Deafsmith County 
Court and Legal News Articles

An Important Suit
A very important suit was commenced Yesterday in the circuit court of Jackson County in the circuit court of Jackson County by Coburn & Ewing and W. N. Ewing against the Cedar Valley Land and Cattle Company, an English Corporation having a large ranch and herd of cattle in the counties of Randall and Deaf Smith in the state of Texas and George Dixon Fisher, a director of that company, asking an injunction against the defendants in the suit restraining them from interfering with the management of W. N. Ewing or from molesting his possession and control of the business and property of that company, until such time as that company shall refund and pay to Coburn & Ewing stock owned by them in that company to the extent of $75,000, and until that company shall pay to W. N. Ewing his reasonable damages, to the extent of $20,500, for breach of his five years contract as manager of that company. 

The plaintiffs claim that the subscription to the stock of that company was made on the one and only condition that W. N. Ewing was to be the manager for the period of five years, and that under the management of Ewing it has become most profitable and paying and compares favorable with anyone of the numerous cattle companies, and that its stock has appreciated fully 25 per cent.

This is evidently the beginning of a long and expensive litigation between the parties, and which would seem to bid fair to be conducted with all the zeal and ability within the power of the parties to command.  Karnes & Ess of this city, and Waters & Chase of Topeka, appear as attorneys for the plaintiff. [Kansas City Times – 1885-10-07; Transcribed and Contributed by:  Frances Cooley]

Mrs. Bertice Muncy Acquitted

Hereford, Texas, May 26 – The case of the State of Texas vs. Mrs. Bertice Muncy, charged with killing her husband, Jim Muncy, on the morning of June 24, 1913, which has been on trial here for three weeks, was given to the jury last night at 10 o’clock.  On the first ballot this morning the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The killing occurred in Floyd County, but was transferred to Hale County for the first trial, which resulted in a hung jury.  Being unable to get another jury in that county, the case was transferred to Deaf Smith County. [Cleburne Review – 1916-05-27; Transcribed and Contributed by:  Frances Cooley] 

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