St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

conspiracy, entered into by the Qe1enQ-
ants for the purpose of defrauding the
public.
By a decree of the court Wilmot
Parcher and Ada E. Parcher are allowed
to adopt Alice E. McMicken, a minor
child.
In the matter of laying out and eX-
tending Elm street across the tracks of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railway company, the county attorney
abandoned all proceedings and dis
missed the action.
In the matter of the appeal of Susan
nah Bofferding from the report OF the
commissioners appointed to assess the
damages for laying out and extending
Third street north, the report OF the
commissioners was confirmed.
II. Eggars ct al. have begun an action
against Moses P. Hayes, assignee for W.
+. Meader d Co., to recover 535 bushels
of wheat, OF in lieu thereof the sum of
$1,000. 1t is claimed that the firm OF
w. +. Meader & Co. received of the
plaintiffs 535 bushels of wheat for stor-
age in their elevator at Waconia and
issued a receipt therefor, and after
ward without paying for the same, con-
verted it to their own use.
Lemuel n. Sheppard sues Daniel K.
Adams for $4,000. He claims that on
the 3Oth day of August, 1886, he Dor
rowed of the defendant S1,027, giving IN
return his prOmiSsOry note for the same
amount and as security for the payment
of the note, he gave the defendant deeds
OF the following real estate: One-half
OF lot Is, block l, Excelsior addition,
and lot IL, block 8, Paramount Park adj
ditiOn, and an undivided tWO-third in
terest in lot 5, block 2, Paramount Park
addition. The defendant states that
soon after giving the promissory
note and before the maturity OF
the same, he paid $456 to the defendant
to be applied as part payment OF the
same, and before the same became due
was ready and willing to pay the bal
ance. But that the defendant wrong
fully, and for the purpose OF cheating
the plaintiff, sold the real estate and
converted the proceeds to his own use,
thereby defrauding the plaintiff in the
sum of $4,000.
George III. Dodge claims to have paid
Amos c. Berry $1,000 for the rear fifty
feet of lot 6, block ITO, of the original
plat of Minneapolis, but now finds that
he has obtained title to but fOrty-five
feet, as that was all that Berry owned.
He has therefore begun an action
against him to compel him to refund
$1,000 of the amount paid.
Edwin G. Sleight, assignee for Philip
Franklin, sues the Minneapolis Mutual
Insurance company for 1000 insurance.
He claims that the defendant insured
stock of goods belonging to Franklin
for that amount, which were at 103
Washington avenue south and were de-
stroyed by fire on the night of Nov. Is,
1887.
Margaret Holm was examined by the
judge of probate and ordered committed
to the insane asylum at st. Peter.
County Attorney Davis appeared be-
fore Judge Lochren yesterday and
asked to have the time for arguing the
motion for new trial in the case of the
state VS.. Timothy Barrett postponed to
April II on account of the necessary
absence of w. w. Erwin, Barrett's at
tOrney.
Roswell P. Russell sues W. F. Adams
and G. w. Beach for the sum of SS3333.
He claims that the defendants sold a
certain piece of land for him, receiving
therefore the sum Of $1,000, but that
they have failed to pay over but
S1,666.66 of the amount received.