St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-01
SETTLE OR SHUT UP.
The State Takes Hold of an I'm
derground" Insurance Company
Eo tho

derground" Insurance Company
Matters in the Courts.
The state of Minnesota has brought
suit against the Northwestern Mutual
Insurance company, of Wahpeton, Dak.,
for violating the insurance laws of Min
nesota, as Iaid down in title 3 of chap
ter 81 of the statutes. 1t is alleged that
the defendant, contrary to the provisions
of the insurance laws, on or about Jan.
10, 1888, issued policy of insurance to
the Ryan Drug company, inSurlng the
latter against loss or damage by fire to
the extent of $500, upon a stock of
drugs and merchandise: that the com
pany paid to the defendant sum of
money as premium. and that the pol
icy remained in force until about Feb.
Is, 1888, when the property in question
was destroyed by fire to the extent of
S3,464.93, by which loss the company in
CURED liability of $50, which w. S.
McCord. its agent, afterwards adjusted.
The plaintiff demands Judgment in the
sum of $1,000, the penalty provided for
act of legislature.
WORK FOR THE GRAND JURY.
The grand jury for the May general
term will report this morning at 10
o'clock. be sworn in, charged by the
court, and will retire to consider such
business as may require the attention
of that august body. There are no i'm
pOrtant criminals in custody awaiting
the action of the jury, and the prospect
is that their session will not extend
over more than two or three days, "A
number of persons have been bound
over from the municipal court charged
with selling liquor without a license
IL IL
Sunday, and the first indictments under
the high license law passed. at the last
session will probably be the result.
a DOCKET OF MAGNITUDE.
The May term of the district court
opens at 10 o'clock to-day with 453 civil
cases and 172 criminal cases upon the
calendar. An unusually large number
of personal injury cases will be tried
before the jury side of the court. Judges
Brill and Kelly will call the calendar
and set the cases for trial. Heretofore
much annoyance and inconvenience has
been occasioned both to attorneys and
clients, as well as to the court, by the
fact that the cases set for certain days
pointed for trial at the call of
the calendar, and both attorneys
and witnesses have been obliged
to dance attendance upon the
court from day to day awaiting their
day in court. For the purpose of avoid
ing this unpleasant state of affairs the
bar association has suggested new
plan for setting the cases, and Judges
Brill and Kelly have concluded to give
it a trial at this term. To-day the
calendar will be called through first for
the purpose of finding out what cases
are "for trial" Then the judges will
commence with number one and set
cases for trial for the first three weeks
of the jury term, setting say eight cases
for each day or that period; and should
any case be called and the attorneys
cannot agree upon some day
for its trial within the first three
weeks of the term, that case will
be carried forward and placed for its
second call in its order after the cases
then ON the calendar. Then in two
weeks or so after the term has opened,
another setting of cases for certain days
in the three weeks following those al
ready occupied will take place, the cases