Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-10
THE COURTS.

minneapolis, Dec. 9TH.
THE COURTS.
United States Circuit Court.
The October term of the United States
circuit for this judicial district opened yes
terday morning at IL o'clock. Judge r. r..
Nelson presided. The calendar for the
term was published in full in the GLOBE of
Saturday. There are 101 docketed cases.
This amount of litigation, of course, brought
together number of lawyers. Besides the
st. Paul bar, legal luminaries
from other parts Of the State
were on hand yesterday at
the opening of court. Among those present
were noticed Messrs. G. K. Davis, G. E. Elan
drau, John B. Sanborn, George L. Otis, Fl.
j. Horn, Harvey Officer, Greenleaf CLARK,
II. r. Bigelow, r. B. Galusha, J. J. Egan,
j. NJ. Gilman, G. D. Kerr, I. Y. D. Heard,
Henry @. James, Morris Lamprey, w. w.
Billson, L. r. Huddleson, w. D. Cornish,
Bell Chittenden. Greene, E. A. Hendrickson,
Ables, q. T. Masterson and Judge Young,
of st. Paul.
Messrs. j. N. Castle and Marsh, of Still
water.
Judge Thomas Wilson, of Winona.
Gen. Gordon E. Cole. of Faribault.
Col. Benton and brother, and Col. Hooker,
of Minneapolis.
The court was occupied during the day in
hearing motions. The following cases were
taken up, and in some cases disposed of as
follows:
Continued by consent-Case 1, law;
Joseph h. Payson, assignee, VS.. r. F. Crow
ell. Subscription to stock.
Case 25, law; Canute A. Brown vs.. Fran
CHS w. Knapp. Ejectment.
Case SO, equity; Newton Bradley, assignee,
vs.. First National bank of st. Paul.
Case go, equity; Northern Pacific Railroa
company vs.. st. Paul & Pacific Railroad
company.
Case rs, equity; Francis W. Knapp VS..
Canute A. Brown, ct al.
Motion for continuance Case 26, law; Sa-
rah Garrett VS.. Martin Delaney. Malicious
prosecution.
Case Al, law; William H. Pringle, ct al, VS.
Edward N. Sanders. Suit on contract
Case a., law; VIM. L. Hail VS.. Patrick Fl.
Kelly, ct al. Assumpsit.
Case 46, law; Tyler Pierce vs.. Board of
Education of Detroit Suit on bonds, etc.
Settled-Case II, law; James Fl. Stewart
vs.. Simeon P. Whiting.
Case Sc, equity; Albert T. Stearns ys.
VIM. 81. Nudd ct al.
Motion to alter calendar-In case 81, John
5. Kennedy VS.. First Division st. Paul 81 Pa
cific Railroad Company; to be placed after
case 43. In case 43, Sarah Garrett VS.. Rob-
ert Manufacturer ct al, to be placed before
case 26. Both motions argued and sub
mitted.
Motion to postpone until next term-case
80, law; Alexander Mitchell VS.. the City
Of Winona.
Case 40, law; Russell Sage VS.. the City of
Winona.
Miscellaneous-case 38, law; Moses Booth
VS.. Timothy j, Sheehan. Motion for security
OF costs by defendant.
Case 20, law; Charlie Cooper ct al. VS..
Farmers Mill company of Swede Grove.
Dispositions ordered open on plaintiffs appli-
cation.
Case 81, law; James Boyer VS.. Jerome I.
Case ct al. Motion for continuance and
judgment in pleadings.
Case ~, law; Margaret, Davy ct al. by
guardian VS. Glens Falls insurance company.
Return from State court filed.
Case 48, law; Win. G.. Foster VS.. Charles
w. Harrington ct al. Answer withdrawn
and plea of jurisdiction to court.
Case 5 B, law; Merchants National bank
VS.. New York Equitable Trust company.
BY consent the LIST day of February desig-
mated to file answer.
Case 81 G, law: Edmund Rice VS.. Russell
Sage: ct al. Thirty days given to answer,
and continued by consent.
Case 80, equity; Jonathan Edwards, trus.
tee, VS.. Geo. Newman, administrator, ct al.
Motion for continuance of injunction.
Case 80, equity; Daniel B. Loomis, as
slgnee, VS.. Edward w. Durant, ct al. De-
murrer argued and submitted.
Case SO, equity; Davis Sewing Machine
Co., of Watertown, n. Y, VS.. John W. Mann,
ct al. Motion to remand.
Demurrer sustained-Ca SO, law; James
Sinclair, administrator, ct al, VS.. Phoenix
Mutual Life Insurance Co. Motion to strike
out demurrer as frivilous. Demurrer sus-
tanned, and leave to amend in twenty-fo
hours.
Case 81, laws Victor Sewing Machine Co.
vs.. Fred Hits, ct al. Leave to amend in
twenty days, and answer in twenty days; case
continued.
Motion to dismiss appeal Case 81, A;
James N. Granger VS.. Norman B. Howard.
DEGREES pro confesso, in reference to
clerk
70. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insu-
rance company VS.. Peter Erpelding ct al.
"a. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insu-
rance company VS. Joshua Spencer ct al
10. Samuel A. Beecher VS.. Alcius T. Smith.
The motions will be heard to-day, and
will continue until disposed of.
Judge Dillon will preside to-day.
The jury convene to-day at 2 o'clock PM.