Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-11-25
THE DISTRICT COURT.
The Last Day Of tho Term-The
Calendar Cleared.


of court. Every case has been called and
some disposition made of it and the cal
endar is now cleared.f8 ..-..
The case Of S. S. kirk vs. }. j. NIerling,
Roderick Rose and W. e. Dodge, attor-
neys, was argued on demurrer to COM
plant, and motionEof the defendant to
strike out part of Ethe complaint was
denied The demurfer was also denied.
Motion Of the p!alntgi to strike out and
amend certain portloas, was granted. BY
consent of counsel lliR case was referred
to johnson Nickeusg to take testimony
and proofs and ndsfacts aud report TO
the court.
In the case Of Theo. l.. Uermance vs.
Geo. G. Gray ct al, IS. l.. Glaspell and
Dodge q Camp, attorneys, :he demurrer
to the com olaint was argued and amend
ed, to which defendant excepted and was
allowed thirty daysto tils answer.
The case OF the Pray Manufacturing g
Co. VS. Nancy M Bush, l., Il. Hamilton,
G. N. Hunt and Randall 6 Truesdale and
Dodge & Camp, attorneys, was dismissed
for want of prosecution but without pre-.
juaicc. s".-. .. ... =
The case Of g. N. Carr ct al vs. r. FL.
Gray ct al, S. L. Glaspeil aud White &
Hewitt and Dodge & Camp and Nlckeus
& Baldwin, attorneys. Was referred TO T.
A. B!ll to take testimony and repor,
within ninety days.I ......-5
Tie case OF A. i. Allen vs C. W
Hendricks, Dodge8 Camp aud Roderick
Rose, attorneys, was pas sed, by consent,
by the court without argument. ..
The case Of HerEhan Gcschkc vs. John
Buchanan, s. L. Glaspell and Dodge &;
Camp, attorneys, was continued by con
sent.
The judge ordcfed that the case Of
Chas. G. Jones ct al vs. The County Of
Stu,snan, G. E Brown and Nckeus &
| baldwin and s. l.. Glaspell, attorneys, be
made test case as 1t involves the three
particular points raised by all the othel
cases, and that the attorneys engaged IN
| the other cases, namely: numbers 7, 35
81, IS, 80, 81, so, 81, 90, SO, "a, 9S, 80
100, lOl, l02, l03, l04, lt5, LOG, l07, los
l09, 10, Ill, l12, ll3, ll5, ll6 and H.
may submit briefs on points involved IL
the case above named. The attorney
for the plaintiff to submit briefs to th
! defendants attorneys that they may repl
thereto, and then submit them to tn
court.
The cases Of Annie E. McMurray ct a
vs. ]. ]. Nlerlissse; j. A. }. sheetsvs Chas
a. Wallate u sf;; and sJ. g. 9. Lee VI
John j. Nierlng ct al; White & Hewl
aud Dodge & Camp, attorneys, were re
ferred to johnson Nlckeus to take testi
mony and proofs and find facts and re-
port to court.
After entering some judgments anc
transacting some miscellaneous business
the judge adj burned the court sine die.
COURT NOTES.
The term of court just ended has beer
a short but successful one. The calendar
| T. UuC IuuuiCN duu unity SdoCo
a large number of which were tired by
jury, has been cleared and some disposi
tion made of every case, in just two
weeks. The term has b Gu satisfactory
in more than one sense and Judge Fran
CTS, by his systematic and business meth
DDS of expediti1g matters, and by no'
calling grand jury has made 1t both
| short and, omparatively, 1nexpenslv e
| While Ju ige Francis has a faculty fol
| disposing Of large amount Of business
in short time, he also has large dis
trict and is probably the hardest worked
| judge in the territory, working night:
very often, and having scarcely any time
which he eau call his own. He leaves
this morning for Bismarck where be has
court business which will occupy his at.
| ten,on for about a week. He will &c
from Bismarck to Steele, probably, aut
from there to Mlnnewaukdn, holding
court at both places.