St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-29
REAL ESTATE PICKLE
Causes a Suit i'm the District Court--
Small Suits and Divorces.

A peculiar real estate suit is now on trial
before Judge Koon. r. T. Collins sues E.
D. n. Whitney, o. B. Whitney and q. S.
MaXon to recover $4,000 the value of
stock of clothing given i'll exchange for real
estate. He claims that Maxon, acting as
the agent for the Whitneys, induced him to
trade the stock for seven lots in Belleview
Park addition, and alleges he was shown
lots in Gates out lots, which he supposed
he was buying until some time after the
sale had been cOnSummated The Belle
view park lots are some distance from the
city, in Ramsey county, and are worth
about SIS each, while the lots the plaintiff
supposed he had purchased are worth about
$500 each-hence the suit. A portion of
the plaintiffs testimony was taken and the
case will be resumed this morning. An I'M
usual feature of the case is that each ofathe
defendants is represented by different at
torney.
The jury in the suit of S. Mayer vs. John
Eicher had not agreed up to the hour of adj
journment, and was instructed to bring in
sealed verdict. The action is brought to
recover $500, the value of saloon stock
and fixtures given as security for a loan by
the plaintiffs, and from them replevined by
the defendant. The claim is made that an
usuriOus rate of interest was charged on
the loan. The suit of L. Franklin VS.. W.
L. Heichert was stricken from the calendar;
J. W. Bradley ct al. VS.. Farnham & Love-
joy, settled.
In Judge Young's court considerable time
was taken up with little suit Of John r.
Everad, tailor against Warner d Foote,
the map publishers, which was brought to
compel the defendants to pay an order for
sos drawn on them by one of their agents
in liquidation of bill for suit of clothes.
The jury found for the plaintiff The suit
of Luke Carroll VS.. Hill & Martin to re-
cover 1928 on a contract, by the terms of
which it is claimed the defendants were to
furnish wood to that amount, is now on
trial
The suit of The Minneapolis & ST. Louis
Railway Company VS.. The ST. Paul, Mime
apolis & Manitoba Railway Company, in
volving title to a strip of land between
Third and Fifth avenues north, from Sixth
street to the river, came up before Judge
Lochren and was referred to George F.
Hitchcock, Jr.. for the taking of testimony.
The suit of Catherine Cavelin VS.. F. 81.
Cobb involving real estate in Northeast
Minneapolis, worth about $40, 600, is now
on trial.
NEW DIVORCES.
Emma L. Leach seeks divorce from
Charles A. Leach to whom she was mar
ried at Keen, n. H., Nov. 10, 1872, she be-
ing only 10 years old at the time. and he
ten years her senior. The tale of domestic
infelicity unfolded by the complaint is
touching, although not an uncommon one.
The defendant, it is stated, became adj
dicted to the use of liquor, squandered his
l.,
almost to the point of starvation, besides
being guilty of numerous acts of cruelty and
inhumanity which are specifically stated.
Nellie A. Dickinson also commenced
suit against John w. Dickinson upon nearly
the same grounds. They were married at
Boston. Mass, Jan. II. 1881, and only lived
together six months, when the defendant
deserted her, after having made life bur-
den to her by his abuse and insults. coupled
by threats and blows while under the infiu-
ence of liquor.