The Switzerland County, Indiana, Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 5 Apr 1877 – Page 2, Column 1
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
Hawes Redd vs. Nellie Redd—divorce; default.
Isaac A. Maxwell vs. Louisa Maxwell—divorce; default.
State of Indiana vs. Andrew J. Lambertson—grand larceny; a plea of guilty, sentenced to State prison for two years.
State vs. Andrew S. Lambertson and Andrew Griffith—grand larceny; nollied.
State vs. John Cousins—assault and battery with intent to rape; nollied.
State vs. David Moulton and William Moulton—assault and battery with intent to commit murder; bench warrant issued to Sheriff of Decatur county.
State vs. James Patterson—for public indecency; bench warrant issued to Sheriff of Jefferson county.
State vs. Harvey Grant—disturbing a lawful assembly; plea of guilty, and fined $2.50.
State vs. Cosby H. Lewis—for intoxication; plea of guilty, $2 fine.
Same vs. same—for provoke, plea of guilty, fined $1.
Julius Blach vs. James Stoops and Henry J. Cole—appearance of Cole withdrawn; judgment by default for $350.
William Hall, Executor of Joshua Smithson, deceased, vs. Susan Hotchkiss et al—foreclosure; judgment by default for $1,150.25.
State vs. Wm. Bosaw—on forfeited recognizance; judgment by default for $200.
Columbus Bennet vs. Jas. McBrown et al—foreclosure; judgment by default for $1,715.
Vevay Reveille – 12 Apr 1877 – Page 2, Column 2
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
Louisa Boyd vs. Clinton Boyd—divorce; submitted to Court, judgment for plaintiff.
Sophia Housemier vs. Henrietta Housemier—divorce; dismissed.
State vs. Harvey Dailey—selling to minor; acquitted.
State vs. Perry Andrew—petit larceny; tried by jury, and sentenced to the State Prison for one year.
State vs. Charles W. Humphrey—carrying concealed weapons; plea of guilty, and fined $2.50.
State vs. Charles B. Humphrey—carrying concealed weapons; nollied.
State vs. Harvey Schroeder—provoke; nollied.
State vs. Solon Lee—petit larceny; plea of guilty, and sentenced for 48 hours in county jail, and disfranchised for one year.
State vs. James O. Truit—assault and battery; acquitted.
State vs. James Dyer—assault; nollied.
Samuel Hess, adm’r, &c., vs. Jason G. Gurley—civil action; change of Judge by defendant.
Ann Robertson vs. the Corporation of the Town of Vevay—action for damages; change of Judge by defendant.
Perret Dufour vs. Oliver Dufour—on account; dismissed by plaintiff.
John T. Boulton, Guardian, &c., vs. Julia Blach—on account; change of Judge.
Alice Shuff et al vs. John Ransom—action to set aside a deed; change of Judge by plaintiff.
Jacob W. Thompson vs. Elizabeth Rayl et al—to set aside a deed—judgment for defendants and against plaintiff for costs.
William T. Pate et al vs. Anna Love et al—on note; dismissed by plaintiff, and judgment against plaintiff for costs.
William Lampton vs. William H. Cunningham et al—on contract; judgment against defendant for $317.30. Motion for new trial, submitted and taken under advisement till next term.
Rachel Whitehead vs. Perret Dufour et al—foreclosure; change of Judge by defendant.
John Shillito & Co. vs. Edward C. Heady; assignee, &c.—on account; dismissed by plaintiff at his costs.
Simeon S. Orem vs. William S. Tower, adm’r—claim; judgment for $50.55, and against plaintiff for costs.
Polly McCreary vs. Thomas White—to recover real estate; dismissed at plaintiff’s costs.
Henry J. Cole and Lewis G. Boyd vs. James Stoops—civil action and attachment; judgment for $964.
Philander S. Sage and Henry J. Cole vs. same—for same; judgment for $784.46.
G. J. Thiebaud and J. J. P. Teats vs. same—judgment for $28.75.
U. P. Schenck & Son vs. same—judgment for $66.37.
Grisard & Bro. vs. same—judgment for $15.40.
John Melcher vs. same—judgment for $19.98.
Julius Blach vs. James Stoops and L. G. Boyd—change of venue from the county by plaintiff.
Mary Bennett vs. James Stoops—judgment for $172.95.
Julius Blach vs. same—judgment for $1,905.
Charles O. Thiebaud vs. same—judgment for $24.40.
John F. Doan, adm’r, vs. James B. Morrison and Flora Morrison—civil action; tried by jury, and judgment for defendants.
Charles Disch vs. William Peelman—to recover real estate; dismissed by plaintiff, and judgment against him for costs.
State vs. William Bosaw—on forfeited recognizance; default, judgment for $200.
Charles A. Clarkson and Mary E. Scandret vs. Eliza M. Dufour and Perret Dufour et al—for partition and to quite title; change of Judge by defendant.
Margaret McCallum et al vs. Edward C. Heady et al—to revive judgment; dismissed by plaintiff at their costs.
State vs. Charles McVey and Margaret McVey—on forfeited recognizance; dismissed at defendants’ costs.
Jos. Tague vs. Frederick Kohler—account; change of Judge by defendant.
Edward C. Heady vs. Julius McMakin—on note; dismissed by plaintiff at his costs.
Isaac Stevens et al vs. James Walden—on note; default and judgment for $80.50.
George Hughes et al vs. Ellen Brown et al—foreclosure; judgment for $1,004.22.
Vevay Reveille – 19 Apr 1877 – Page 3, Column 2
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
Z. I. Yonge et al vs. James Stoops—claim under attachment; judgment for $7.15.
Jesse Stoops vs. same—judgment for $411.36.
George Kirth vs. Leonard Griswold—civil action; dismissed by plaintiff.
First National Bank vs. Jonathan McMakin et al—on note; judgment for $801.35.
Same vs. same—on note; judgment against McMakin by default for $283.42.
John Melcher vs. Lacy J. Vanduzen and Conrad S. Vanduzen—foreclosure; judgment for $357.50—decree of foreclosure.
Jackson Waltz vs. Wm. McMakin et al—on note; judgment by default for $374.50.
Callin Brandrett & Co. vs. Edward C. Heady, assignee, &c.—claim; dismissed for want of surety for costs.
Anna Kennedy vs. John I. O’Neal et al—foreclosure; judgment for $1,079.05, and decree of foreclosure.
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co. vs. Indiana A. Humphrey—on note; default and judgment for $56.76.
John W. Morrison vs. Paul Clark et al—foreclosure; judgment for $1,338.37, and decree of foreclosure.
Thos. J. Boyd vs. Lewis G. Boyd—on note; judgment by default for $318.82.
Andrew J. Courtney vs. Christopher Noll—dismissed.
Robert A. Knox vs. Jonathan McMakin et al—foreclosure; default and judgment without relief for $1,794.47, and decree.
F. Finnip vs. George Claproot—on note; dismissed.
Samuel B. Hyde vs. James Stoops—judgment for $21.96.
C. R. Clark vs. same—judgment for $11.65.
P. S. Sage vs. same—judgment for $97.42.
Special Term—Judge J. Y. Allison
Solomon Froman vs. David Culbertson et al—on note; dismissed by plaintiff.
Geo. W. Hathorn vs. Louisia Putman, Administrator—to require party to enter satisfaction to judgment previously rendered; judgment against Defendant.
Rachel Whitehead vs. Perret Dufour et al—finding for defendant.
Charles A. Clarkson et al vs. Eliza M. Dufour et al—Change of Judge.
Agnes Clark vs. Washington Miller—Injunction.