St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-09
TURNING TIE TABLES.
Lawyers as Clients ian the District
COurt--MinOr LitigaGiOns.

COurt--MinOr LitigaGiOns.
At the opening of the court yesterday
morning Judge Young charged the jury
in the suit of Michael j. Lyon against
the motor line, TO recover So, 900 dam
ages for ejectment from one of the de-
PENDANTS trains. Within thirty minutes a
verdict was returned awarding the plaintiff
500. In the suit of Ii. Magnuson ct al. VS..
ID. +. Wyman ct al, to recover 81, go dam
ages for ejectment from a farm claimed to
nave been leased for twenty years, a verdict
for $3.50 in favor of the plaintiff was re-
turned.
In Judge Rooms court trial was resumed
of the action brought by Helm d Meyer vs..
William Stevens ct al, TO recover on a judy
ment of So, 100 against the Minneap oils
Barrel company. the defendants being its
officers, and the case was dismissed as to
all the defendants. The jury in the suit of
NJ. Ring VS.. j. 4. Colon, an action brought
on a contract assigned by David O'Neil for
$500, returned verdict giving the plaintiff
$1S5.
Judge Lochren ordered Judgment yester-
day for the defendants in the suits of John
Henderson VS.. Sarah ii. Russell, and Ander-
son IL Larsen VS.. ChaIles b. Maben ct al,
actions TO recover mechanics liens.
LAWYERS AS PLAINTIFFS.
Two cases appeared in the district court
yesterday, in which attorneys sued to collect
pay for services. Z. Z. Byrnes, attorney at
law, sued Charles Estes for attorneys fees.
claimed to be due for services rendered in a
suit entitled Coffin VS.. Estes. to set aside a
tax title The case was tried at Anoka
and carried to the supreme court. where it
resulted in victory for Estes. Estes bought
e.. setln IN sl,. .svT,
acres of land located nine miles from Min
neapolis, and now valued at 81. 600. The
lawyer wanted 81, 400 for his services, but
the jury gave him verdict for only
$453.7 %.
The suit of Hart e. Brewer VS.. Charles
G. Kessler is now Oh trial before Judge
Koon. The plaintiffs compose well-known
legal firm and claim the defendant was to
give them two lots, worth $500 each, for de-
Tending him in a suit brought against him
by Havell w. Young, involving valuable
real estate. Two causes of action were
embraced in the complaint, one being for
services and the other that there was a
verbal contract. The court limited the case
to the contract, when the defense objected
to the introduction of any evidence, on the
ground that verbal contract in relation to
real estate is barred by the statute of frauds.
The point was argued at some length and
Judge Koon will give his decision to-day.
COURT BRIEFS.
Albert Burch and Marget Delles, Nels A.
Forsberg and Maihilda MattSon, Michael
McGraw, Hans Olson and Julia DUAL yes
terday obtained marriage licenses.
No movement has yet been made to Sc
cure hearing ON an order to show cause in
the Injunction suit brought by the Mime
apolis Mill company TO injoin the building
of the stone arch bridge.
A plat was yesterday fled with the regis
ter of deeds by Mary E. Wynan and ID. f.
Wyman OF Wyman's addition.
There are forty cases on to-day's special
term calendar. most of which VIII probably
be continued to allow the full bench to hear
the arguments upon the form of the order
to be made in the suit of the Minneapolis IL
st. Louis Railway company VS.. the Mani
toba TO cross the latters tracks at First
street north.
Anna &. Porter, so years old. yesterday
filed bill for divorce from William p.
Porter, aged 40 years. to whom she was
married June 80, 1873. at Pennington,
MINI. She alleges that ne has repeatedly
been guilty Of adultery and has visited
houses of prostitution at st. Paul. She
asks also the custody of their child, Charles
w. Porter, born March 6, 1875.