St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-31
DISTRICT COURT BRIEFS.
Three AssiDnDssnts YesferdGy--Mary N
WaIker GETS n TerdIct for $4,000

/ Three AssiDn0ssnfs Yesferddy--Mdry M.
WaIker Gets n TerdEct for $4,000.
The jury in the suit of W. II. Berry VS.. Jno.
T. West for SEQ, 900, 900 damages up TO last even
| ing was still unable 10 agree. having been out
over thirty hours A disagreement predicted.
Julia Powers. ffty-one years old, was yester-
day granted divorce from Richard Powers, aged
ffty-six years, by Judge Young. They were
married in September 1892 and the plaintiff al
leges abuse and cruelty, which was denied.
Henry j Howard, harness manufacturer at
| Gil "a Nicolett avenue, yesterday assigned TO J.
Preston, Rice.
The jury in the suit brought By Jacob Schrode
against j. NJ. Griffith in the district court 10 re-
cover $1,000 damages for injury 10 dwelling
houses by flood claimed TO have been occasioned
| by defendants negligence, yesterday afternoon
returned verdict for the defendant.
r. C. saueur & Co. yesterday fled an assign
ment to John Schurch for the benefit OF their
creditors. The firm have been running a grocery
store opposite Turner hall on Washington avenue
north. An affidavit fled states that the assets
do not exceed $4,000.
The Wagner divorce case came to the sur
face again yesterday 1t viii be remembered
that the court refused to grant the application
for divorce asked by the wife. Subsequently a
motion made 70 have an allowance granted
| the plaintiff, Amelia Wagner. Judge Young de-
mics the motion. but orders the defendant to
pay her expenses pending the trial, and $500 to
her attorney for his services.
A $4,000 VERDICT.
The jury in the suit Of Mary N. Walker VS..
J. u, Noffett and Hans johnson, TO recover
IS, 600 damages for injuries received by the fall
ing of a building belonging to the defendants.
after being out an hour returned a verdict for
50, 900 for the plaintiff. The building which was
located on LOT 9, block 3, Wilson, Bell g. Wag-
ners addition, fronting on Western
avenue, fell on April 25, while In the
course OF erection. The plaintiff was standing
on the next lot and was buried IN the debris.
Physicians who attended her testified that she
was bruised from head to foot, and that her spine
and back had received paiuful injuries from
which she can never recover.
:. Il. WOOD MAKES AN ASSIGNMENT.
Judge Young yesterday discharged tine order
in the suit OF Luther Peters vs.. 5. II. Wood,
granted at the instance of the defendant com
polling the plaintiff TO show cause why a certain
attachment should not be vacated. and denied
the motion TO vacate the attachment, Peters
suit against Wood is to recover $685. IS. He
lives in Worcester county, Mass, and was in
duced in June last by Wood 10 purchase eleven
shares at S5l so each, In the western Real
|
that Wood represented that the company had
title 10 a large amount OF real estate in Mime
sofa, and derived large revenues from rentals
He now finds that the company has assets,
and the amount of money claimed 10 have been
paid into the treasury by the stockholders Is en-
| tirely delicious, the stock being worthless. The
affidavit of j. j. Doll is submitted, who says he
| is a stakeholder in the company and believes
that the corporation is private institution con-
trolled by S. IL. Wood. +. II. Wood and c. J.
Wood, and that the only assets are a few outside
lots in the suburbs OF Minneapolis, which are
encountered TO their full value.
In the suit brought against Wood by John G.
Peters, who induced to purchase ninety
shares of stock in the same company and who
also gave Wood $3.50 for investment, the court
also refuses TO vacate the attachment. The to-
tai claim of this plaintiff is for $500.
Late in the afternoon the attorney for Wood,
upon learning the nature of the decision, fled
deed Of assignment OF S. II. Wood TO Vim. Chez
ney for the benefit of his creditors. The assets
are stated TO be somewhere in the neighborhood
Of $50 The liabilities will probably exceed
the amount.