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THE COURT RECORD.as in! a redactt the prosas in\ M.,II ac-oiIn qucitv to cHcRreffor vs. Harrison Town-! *” 'rnuilThf* citvship.1 histv.0I$1.00 fic a dozenthe citywithouticast- j adnv. !Jennings vs. Durham.astle,. W.oBriscd-Sutherlm Compromise.beenanva-aute, •si ofhave t* atllriM’o.Suthoriin €’oinpivmi*«-*The Register of Januarv 4, conjoined the statement that the celebrated Bns-coe-Sutherlin case was on the eve of compromise satisfactory to all parties.: Theretrial till | Scanlon ; first, th ' the kil i and aeqr1 dant is lt;the case part ofAi The following from the Rockville cor-M.respondence of the Terre UttUte Express,). W.under date of January 23, not only coii-Tha ibrokencooling work wiThe RAoperatedisliipthisting.blft-theWorkbar mill Joe I) Thursdatchinery, the rolleiJ. lt;Coal C. if.herourfirms the report but gives the final re-ji suit of plans then on foot: i °’Bstle, j ‘‘The famous Brisco-Sutberlin case, i CnJ[rela-j which was tried twice here and since at!iday. ! Brazil, has been at last compromised, ***..* r°each party paying their own cost-s, the J”1 *rKutherlins getting the land and the 681 PH *Briscos getting $1,500 in money.”The suit involved a fine Parke countyfarm of over four hundred acres in an* of- [ •excelIent state of cultivation. After| three trials, one at Rockville, one at 1Greicncastlcand one at Brazil, each lasting; ., eau-l . 4 • , , 1 coneidenvpr- 1 two eek?» another trial was set for the ij present, term of court at this place, but , without any better prospect of adjust--ment. At the tidal here in the June; term of conrt, the jury after twenty-four j c}*\* hours of deliberation agreed to disagree, 8ar' in 11 the result of their several ballots being a tie. The evidence1 throughout has been conflicting, and alth ugh eminent counsel has been employed aod every possible effort made to adjust'j ter by legal processes, it v/as all to no e3P°8it0C purpose. The expense of litigation has : J^wship a been enormous, the cost to Parke county ; 1 ' ames alone being one fourth of the amount i ^.’,n f involved—about $15,000. A compromise * 1( ^*Cbetween the litigants was the only thing to be done. Had this compromise been effected sooner; had there been no recourse to law in the first place al! parties concerned (except the lawyers) would have been better off financially.This is one of many such instances where independent fortunes have been squandered in the struggle for settlement in the courts.« ... ... was servecHIcGregor Harrison Towmliip. IThe first Civil case for trial, was Win j C®JP*S ° *\Vf. McGregor vs., Harrison School town- j ^ 1(5 to,'awill be forick »n a car lily rellgrocery, hour, the company was deliv of Cardoiiv e woentikeonedOwemt a i close of tl to the mougliest mime nd d a B;*h-,heried of the tested by ! was votct Dan. Hi;r others dev t An elegan[\ teiK.shin. for nav nlleHo'pH to hor?nf» him for
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Brazil Register
Brazil, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 25, 1883
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