Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-11-18
THE DISTRICT COURT,
4 Number Of Cases Disposed of and
Verdicts Secured.
From Tuesdays Daily.


| the plaintiff for 1902. 50 and costs amount.
ing to $4l.93
The case of Daniel Steele VS. James
Philamalcc, W e Dodge and Glaspell &
| McHugh, attorneys, was settled and the
! action dismissed at the plaintiffs cost.
The case of The Derby Silver Co VS.
johnson & Anderson, W 4 Dodge and
Dissard g. Clifford and White & Hewitt
attorneys, was SET for the first case this
morning. ....
David Curtin VS. S + L.mber & Co,
Roderlck Rose and Dodge & Camp, at.
torneys, was dismissed on motion of
plaintiffs attorneys.
William T Wiley vs. Albert D Bing-
ham and Ira Waller, Dodge & Camp and
S l. Glaspell, attorneys, was dismissed at
plaintiffs cost.
In the case of al ba A Clo.hier vs. Chas
G Jones ct al, Jno. s. Watson and Nick
Gus & Baldwin, attorneys, the lis pend.
ems WAS discharged and the case dis.
missed with the understanding that each
party was to pay his proportion OF the
costs. .
In the case Of John FeucLt ct al VS.
John Ahrens ct al, l. / Hamilton and
Nickeus & BALDWIN, attorneys, the court
| assigned judgment against defendant and
in favor of the plaintiff for sls4.4O, and
costs to the amount Of $l5.7O.
In the case OF The Capital National
Bank OF st. Paul vs. Grecndsle School
Township of Griggs county, D T, judg-
ment of s., ,425, an! costs was rendered
in favor OF the plaintiff.
Wm A Kueer VS. Jonathan r Bush el
al, VIM II Becker aud Nckeus e. Bald
win, attorneys, was continued for future
hearing.
lyerson s. Benson ct al VS. Thos Leech
G D Farwell and S II Moer, attorneys
was placed on the peremptory call for TO.
| morrow.
In the case Of q Aultman & Co VS., Mar.
tin Wander heuvel, White Il Hewitt, at.
,orneys for plaintiff, judgment for 1926.
| ~
| fendant.
The cases of Jorgen j Gram, and Owe
johnson vs. Northern Pacific Il Il 90,
l. Glaspell and W E Dodge, attorneys,
| were dismissed a; plaintiffs cost.
David Dows Jr & Co VS. Il Atkinson,
White & Hewitt and Roderick Rose, at
torncys, was dismissed at defendants
cost.
Payton, Kjmball & Barber VS. Foster II
kinter, G d Farwcll and J NJ Bartho-
omew, attorneys, was made court case
| by consent, and an order Of reference
given.
In the case Of Farwell, Oman & Jack
son VS. & Hall s. Co, G D Farwel and j
NJ Barthcl )mew, attorneys, judgment for
the plaintiff was entered for 1927 and
| costs.
The case OF David Curtin VS. j S Good
was stricken from the calendar.
John II Roscoe was admitted to citizen
| ship.
The case of J Il Winslow vs. Sarles &
Durstlne, S l. Glaspell and Jno S Watson,
| attorneys, resulted IN verdict Of $l49 %
for the plaintiff. The following are the
names OF the jurors: John j. Nichols,
W ) Allen, G L McElroy, a s Weld,
F w Webster, j D rosey, G Wade, L W
Rhodes, VIM knight, Edward Crc,nan,
NJ M Westco,t and Il Wlckey. Some
| Ia, INV II of Io c;t
entered into an agreement to scllo lumber
at certain price, specifying that the firm
! breaking the same should forfeit $l0p. 1t
WAS claimed that the defendants had
broken this agreement and the action
Was brought on that ground.
The case of Sarah E Lorlng vs. James
O'Mara aud Jas Pickard, E Robinson
and Nj Bartholomew, attorneys, which
was set for today was argued at length,
on a motion made by the plaintiffs after
for judgment on the pleadlngs. The
briefs containing the facts in the case.
This suit is brought to foreclose mort
gage which was put upon the land that
|
| PiCkard claimed to own, IN good faith, as
| homestead, and who asked judgment
for the value Of Improvements he had
put upon the place, IN case the title was
not found in him. Mr.. Robinson, Of
Fargo, claimed that the commissioner of
the general land office had ne power to
cancel final proof certificates which had
| been set aside by the commissioner on the
ground of fraud-he claiming insufficient
residence and improvement. Judge
Francis stated that the only question at
issue was the one regarding the psyment
tor the Improvements.
for today: Numbers, II, %, so, 30, 4e,
So, 81, IS, 5, l2S.
COURT NOTES.
Attorney Robinson, of Fargo, who sp-
peared In the complicated foreclosure
suit yesterday, has paid considerable at.
tentlon 10 land office cases where eues-
tions similar to this have arisen, and las,
spring visited Washington for the pur-
pose of drawing the attention OF several
congressman to the large and uncertain
authority which was vested in the COM
missioner of the land office. The uni
form opinion of number of senator's was
that Mr.. Sparks haa no authority to can
cei a final certificate.