St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-31
running saloon in valley city. where he bias

running saloon In Valley City, where he has
another wife and two children.
Isaac " Owen was granted a divorce from
Alice NJ. Owen whom he alleged committed
adultery with William E. Rixes AT plaintiffs
house 4I2 Fourth avenue south, May IT.
1884, and at various time thereafter.
Josephine K. Sutphin was granted a d.
vorce from Jacob Sutphin upon the ground
Of cruelty and drunkenness.
The suit for divorce of Edmund Coffin VS..
Eliza CONN was stricken from the calendar.
AN INTERESTING POINT.
Judge Young yesterday filed a decision in
the action brought BY the Farmers Loan and
Trust company vs. The Minneapolis Engine
and Machine works, Samuel p Snider. re-
ceiver of the same. and various creditors, TO
establish the priority of the foreclosure of a
decd Of trust as a mortgage. May IS. 1888.
the Engine and Machine works delivered TO
the plaintiff corporation trust
deed, upon which bonds were issued
TO the amount of $4,000. Dec i, 1854,
the Engine and Machine woI ks had defaulted
the payment of the interest on the bonds for
four months. and two-thirds of the bondhold-
ers requested the foreclosure of the deed of
trust. Oct. 1, 1884. S. p. Smith was appointed
receiver Of the Engine and Machine works
ana various creditors flied their claims, which
were approved and allowed. Upon the
ground that the trust deed was not fled with
the city clerk as a chattel mortgage It was
property, such as machinery, castings, tools,
etc., could not be held. Judge Young, how
ever, holds that the statute requiring chattel
mortgages to be filed with the city clerk has
no application 10 this kind of property. at
the time of making contracts the same could
properly be considered fixtures, and If the
machinery constituted part of the business
plant and sustained a relation OF perIna-
nency, it must be so considered
MISSOURI RIVER STEAMBOATS,.
A suit for $4,000 damages was yesterday
commenced by Helen A. Peck against John
A. Mclean and Robert McNeider OF Ne
brasiIa. According 10 the complaint hled the
plaintiff owned a seven-eighths interest in
the steamboat Nellie Peck, three-hfths in
terest in the steamboat Gen. Meade and
three-fourths interest i'm ano her steamboat.
Jan. 80, 1853. the defendants commenced ac-
tons in admiralty i'm the United States court
for the district of Nebraska and obtained
judgments under which the boats were sold
Nov. g. 1888 July IL. 1883, the plaintiff took APP
peals to theUnited Safes court, which reversed
the judgments. The plaintiff therefore seeks
10 recover $3.50 for eXpen ses 70 which she
has been put. in addition to the value OF the
boats and compensation for the loss OF their
use for SIX months. the whole amount of
damages amounting TO $4,000. An attach
ment was issued by Judge Koon for $4,000
against the defendants, who reside AT Bis
marck, Mo.
COURT BRIEFS.
Catherine Lyons and Frank Ekman of Min
neapolis were examined before Judge Ueland
yesterday and ordered committed TO the
Rochester asylum.
Rudolph illegal yesterday made an assign
ment to Henry Evert for the benefit of cred
itors. The property assigned amounts TO
about 81, 900.
N. f. Griswold and +. b. Hart yesterday
filed objections to the proposed widening of
Twenty-fourth street between Portland Place
and Chicago avenue. The commissioners re-
ported the benefits as equaling the damages,
and made no award for the property. This
is objected to as irregular, and il is further
claimed that the notice given was defective.