Monday, March 4, 2013
Magistrate hears attorneys' arguments, gives time for written briefs
The court case over the relocation of the historic Kent Wells Sherman House to greenspace on North Water Street continued Friday in Portage County Common Pleas Court. Portage Magistrate Kent Graham listened to attorneys for the city of Kent, the non-profit Kent Wells Sherman House Inc. and Save the Standing Rock Garden — the group trying to prevent the relocation — without ruling on the matter. Friday's hearing was held so attorneys could argue their cases over Save the Standing Rock Garden's request for a permanent injuction to halt the relocation of the house to the lot at 247 N. Water St., which is owned by Kent Wells Sherman House Inc. After less than an hour Graham told the attorneys they had until mid March for John Plough, counsel …
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Request for oral hearing in case is denied
A Portage County judge has ruled that the court case over the relocation of a historic Kent house should not be reopened for further oral arguments. Portage County Common Pleas Judge John Enlow issued a ruling in the ongoing court case between two groups, the Kent Wells Sherman House, Inc., and Save the Standing Rock Garden, over the relocation of the Kent Wells Sherman House to the lot at 247 N. Water St. Enlow's ruling was issued in response to an objection to an earlier ruling in the case by Portage County Magistrate Kent Graham. The objection to Graham's ruling had been filed by Kent attorney John Plough on behalf of Save the Standing Rock Garden. Plough had argued in his objection, filed in December, that Graham had erred in his …
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Group files objection to magistrate's ruling
The struggle persists over the relocation of a historic Kent house to a cherished piece of greenspace. Kent attorney John Plough, representing members of the group Save the Standing Rock Garden, who oppose the relocation of the Kent Wells Sherman House to 247 N. Water St., has filed an objection to a magistrate's decision in the court case about the issue. In December Portage County Magistrate Kent Graham denied three injunction requests made by Save the Standing Rock Garden in an effort to stop the relocation of the house to the lot, which has been used — but not owned — for decades by members of neighboring Kent arts group Standing Rock Cultural Arts. Plough had asked the court for injunctions in November against the Kent Wells Sherman …
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Portage magistrate denies request for preliminary injunction to stop relocation of house to North Water Street lot
Today's deadline threatening demolition of the Kent Wells Sherman House if it was not moved from land owned by Kent State University appears flexible after all. News came Friday that a Portage County magistrate had denied a request from a group of Kent residents looking to stop the relocation of the historic house to a vacant lot at 247 N. Water St. The house, which had to be moved for construction of Kent State's Esplanade extension, was temporary relocated to a small parcel of university land at the western end of East College Avenue in August. Both university and city officials said the house had to be moved from that locale by today or it would be demolished so it did not interfere with city plow trucks that use that dead-end portion …
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Final briefs filed by attorneys this week; magistrate's ruling pending
A court decision may be near in the case involving an appeal to stop the relocation of the historic Kent Wells Sherman House. Attorneys for three of the parties in the case, Save the Standing Rock Garden, Kent Wells Sherman House, Inc., and the city of Kent, all filed final briefs in the case Tuesday with Portage County magistrate Kent Graham. Kent attorney John Plough, representing the Standing Rock garden group that's trying to stop the relocation, filed an 11-page brief. The city of Kent filed a 28-page final brief, and the attorney for the Kent Wells Sherman House group filed a four-page final statement. It's unclear when Graham will deliver his order in the case. Stay tuned to Kent Patch for updates to this story. RECENT COVERAGE:
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Portage magistrate closes second, full day of trial
A court decision may be near in the case involving an appeal to stop the relocation of the historic Kent Wells Sherman House. Portage County Magistrate Kent Graham listened to a second, full day of witness testimony Wednesday before making several modifications to a temporary injunction order regarding the relocation of the house to 247 N. Water St. Kent Assistant Law Director Eric Fink said in a telephone interview after the court proceedings concluded Wednesday that Graham had ordered the final arguments and trial briefs be submitted to the court by Tuesday at 4 p.m. "There will be no further testimony taken," Fink said. Kent attorney John Plough, who is arguing the case on behalf of the Kent citizens' group "Save the Standing Rock …
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