St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-06
STENsGAARD sCOTCHED.
The Tables Turned on Him in the
Insurance Suit.

The Tables Turned on Him in the
Insurance Suit.
Louis T. Stensgaard has found that
his civil proceedings at law in cOnnec-
ton with the Real Estate Title Insur-
ance company have not been prolific Of
success. On the contrary, instead of re-
'ceiving verdict in his favor for $4,000,
the amount he sued for, the jury yester-
day returned verdict in favor of the
company and against him for 81, 737.SS-
the amount of counter claim. A re-
sumo of the case will show that Stems
gard went to the Title Insurance COM
pany with deed for property for
which he claimed to have paid $1,000,
and secured policy insuring the title
for $4,000. August Uihlein, of Milwau
kee, afterwards brought suit against
StenSgaard to recover possession of the
property, claiming the deed by him to
Stensgaard was forgery. Uihlein pre-
vailed in that suit. The Title Insurance
company had Stensgaard tried for forg-
ing the deed, but he was acquitted.
He then brought action ON the insur-
ance policy and also an action against
Arnold Kalman, former president of the
Title Insurance company, for Sl5O,000
damages for malicious prosecution. The
trial to recover the amount of insurance
occupied over week. The jury re-
manned out all of Wednesday night and
came into court yesterday for further in
struction on the point of the cOnSidera-
ton paid for the property by Stems
gard, who it appears paid $1,000 cash
and Gogebic mining stock claimed to
be worth $4,000. The jury wanted to
know that if they found this stock TO be
worth less than that sum of money they
should then find for the Title Insurance
company the difference between its
value and the amount of mortgage
paid by the Title Insurance company.
Judge Kelly repeated his charge on that
point. About an hour thereafter the
in favor of the Title Insurance company
for the amount of the mortg age paid by
them and accrued interest.
The jury also reported upon the
special questions propounded substan-
TALLY as follows:
Was the name of August Uihlien, which
appears signed to the pUrported warranty
deed from August Uihlein, of Milwaukee, to
Stensgaard, and which appears from the I'M
contradicted testimony in this case TO have
been signed in Stensgaard's presence in the
Office of F. L. Draper and delivered at that
time to Stensgaard. signed to that paper by
August Uihlein, and who owned the land,
or by some one duly authorized by Uihlein
to sign his name?
Answer-No.
Did Stensgaard know. at the time he re-
celyed the purpOrted warranty deed that it
was not the genuine signature of the real
August Uihlein, the owner of the land, but
was forged, false or fictitious signature by
some one else than the real August Uihlein?
And did Stensgaard know it was forgery,
or fraudulent, at the time he made applica-
ton on the faith of the paper to the Real
Estate Title Insurance company for this in
Surance policy?
AnSWer-No.
What was the value in the st. Paul market
OF the mining stock described in the evidence
as Gogebic and Lochiel mining stock, and
which Stensgaard swears he paid in part for
The delivery of the purported warranty deed
from August Uihlein for the land described
i'll the pleadings?
Answer-Very little.
Did Stensgaard know the value of said
mining stock at the time of the transaction?
Answer-He knew it was of little value.
The verdict was surprise to Stems
gard and his attorneys. The special
findings of the jury were in accordance
with the findings of the jury which ac-
quilted Stensgaard of the forgery of the
deed from Uihlein. After the verdict
of the jury was recorded, John w. Will
lis, attorney for Stensgaard, gave notice
to the court of the dismissal of the dam
age suit against Kalman, in which
Sl50,000 was claimed for false imprison-
ment.