The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-05-30
District Court.

The work of the, May term of dis
trict court WAS, completed last Satur'
day afternoon. Both in the work
done and in the work there was to
do the term was one of unusual i'm
portance. of twenty one cases only
six were continued all the others
being tried or otherwise disposed. OF.
Six were jury cases. Besides those
reported in THE Sun last week the
most important case brought on for
trial at this term was that or Geo. E.
Darling againt Henry A. Ware for
$4,000 damages for SANDER, The
cause of the bringing of this suit was
the use by defendant of the following
language in reference to the PLAINTIFF:
Geo. E. Darling is "a d--n black
thief. He stole two hundred bu.Of oats
from me-" The term the trial of
this cause took surprised all attend
ants at court. After the introduce
ton by plaintiff of all the evidence
on his part he called defendant TO the
stand who, answering questions put
to him by plaintiff, Admitted that he
called plaintiff u thief but then testi.
fed that he did not believe plaintiff
to be thief. Considering this a
yindication which was all that he de-
sired, evidently, Mr.. Darling then
moved that the case be and it was
dismissed. II. T. Bevans for de-
PENDANT.
In the case Of Mrs. o Malley vs.the
Railroad Company-whjCh by the
way, was the hardest fought legal
battle of the term and in closing to
the jury Mr.. Spooner's address was
notably able and eloquent; logical and
COMMUNICATIVE jury returned YER
dict of IS, 900 for plaintiff.
The remaining cases on the calendar
were disposed of as follows:
Aultman j. Co., VS.. Churchill &
Lofgren, continued S. \. Flaherty
for plaintiff.
Hans Peterson vs.Ant0n WeltZen-
tried by jury, verdict for deft; Geo.
E. Darling for plaintiff, II. T. Bevans
for defendant.
Nash & Bro. VS.. John C. McCoon-
tried by jury, verdict for plaintiff;
Geo. E. Darling for plaintiff, VIM. c..
Rlcknell tor defendant.
Thurston & Seabury VS.. J. NJ. Die
henson ct. al.-continued; Hutchinson
& Pike for PLAINTIFF; S. A. Flaherty
for defendant.
L. C. Spooner VS.. E. E. SOlseth-
tried by jury, verdict for plaintiff;
4. E. Darling for plff., S. \. Flaherty
for defendant.
Fred Bunnell VS.. l.. H. Pushor &
Co.; II. 7. Bevans and L. c. Spooner
tor plff., Geo. E. Darling for deft.-
tried by jury verdict for plff. for$64. ~
Althouse Wheeler & Co. vs.. C. w.
Comstock, s. G. Murphy for plff.; s.
A. Flaherty for deft.-continued.
K. A. Linsley VS.. II. J. Schrapps;
w. c. Bjcknell for plff., S. A. Fla
herty for deft.-tried by jury verdict
for plff.
John J. Dissette vs.. James A.John-
son; Palmer & Van Fossen for plff,,
w C.Bicknell for ,deft motion to
strike out demurrer argued and sub
mitted.
Ames Iron Works vs.. A. E. Hulett
ct. al; H. T. Bevans for plff., S. A.
Flaherty for deft.-cortinued.
Curtiss Fgbert vs.. H. F. Peters;
L. c. & NJ. A. Spooner for plff., s. A.
Flaherty for deft.-continued.
Wood Moving & Reaping Machine
Co., VS.. T. A. Callahan; Geo, E.Darl-
ing for plf., S. A. Flaherty for delft
stricken from calendar.
The cases of the state against Ed
ward Mccarthy ann against P. A. Nc
Carthy were dismissed for lack of
sufficient evidence to convict. The
case against Geo. 3. Spo0ner was
continued.