River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-11
Proceedings of the Circuit Court, De-
cember Term 1900

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Present and presiding Hon. f. b.
Bunday, Judge of sth Judicial Circuit.
Sylvester Cooke, Clerk.
g. w. Cairns, Deputy Clerk.
c. A. Cross. Reporter.
A. Combacker, Dist Attorney.
Robert S. Robson, Sheriff.
And members of the Bar of Pierce Co. /;
also foreign attorneys having business
before the court, K. II. Start of Baldwin,
Robt. Lees of Alma, Judge Reed of Hud-
son, S. ]. Nelson of Red Wing, and Scion
Perrin OF st. Paul.
Court called at ii o'clock A. NJ. Dec. Q.
Civil calendar called and the following
cases disposed of:
Mrs. {. +. Swanson VS.. +. B. Saxton.
Settled. c. II, Crownhart for plaintiff, A.
Combacker for defendant.
c. II. Schacht vs.. Dennis Connors. Dis
missed. c. II. H. Crownhalt for plain
tiff, S. j. Nelson for defendant.
Fannie johnson VS.. Isaac Kuzilke. Dis
missed. J. S. Field for plaintiff, j. S.
White for defendant.
Hattie L. CLIFFORD VS.. John Lampka.
Continued by consent of parties. A. Com
hacker for plaintiff, c. III. Crownhart for
defendant.
A. ). Andrews VS.. Ida Andrews. Ac-
ton for divorce ex parte. Tried by the
court and divorce granted. p. d. Pierce
for plaintiff.
Henry Staub VS.. Anna Staub. Action
for divorce. Tried by the court. Decree
granted. Judge Robt. Lees for plff.
G. ID. Barunger VS.. VIM. Wells. Action
for replevin. Appealed from Justice court.
Tried by jury. This action was brought
by plaintiff to recover possession of Ger.
tain horse. 1t appeared from the evil
dence that the plaintiff had kicking
mare which he had made bargain with
DR.. Morton, horse trainer, who claimed
to have stables at River Falls, to break OF
her evil habits. The plaintiff happening
to be at River Falls soon after making his
| bargain with Morton and stopping at the
hotel of the defendant had some CONVEX
sation with him about Morton and his
| kicking horse and told defendant he was
going to send her up to Morton to be
| trained. Plaintiff testified that defend.
ant agreed to direct the person who might
bring the horse to Morton's stable. II
| appeared that this conversation occurred
in August, 1889, but the mare was moi
sent up till some time in November, when
a boy Is or Is years old brought the mare
to the defendant, and told defendant the
| plaintiff had sent him with the mare to
be trained for her kicking. 1t further
appeared that Morton had left the city al
the time the horse came and defendant
sent the boy with the horse to his own
barn but failed to tell the boy that Nor.
ton had left town, but defendant testified
that he told the boy there must be some
mistake about it as he knew nothing
about the mare or. her. owner, but asked
the boy where the owners address was
which the boy gave him and he wrote il
down on the barn door. The plaintiff
not hearing anything from his horse
4 WAOeS W oSAShNahbs
he answered his letter Immediately. Ii
was also in testimony that about two
weeks after the mare was left at defend
ants stables an itinerant horse trainer
stopped with defendant and undertook to
break the mare of her vicious habit and
threw her down ON the frozen ground
twice and famed end otherwise injured
her so that plaintiff claimed she died in
consequence of it. There was considera-
BILE conflict in the testimony, defendant
| claiming to have no knowledge of the
conversation with plaintiff in August as
| detailed by him. The case was ably
summed up by Capt. Start for the plaintiff
and Z. Smith, Esq, for defendant. The
jury after being out about two hours re-
turned verdict for plaintiff and assessed
the damages at sixty dollars. r. III. Start
for plaintiff, Smith & Vannatta for de-
| fendant.
The State of Wisconsin VS.. Bert Colby
and Theodore Nopp. Charged with dis
turbing Good Templar meeting. The
district attorney filed an information and
arraigned the above named defendants.
who were charged with throwing corn
and sticks against building in which the
Good Templars were holding a meeting
and disturbing them. The boys plead
guilty to the charge and were sentenced
by the court to pay fine of five dollars
each and costs in Justices court to the
amount of twenty dollars and Clerks fees
in circuit court.