St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-13
THEY DRAINED HIS LAKE.
Daniel D. SulIivan's Curious Suit for
$4,000 Damages.
A LAKE THAT'S NOT A LAKE.
A Farmers Five Acres of Beautiful
Water Fades From the Earth's
Face.
WANTS DAMAGES FOR WATER
Though He Is Observation-Disclosures
Court Notes.

Though He Is Milkman---Varie
Court Notes.
Daniel D. Sullivan has begun an &C
ton against Howard Turner and Charles
Hastings for $4,000 damages. Sullivan
claims to be the owner of 100 acres of
land in sections and 6, town of st.
Louis Park, and the defendants own an
adjoining eighty acres. Located partly
on the lanus of the plaintiff
and the defendants was a fresh
water lake covering about five acres,
which the defendants have by digging a
ditch completely drained, SO that where
the lake was located the ground is now
dry. Sullivan, who is the owner of a
large number of cows, and is engaged
in running dairy, claims that by drain
ing the lake the defendants have de-
prived him of water for his stock and
rendered his land valueleSs for pastor
age and greatly decreased its value for
any other purpose for which it might be
used.
John NJ. Thatcher sues George P.
Ranslow ct al. for 1859 Oh a promissory
mole.
Mary E. Brown has begun an action
in replevin against Milton ID. Brown to
obtain possession of a piano and $50
damages for its unlawful detention.
The county board of equalization
meets at the court house next Monday
at 10 a. m.
Judge Lochren was engaged yester-
day in hearing the cases of &. Kastner VS..
Sarah w. Ball and Rosanna Ogden VS..
Sarah w. Ball, beth of which were tried
together, for the recovery of money paid
for certain real estate, to which the title
proved to be defective and for which a
warranty deed had been given.
A. W. Henkle & Co. obtained judg-
ment against Charles f. Parmenter for
S137.i6 for merchandise sold.
Ridley d Kerrigan obtained judg-
ment against Brown Bros. for $642 on d
prOmiSSory note.
c. A. Smith Il Co. have begun an &C
ton against James Mckinney ct al. to
have mechanics lien for s631.30 fore
closed on part of lots and 10, block IL,
Wells, Sampson q Bells addition.
Matthew Walsh has begun an action
against Charles G. Hashow to have
chattel mortgage for $3.50 foreclOSed on
the One-third interest owned by HaShOw
in the Variety iron works.
p. j. Bowlin obtained judgment
against j. G. Alworth for S549.16 for
merchandise sold.
Edwin A. Nortan has begun an action
against John w. Tousley to have a
mortgage for 81, 800 foreclOSed on lot IA,
block 2, J. S. Todd's addition, on &C
count of default in the payment of
interest.
c. A. Smith and John S. Pillsbury,
partners, C. A. Smith & Co., have begun
an action against James Mckinney ct.
al, to have mechanics lien for So. 934.3l
fOreclOSed on lots Il and Is, block l6.
Wells, Sampson IL BelPs addition.
James E. Beerworth ct al. sue James
w. Marsh for s525 on promissory
note.
Articles of incorporation were filed
yesterday of the Novelty Wood Work
ing company. The purpose of this COM
pany is to engage in the manufacture
and sale of builders materials and to do
a general line of mill work. The cap
ital is $4,000, and the incorporatOrs are
Uriel Jordan, Thomas l.. Hewitt and
George W. Weston.
The case of A. B. Coe ct al. against
August GagnOn ct al. to compel the
specific performance of contract of
sale of certain real estate in st. Anthony
Falls addition was partially tried and
dismissed.
The matter of new trial in the case
of Elijah West, who was convicted of
an indecent assault on little Emma
kurrigan, aged nine years, and SEN
fenced to serve four years in state priS-
on, was continued until Saturday, as G..
F. Baxter, Vests attorney, wished to
have more time tn look I'm authorities