St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
JUSTICE MILL In MOTION.
Eminent Attorneys Aid in Start
ing the Supreme Court on New
GriSt

Eminent Attorneys Aid in Start
ing the Supr eme Court on a New
Grist.
The scene in the supreme court cham
Der yesterday was an animated one.
The room was crowded with legal lights
from all over the state, who had congre-
gated to see to the settling of their
cases. 1t being the first day of the term,
the attendance was therefore large, and
the quietude that had reigned in the
court during the interval since the last
session was somewhat broken, and all
looked like life again. Many attorneys
were compelled to stand, and the
anxiety that every barriSter expert
enceS when endeavOring to have his
particular case set to suit his particular
convenience was boldly manifested. The
calendar is the largest for the May term
and 24S cases are on the list, with pros
poets of an addition of twenty more be-
fore the term expires. Cases were set
up to June at Chief Justice Gilfillan's
announcement. According to the time
honored rule, the attorney general was
first allowed to set his cases. then law
yers from outside scounties, and last
those from Hennepin and Ramsey de-
clared the days of their eloquent efforts.
The court set Friday, April 5, as the
day upon which the quo Warranto writ
against William Pitt Murray shall be
argued, and upon that day it is under
stood that Mr.. Murray will show due
cause why he does not surrender the
Office of corporation attorney to his
duly elected and qualified successor, o.
E. Holman. Prominent among the attor-
neyS present at the setting of cases we're:
RnahncfQr. ID
Luverne: B. S. Lewis, Waseca; Mr..
Haupt, Fergus Falls; w. Z. Akers,
Minneapolis; M. ID. Grover, of the
Manitoba road: l.. T. Chamberlin. Da-
kota county; Judge Koon, Minneapolis;
Charles c. KolaiS, LIE Sueur; Clapp 81
Mccarthy, Saltwater; George b. Edger-
ton, Rochester; @. Mosness. Moorhead:
S. W. Brown, Winona; L. G. Grace, st.
Panl; j. L. Washburn, Mankato; NJ. B.
Weber, Winona: NJ. A. Sprooned, Min
neapolis; w. j. Mcleod, Arlington; A.
ID. Keyes, Faribault; Daniel Rohrer,
Worthington; Mr.. Cross, Carleton; Ii.
NJ. Setter. Taylor's Falls.
Judge Vanderburgh handed down the
following decision in the supreme court
yesterday in the case of Tie National
Bank of Commerce, appellant, against
w. f. Meader and others, respondents.
This is an action to recover for money
loaned by the bank IN January and May.
1886, amounting to S20,00o, for which
| promisSory notes were given:
Syllabus-If a member of acopartner-
ship borrOwS money in behalf of his
firm, the liability of the firm is not eff
fected by the fact that the partner Oft
erwards miSappropriated the money to
| his own purposes. If one who is d mem
Der of a copartnership borrows money
on his own account, the credit being
given to HIM. the fact tina: he afterwards
applies the money to the purposes of
the firm will not render the latter liable
therefor, After the dissolution of
partnership, an admission by one of the
members does not bind the others. A
written memorandum of fact made by
one who, upon being called as a wit
| ness, testilies to the fact, is not compe-
| tent evidence of such fact. The order
refusing a new trial is reversed.
DICKINSON, j.