Typed as spelled and written
- Lena Stone Criswell

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Fifty-Third Year - Number 60
Marlin, Texas, Monday, May 18, 1953

IN THE COURTS
FALLS COUNTY COURT
Judge Fred B. Glass

       Probate docket:  August Stitz, deceased; application to probate
will as a muniment of title, by Adolph Stitz.

       Emma Elizabeth Halstead, deceased; application to probate will by J. P. Williams.

       Bolivar L. Falconer, deceased; application for administration by Walter H. Allen; Walter H. Allen appointed administrator of estate, bond set at $50,000; J. H. Collins, Sam Dollahite and Mary T. Crocker appointed appraisers.

       W. E. Johnson, deceased; application for temporary administration by E. H. Johnson; E. H. Johnson appointed temporary administrator, bond set at $20,000; Mary T. Crocker, J. H. Lockett and Sam Dollahite appointed appraisers.

       Maggie Rogan, deceased; application for letters of administration by John C. Green, Sr.

       Thomas D. Wright, a minor; application for letters of guardianship by Wayne Hancock.

       Georgia Oakes Gilbert, deceased; application to probate will by Dr. Wiley O. Jones; will admitted to probate and Dr. Wiley O. Jones appointed independent executor without bond; W. S. Gray, Ed McIntosh and J. A. Lockett appointed appraisers.

       Gene Edward Drosche et al, minors; application for guardianship by Mrs. Edna Droseche; Mrs. Edna Drosche appointed guardian of estate of Gene Edward, Patsy Ann and Cecil R. Drosche, bond fixed at $1,000; Cliff McCoy, Henry Church and Roger Walker appointed appraisers.

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82nd DISTRICT COURT
Judge John C. Patterson

Divorce Suits Filed:

       Juanita Ramos vs. Amelio Ramos.

       Willie Mae Moore vs. James Moore.

       Mae Emma McCown vs. Willie Lee McCowan.

       James Allen Lewis vs. Billy Jeanett Lewis.

       Hugh Wrighter vs. Annie Mae Wrighter.

       Lillie Mae Armstead vs. Sandy Armstead.

       Willie Mae McKelroy vs. L. R. McKelrooy.

       J. H. Woodward Jr. vs. Ruby C. Woodward.

       Frank Rojas vs. Frances B. Rojas.

       Equilla Coe vs. Lonnie Coe.

       Novella Sanders vs. Levemon Sanders.

Divorces Granted:

       Jim Roppolo vs. Lena Roppolo.

       Louis Falco vs. Dorothy Ann Falco.

       D. L. Humphus vs. Bertha Lee Humphus.

       Jack C. Pape vs. Martha M. Pape.

       Mary Jane Grisham vs. O. M. Grisham.

Divorce Dismissed:

       Robert L. Milam vs. Pearl Milam.

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Civil Suits Disposed of:

       Carl F. Webster et ux vs. Edwin Steinke et al, damages and possession of land; dismissed on motion of plaintiff at plaintiff's cost.

       S. H. Barnett et al vs. M. W. Laird, debt; dismissed on motion of plaintiff at plaintiff's cost.

       Grace Buchanan et vir bs. Texas and New Orleans Railroad, trespass to try title; dismissed on motion of plaintiff.

       O. W. Weeks vs. Delta Gulf Drilling Company, damages; removed preceedings to Federal Court.

       Rufus Mills vs. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, damages and compensation; agreed judgment for plaintiff for amount of $2,000.

       Emma Washington et vir vs. Elwood C. Freeman, damages; dismissed on motion of plaintiff at plaintiff's cost.

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New Suits Filed:

       Grace Buchanan et vir vs. Missouri-Pacific, trespass to try title.

       L. R. McAtee, doing business as McAtee Chevrolet Company, vs. Ervin Enders, debt.

       First State Bank of Marlin vs. J. W. Ritchie et al, debt.

       Max Sandler vs. George T. Smith, debt.

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