St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-10
DAMAGE SUITS
Coming to Trial, One After Another
..AppeaI Cases Nearly Finished.

--AppeaI Cases Nearly Finished.
The sealed verdict returned by the jury
the S.. 900 damage suit brought by Mary
lawless against the city and j. T. Tobin
vas opened yesterday morning. The find
NJ is for the defendant,
a damage suit for SO, go was tried yes
serday before Judge Lochren. the plaintiff,
Otto WitIee claiming that Carl Ende, the
defendant. struck him below the belt' last
Nav during quarrel about the rent Of a
building. resulting in permanent injury,
which prevents him from working at the
trade of cabinetmaking. A verdict for the
defendant was returned.
The damage suit of James B. Holmes,
administrator. vs. Frank c. GriSwold. was
next called. Last April young son OF the
plaintiff fell into a cellar on Nicollet island,
which was filed with water. and drowned.
The action was brought to recover S.. 900.
on the claim that the cellar was left open
and unguarded. The jury was impaneed
and the case will be resumed this morning.
The other cases dispoeed of before Judge
Lochren We're: d. NJ. Osborne & Co. VS..
J. A. StOnebnrg, referred; \. B. Baxter VS..
William Warden, and l.. S. Gatty VS.. Jacob
Hirsh, continued.
Judge Young yesterday set the case of
Mamie W. Stewart vs.. Minneapolis & st.
Louis Railway company for Nov. II. The
suit of Mary Z. Abel vs.. Annette Abel was
tried and submitted. Theodore Miller vs..
Gustave Simmons, same.
THE APPEAL CASES
from the awards Of commissioners in the
condemnation proceedings instituted by the
st. Paul 81 Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany are nearly concluded, only two re-
manning TO be tried. The appeal of A G.
Lindgren from an award of 81. 600 for the
taking Of lot II. block Z, Hancock q Rice's
addition. was tried and the jury returned a
verdict for the same amount. The appeal
of the railroad company from an award Of
$3.50 for the taking of lot 4, block 4. Bas-
sett, Case & Moore's addition, belonging to
Bernard Zwick, is now on trial.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
A fresh panel of forty petit jury yester-
day commenced service for two weeks.
August Sigergstrom, druggist at 33
Eighth street south, yesterday made an
assignment to Elijah S. Kelly. The assets
do not exceed 5000.
Attachments were yesterday issued for
John 7. Lucas, T. W. Bennett. f. II.
Holmes and VI. D. Ingram, delinquent
jurors.
hdiN u. MdSOU. dSeu yeats, yesterday
commenced suit for divorce from S. \.
Mason, aged IS, upon the ground of deser-
ton.
Judge Koon yesterday delivered brief
lecture to juror who Strolled into court
late. and did not seem to realize that it
mattered much whether he was punctual.
The Judge said. Il wish all jurors to under
stand that they must be here at 9 o'clock
sharp, even if they are forced to lock their
places of business
In the assignment of Edla D. Newell of
EXcelier to John W. Murphy, schedules
were yesterday filed showing the assets to
amount to S4,414.60. consisting of
stock of groceries. dry goods
and drugs. The liabilities amount to
to Sc, 600, the largest creditors being wy
man, Mullen u Co., $50. 900; Lyman &
Eiliel, 500, Ryan Drug company, st. Paul,
$500.
a deed was yesterday filed with the reg
lister of deeds conveying an undivided one
half of q strip of land commencing at the
north line of Nicollet street, 55 feet south
of the intersection of Nicollet and Sixth
street and so feet from the corner OF block
221, James J. Best of DeKalb, Ind, to w.
S. Best; consideration, SS5. 900.
Hans b. Hanson VS.. Mary K. Eglamd of
Hamilton county. Iowa, Joseph hasten
holz and Josephine Bugerding. John P.
Merkamp and Rosana Luke, n. G. John
son and Augusta S. Anderson, Frederick
H. Jackson of Dickey and Eta NJ. Hogan
yesterday obtained marriage licenses.
III the suit of Shatto Il Dennis vs. The
Shepard Manufacturing Company concern
ing a $500 hay press. Judge Lochren yes
terday filed a decision for the plaintiff. In
the suit of W. NJ. Bracket VS.. \. W. Saw
age, Judge Rea, the referee, yesterday filed
decision giving the plaintiff judgment for
1886, the amount asked.