St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-05
THE MILLS OF JUSTICE.
The Grind of the Courts Spun Out in
Readable Shape.

Henry F. Barton has commenced an &C
ton in the district court against E. D.
Brown and H. II. McIntire. composing the
hrm of Brown & Mcintyre, that will no
doubt prove of considerable interest. Mr..
Barton in his complaint says that the de-
PENDANTS, with deliberate intent to
cheat, defraud, deceive and inveigle the
plaintiff, did then and there, fraudulently
and wickedly, conspire and agree together.
and each with the other, wrongfully, IN
lawfully, and by threats, intimidation, fraud
and deceit. to bulldOZe, browbeat, cheat
and beat the plaintiff out of $780," Mr..
Barton alleges that by reason of these
threats he paid over 500 to the defend
ants. for which he received no return.
At the special term Of the circuit court
Yesterday morning Susan Il. Graves was
granted divorce from jeremiah Graves,
on the ground of i'll treatment The case
of Emma c. Whitney against n. J. Whit
ney was somewhat interesting Mrs. Whit
ney wept as she told how her husband fire.
ouently struck her in the face and knocked
her down. She was granted divorce and
will resume her maiden name, Emma G.
Mullin.
The will of Elisa Ambrose, who died re-
Gently, was filed in the probate court yester-
daA The property is left to her husband,
and the children will probably contest the
will, as on March II they had guardian
appointed for her, as she was considered
incompetent. The will was made March
16, and the ground of the contest will be
that she was not competent to make will.
The property is valued at about 81, 600.
Adah S. Wilson has commenced an action
for divorce in the district court against
William H. Wilson. She alleges desertion
and failure to support. The parties were
married in Pennsylvania in 1878. and have
no children. Mrs. Wilson is 80 years of
age, and her husband "a.
The papers in the suit of Ring & Tobin,
the stone contractors, against the Mime
apolis Industrial exposition, the particu-
lars of which have already been published
in full in the GLOBE, were filed yesterday.
Judge Rea made an order yesterday
granting divorce in the case of Ralph b.
Pelton against Phoebe A. Pelton. Mr..
PeIton alleged desertion. The parties
were married at GAINESVILLE, Wis, Jan. %,
1883. and as soon as the wedding ceremony
had been performed Mrs. PeltOn left her
husband and has since lived apart from
him.
George D. Bartlett has commenced an
action against E. G. Butts to enforce the
sale of land in Excelsior addition, which ne
claims he purchased but which the defend
ant refuses to give him deed for.
In the case of John Martin. who recently
filed papers commencing a suit for personal
damages against the st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba Railway company, an answer
was filed yesterday by the company, in
which it is stated that the accident was due
entirely to Martins own carelessness.
Sidney Schrieber has brought an action in
the district court against the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway company to
recover 81, $50, the value of a trunk and
contents belonging to him, which he alleges
the company lost.
Hiram C. Truesdale has sued Thomas
W. Wilson to recover 1856 alleged to be
due for transacting business and working
ND sales for the defendant
The case of C. c. Harris against Laura
III. Harris, was decided yesterday, when a
decree was granted.