K. Shadday et al—on note; judgment for $177.65.

George Ricketts vs. John H. Miller et al—to recover real estate; judgment for plaintiff for 1 cent damage, and recovery of real estate.

Andrew J. Schenck, Administrator of J. J. P. Teats vs. John Cateline—on note; judgment for $230.75.

Jacob W. Thompson vs. William H. Lamson—on note; judgment for $77.84.

Ulysses P. Schenck vs. Daniel Boyd et al—foreclosure; judgment for $1,732.10.

Several cases have been voluntarily dismissed and continued.

Vevay Reveille – 23 Jan 1879 – Page 4, Column 2

LAW REPORT.

Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.

The following cases have been disposed of:

John J. Bosaw vs. Mary Bosaw—for divorce; not granted.

State vs. Harry Schmeid—perjury; tried by jury, and acquitted.

John W. Dodd vs. Pleasant Township School Trustee—to enforce mechanic’s lien; finding for the plaintiff. (The matter was afterwards fully settled by compromise.)

John W. Reed vs. Geo. W. Tilley—civil action; verdict for plaintiff, $60 and costs.

Younger Picket vs. John H. Miller et al—to recover real estate; judgment for plaintiff.

Day Lester vs. John Lester—petition to be released as surety on Executor’s bond; granted.

The National Bank of Rising Sun vs. Thos. Higham and others—on note; default and judgment for $899.22.

George W. Herbert and others vs. Josiah and Experience Herbert—to quiet title to real estate; judgment for plaintiff—possession given and 1 cent damage assessed against defendant.

Abigail C. Jackson and others vs. Philander S. Sage, Henry J. Cole, Wm. A. Cross, and others—to enforce vendor’s lien; finding for plaintiffs as against defendant Cross, deciding that plaintiffs should have nine-tenths of the property in dispute, and Cross one-tenth.

Charles A. Robinson vs. Ephraim Williamson—appeal from Justice of the Peace, is being tried as we go to press.

The Switzerland County, Indiana, Circuit Court report appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 31 Oct 1878 – Page 4, Column 3

LAW REPORT.

Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.

Thos. J. O’Neal vs. Clymene O’Neal—divorce; refused.

Henry Wells vs. Sarah Wells—divorce; dismissed.

Elzire Bair vs. John Bair—divorce; granted.

State vs. Adolphus E. Merit—carrying concealed weapons; plea of guilty, fined $2.50.

State vs. John Ash, Joseph Ash, Nicholas Ash and Caroline Gooch—malicious trespass; acquitted.

State vs. W. T. Mefford—provoke, assault and battery; fined 1 cent and costs.

State vs. Charles Dufour, David Lepper and Oliver Noble; obstructing process; plea of guilty, fined $10 each.

State of Indiana ex rel William J. Gibbs vs. Jacob R. Harris et al—continued.

State ex rel Ellen Evans vs. George Washington—continued.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. John C. Dunning—dismissed at plaintiff’s costs.

William Lampton vs. William H. Cunningham et al—continued.

Edward C. Heady et al vs. John L. Thiebaud—continued.

Charles L. Summers vs. William H. Cunningham et als—continued.

Henry Housemeier vs. Henry Banta—continued.

Silas B. Pearson and Cassius H. Pearson vs. Francis M. Ricketts and Henry J. Cole—judgment against defendants for $200.

City of Vevay vs. Charles Feckner—judgment against city for costs.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. William T. Dailey—judgment against plaintiff for costs of part of plaintiffs, continued as to Dailey and Thomas Montanye.

Lucinda Lock et al vs. Agnes Taylor et al—continued.

Geo. H. Keeney vs. estate of Marcus D. Munger—claim $25; allowed.

James Huston vs. John H. Daubenheyer Adm’r of E. W. Protsman—dismissed at plaintiff’s cost.

Geo. W. Norris vs. Thomas Gibbons—dismissed at plaintiff’s cost.

John Higham vs. Jerome Warwick—for injunction; granted.

Susanah McClannahan vs. Joseph A. McClannahan—foreclosure of mortgage; judgment $2,436.50.

Jacob R. Harris vs. Charles Markland et al—judgment for $2,265.38.

Joshua D. Griffith, Adm’r of the estate of David Dyer vs. Joseph A. Cole—decree of foreclosure.

U. P. Schenck vs. Fernando Damon et al—judgment for $939.15.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. Charles Markland et al—judgment for plaintiff.

Lucinda Thompson vs. Thomas Thompson—dismissed at plaintiff’s cost.

Abraham Peters vs. Geo. W. Murphy et al—foreclosure and judgment for $675.

Simon Beymer vs. Charles Markland—on note; judgment $1,134.83.

Allensville, Center Square and Vevay Turnpike Company vs. Cornelius Hizer—judgment against Company for costs.

Mary A. Adams vs. Aaron Miller et al—judgment for $991.50.

Perry J. Dunn vs. Dallas McCrary—foreclosure and judgment for plaintiff.

Eliza Cooper vs. James M. Scott, Adm’r of David Scott—claim $60.00; allowed.

William T. Pate et al vs. Silas W. Hickman—judgment for $199.58.

Ulyses P. Schenck vs. Isaac Richards and Enoch Richards—judgment for $240.63.

William Sumner & Co. vs. Maria F. Kern—judgment for $160.55.

Daniel D. Manford vs. David J. Dow et al—judgment for costs.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. Alanson R. Wells et al—dismissed.

Ulyses P. Schenck vs. Isaac N. Cole—judgment for foreclosure.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. Merit H. Roberts—judgment of foreclosure.

Ulyses P. Schenck vs. Daniel S. Boyd and Laura A. Boyd—judgment of foreclosure.

Martha Lindley vs. John Sullivan and Harriet Sullivan—judgment of foreclosure.

Vevay Reveille – 7 Nov 1878 – Page 4, Column 2

LAW REPORT.

Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. John I. O’Neal, et al—on note; default and judgment for $277.53.

Wm. H. H. Turner vs. Phillip J. Huron—petition to be released from bond; granted.

Indiana Humphrey, et al vs. Wm. Lee—replevin; dismissed by plaintiff.

John W. Wright vs. Amie Morerod, et al—foreclosure; judgment for $62.01.

The National Bank of Rising Sun vs. Alamon R. Wells, et al—on note; judgment for $213.49.

Thomas Works vs. Dyrius Stevens—Slander. Tried by jury; verdict for defendant.

Several cases have been continued.

Vevay Reveille – 14 Nov 1878 – Page 4, Column 1

LAW REPORT.

Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.

Richard H. Smith vs. Susan H. Smith, Catharine Baker et al—foreclosure; decree of foreclosure.

Edwin Schmeid vs. J. C. Long, Sheriff—replevin; verdict for plaintiff in part and for defendant in part.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. George W. Murphy—on note; judgment for $144.25.

George W. Keeney vs. Estate of Marcus Munger—claim for $25; judgment for that amount.

Charles F. Putnam vs. Henry A. Downey—civil action; judgment for plaintiff for $100.

Elizabeth Phillips vs. Lewis G. Boyd et al—on note; judgment for $200.

Allensville, Center Square and Vevay Turnpike Co. vs. Thomas J. Turpin—on subscription; judgment for plaintiff for $67.75.

Same Turnpike Co. vs. Solomon Washer—judgment for $69.75.

Same Turnpike Co. vs. Wm. Worstell—judgment for $69.75.

Same Co. vs. Alexander Washer—judgment for $69.83.

Same Co. vs. Elizabeth Houze—judgment for $69.75.

Goodrich Barbour vs. Stephen R. Tinker et al—foreclosure; judgment for $484.

Thos. Jackson vs. Joshua M. Hickman—on note; judgment for $293.35.

Perry Dunn vs. Dallas McCreary—foreclosure; judgment for $676.24.

Elias Cooper vs. James M. Scott—claim; judgment for $60.

Wm. M. Patton vs. Desier Bosaw—appeal; judgment for defendant.

Robert G. Ormsby vs. Joseph Peelman—judgment by agreement for $30.84.

Wm. T. Pate et al vs. Silas W. Hickman—on note; judgment for $199.58.

State ex rel John J. Wells vs. Alanson R. Wells et al—on Administrator’s Bond; judgment for $328.

Wm. Sumner vs. Maria F. Kern—on note; judgment for $160.55.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. Enoch Richards et al—on note; judgment for $456.05.

U. P. Schenck vs. Daniel S. Boyd et al—judgment for $1,554.20.

City of Vevay vs. Lewis Danglade—appeal; fined $1.

Wm. W. Goodner vs. Charles W. Humphrey—on note; judgment for $209.50.

Julius Blach vs. Charles B. Lamson—on note; judgment for $726.80.

Same vs. Rodolph M. Lamson and Charles B. Lamson—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $1,881.07.

Same vs. Wm. H. Lamson and Chas. B. Lamson—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $173.71.

Same vs. Wm. H. Lamson—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $113.

First National Bank of Rising Sun vs. Alanson R. Wells—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $213.49.

U. P. Schenck vs. Daniel S. Boyd—foreclosure; judgment for plaintiff for $1,705.50.

Stephen Searcy and Samuel Fisk vs. Patriot and Barkworks Turnpike Co. Application for Injunction; judgment for defendants. Appeal asked to Supreme Court.

A number of cases have been compromised, dismissed, and continued.

Court adjourned last night.