St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-07
THE LEGAL ARENA.
The District Court Grants Five Di-
yOrces-Speciui Term calendar.

YOrceS-SpecIai 1efm alend0F.
There were thrity-nine cases on yester-
days special term calendar, fourteen Of
which were continued and five settled.
The petition of Richard and Mary Shadrick
for leave to adopt Annie Olson, was
granted. A motion to set aside a judgment
in the suit of Helm g. Meyer VS.. Mime
apolis Barrel company was granted. j.
Raymond VS.. f. S. Mcdonald, order for
mandamus to secure certificate of taxes
made; John Lappla VS.. Tribune company,
set for Feb. 9; Seth Abbott VS.. Dennis L.
Peck, title to lots, demurrer sustained.
CHEAP MINING STOCK.
A demurrer in the action OF Thomas
Ross against the Silver and Copper Island
Mining company and r. +. Kelly, @. A
HeffeIfnger and @. ID. Kimball was argued
before Judge KOon. The action is brought
to secure the payment of judgment of
over 81, 900 standing against the company
for services rendered in working the mine
The stock was divided into L, 900, 900 shares,
divided among the stockholders with the
exception of $50, O00 which was set aside
as a reserve fund with which to pay ex-
penSes, and such reserve was incorpo-
rated in the company's articles. The plain
tiff alleges that some of the stock
holders met after time and passed
a resolution to sell some of the reserve fund
at auction. and at the sale r. +. Kelly bid
In 5, 600 shares at cents share, G. A.
Heffelfnger 5000 shares at the same and @.
d. Kimball 10, 600 shares at the same The
value of share had been fixed at 50, and
the plaintiff holds that the defendants
named are holding because of violation of
the articles, and that they after the sale as
signed the stock at an advance. He asks
that they be ordered to pay to the company
the amount of the shares, or at least suf-
ficlent amount to cover his judgment, or
that they be ordered to pay the same di-
rectly to him.
CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTED.
Judge Lochren granted motion for a
change of venue from Wright county to
Hennepin county in the case of Granville
S. Spaulding, charged with the murder of
Charles A. Washburn, Wright county
constable. Spaulding was found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged. but the supreme
court granted new trial. Judge Lochren.
in granting change Of venue, said that as
the case had been tried once in Wight
county that there might be difficulty in Sc
curing an unprecedented jury. and that Hem
nepin county will be equally convenient to
the majority of witnesses.
FOUR DIVORCES
were yesterday granted and the cases of
Dollie Williams against John G. Williams
Samuel Z. Burlingame against Emeline
Burlingame, Esther NJ Clark against
Robert Clark, Gunhild Olson against Albert
Olson, Caroline F. Murdoch against John
Murdoch continued one week.
Violetta Bell was granted divorce from
Samuel S. Bell. Bell is a street-car driver,
whom it is charged was guilty of adultery
with Emma Fulford at 502 Twenty-fourth
street south. with whom he lived some
little time. The plaintiff testified that Miss
Fulford had said that she was induced to
live with defendant, whom she supposed a
single man. by his promise OF marriage
some time in the future.
Nels c. Nelson was divorced from Maria
Nelson upon showing that the defendant
deserted him Nov. 20. 1882. and returned
TO Europe. and has since written him that
she should never return to America and did
not want ever to see his face again.
bridget Leo also got her divorce from
Daniel B. Leo upon the ground of deser-
ton. The evidence went to show that the
parties were married Aug. 20, 1875, and
while living in st. Paul the defendant one
day in 1877 had packed up all the house
hold furniture except stove and a sofa
and left her, going to Miles City. The
plaintiff said that she is willing that their