St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-05
ADDITIONAL MINNEAPOLIS NEW
MORE DAMAGE SUITS.

Before the District COllrt--Pr0gress
OF the Appeal Cases.
The Jury in the damage suit Of Charles
Fl. Pongua against the city and James Gull
len was charged by Judge Lochren yester-
day morning, and verdict for the defend
ants was returned. The plaintiff sought to
recover 81, 900 damages for broken leg,
occasioned by fall into an excavation
June 6, which he claimed was not suffi-
GENTLY guarded.
The suit of J. Irving Fenner, by his
guardian ad Item, Mrs. l.. G. Berry,
against John NJ. Jones, the artist, is now on
trial, and will be argued this morning be-
fore Judge Lochren. The action is brought
to recover SIS, 600 for alleged false arrest
and Imprisonment. April "a the defendant
swore out warrant charging young Fen
ner with the larceny OF magic lantern.
Fenner was subsequently tried and &C
quilted in the municipal court, it being
shown that the property in question was
his own.
THE APPEAL CASES
still occupy Judge Rooms court. All but
five of the appeals from the awards OF COM
missioners in the st. Paul u Northern Pa
cifc Railway company's condemnation pro-
ceedings have been tried, and by tomorrow
the remainder will be disposed of. Yester-
day the jury in the case of j. t. Elweil,
who appealed from an award of IS, 900 for
land on the Como road taken by the rail-
road company, returned verdict in favor
of the plaintiff for S147.50. In the appeal OF
n. E. Colstrom from an award of $50 the
jury returned verdict for $3.50. The ap-
peal of NJ. b. Wilcox is now on trial.
OTHER CASES.
The suit of w. j. McMaster s. Co. against
John S. Warnock to recover 81, 415.66 On
prOmissory notes was tried and a verdict OF
1926 in favor of the plaintiff was returned.
This is the amount which the defendant
admitted was due the plaintiff, and was
willing to pay Judge Young yesterday
heard the suit brought by A. B. Clampet
against George W. johnson, ct al, to cor
rect an error in a mortgage. The suit OF
James Whitehead VS.. Peter Sutherland was
yesterday settled. In the suit of the P. IL.
Kelly Mercantile company VS.. j. l. Stene
Judgment for the plaintiff was ordered by
stipulation.
COURT BRIEFS.
Ashley G. Morrill, yesterday commenced
an action against Chas. A. Ruffee to re-
cover $40, 600 on promissory note.
The Minneapolis Mill company yesterday
filed all appeal from the award of S. W.
Case, j. W. johnson and S. P. Council,
commissioners appointed to appraise the
damages for the taking of lots 81 and SO,
block 1872, original plat of Minneapolis, for
the purposes of the Minneapolis q st. Louis
Railway company. The award was SIS, 333,
which is claimed to be inadequate.
Baker & Wright yesterday commenced an
action against Nettie Connolly to recover
$127 furnished and used in the construc-
ton Of the defendants house on Main
street northeast.
The damage suit of Mary Lawless against
j. Z. Tobin was not reached yesterday, but
will probably come up for trial this morn
ing.
The supreme court has sustained Judge
Lochren in granting a temporary injunction
to restrain the building of the Northern Pa
cific short line in proximity to the state
university grounds.
The attorneys on the King-Remington
suit met yesterday afternoon before Judge
Young and agreed upon the evidence which
will be printed for the use Of the judges Of
the S1nrama poUrt