District Court Docket (1927)

[genealogynut]

Howard Courant
September 8, 1927


Following is the list of cases for trial at the September term of the Elk County District Court, which convenes at Howard, Kansas on Monday, September 19, 1927.  The jury is called for one day later, September 20.

(These are extractions)

Grace Zollars vs. Lawrence Zollars; divorce

Fred H. Jones vs. Fred P. Osborn; promisory note.

Lawrence A. Taylor, et al vs. Bert Raymond Harrison, et al; partition of land.

Mattie Smith vs. R. C. Harner, judgement

Mildred Bell Clark vs. Paul Clark; support

J. T. Brown vs. Toney Georges, et al; quiet title

The Board of County Commissioners vs. E. A. Chaffin, et al; suit on bond.

W. E.  Keefe vs. Alice M. Kill; et al: accounting

F. R. Eckert, et al vs. Board of County Commissioners; injunction

P. Ludvickson vs. David Atkinson; money judgement

State of Kansas vs. Guy Richards and Harley Bateson, violation of liquor law.

State of Kansas vs. Charles Halfhill; forged check

State of Kansas vs. Roy Weaver; violation of liquor law 

(There are several of liquor violations listed)

State of Kansas vs. Ralph E. Dewey; embezzlement

Josie Snair vs. Farmers Co-operative Corporation; suit on note.

W. S. Beaty vs. Griffin Producing Co., et al; judgement

W. R. Lewis and Hazel Lewis vs. E. A. Chaffin, et al; foreclosure

Mary V. Stewart vs. Fred Powers, and Carrie E. Powers, et al; foreclosure.

Amil A. Anderson; et al vs. Dora B. Stockwell, et al; foreclosure.

F. H. Crum vs. J. W. Bauder; attachment.

[Dee Gee]

(There are several of liquor violations listed)
Was there names listed? I probability would not recogonize any of them but would like to see who they were.

[genealogynut]

State of Kansas vs. Lon Furrow; violation of liquor law, for dismissal

State of Kansas vs. Conrad Williams, violation of liquor law.

State of Kansas vs. Sirl McCray; violation of liquor law

State of Kansas vs. Elzy Rowan; violation of liquor law.

State of Kansas vs. Junita Hedge; violation of liquor law.

State of Kansas vs. G. A. Shapland; violation of liquor law.

State of Kansas vs. Pete Falkenrich, George Tucker, and Stewart Welch, violation of liquor law.

State of Kansas vs. S. Handy; violation of liquor law.

[Wilma]

I want everybody to notice that the case against Lon Furrow is listed as "for dismissal".  That doesn't mean he wasn't guilty, just that someone had gotten him off.  Family story.

[Dee Gee]

I'm surprised that were not a lot more due to this being in the prohibition years.  From the stories I have heard there was a lot of bootlegging going on and it continued until Kansas voted to allow alcohol in the late 1940's.  I'm sure there is a lot of family's stories connected with time period.

[genealogynut]

There's something we need to keep in mind........those that were posted, were for that particular time period only.   In browsing thru the old newspapers, whenever the District Court News was printed,  there were always quite a number of violations, money judgements, and foreclosures. (Like one full length column and maybe two).

Unfortunetely, I do not have the entire column(s) of which I had posted.  That was printed out on the same page as some other data that I wanted.  But I went ahead and posted what I had, thinking someone would be interested, in a partial listing.