The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-10
Circuit Court.

| AT the May term of the circuit court on,
OF the warmly contested cases was that o.
Edwin A. Todd VS.. James Stever, growing
out OF the Stever car oier business. Tn,
jury at that time found verdict of no calls,
OF action. At the September term motor
for new trial was argued, and on Friday
Judge Newton filed his decision granting
the motion, the costs of the former suit Il
be paid by the party losing the case wher
! tried. u. K. Lyon was the attorney fo
Todd, and 5. +. and Quincy Smith fol
| Stever.
On Monday the Judge filed his decision
In the case of Wm j. Stockton VS.. Milo anC
Fannie Hovey. This case has about the
| following history: Stockton was an EN-
| ployee OF Hovey in saw mill; while al
work lie lost an arm in an accident, caused
he claims by Hovey's negligence; in suit
Stockton got judgment for $1,000 against
Hovey, but when he came to levy for the
same found that the latter had decided all
his property to his wife; he then asked to
have the transfer set aside, which was the
motion granted by the Judge.
The following court item from the Flint
News will be of interest: Judge Newton
yesterday handed down an opinion sustain
ing the demurrer of defendant i'm the case of
ex-Gov. Josiah w. Begole ct al. VS.. James
Stever. The case was heard by Judge
Newton at the last term of the Shiawassee
county court, and grows out of the invest
ments of Gov. Begole and others i'm con-
Germ for the manufacture of the oilers.
Gov. BegOle was elected president, brick
building in which to carry on operations
was erected at Owosso, and machinery was
purchased and placed therein. The inven-
ovid
Beg0le aud others interested brought suit,
praying the court to grant an order for the
sale of the property in order that the pro-
ceeds might be devoted to the payment of
some S3, 600 they had invested i'm the pro-
ject. Plaintiffs claimed i'm their bill they
were induced to invest on the representation
of Stever that his patent had been thorough
ly tested on several roads and found perfect,
whereas the invention was found to be a
failure. Stever filed demurrer to the bill,
in which he sets forth that the bill does not
make the corporation a party 10 the suit,
although seeking relief against defendant
Stever and the corporation; that the court
can make no decree of the nature asked
until all the parties are brought before the
court.
Judge Newton in his opinion sustains the
demurrer, but allows plaintiffs 90 days, on
payment of costs, to amend the bill by MAX
ing the corporation defendant or including
any party or any matter which came proper
ly within the scope of the bill as originally
filed.
Judge Newton has filed an opinion over
ruling defendants demurrer in the case of
James III. Calkins VS. Lyman Woodland ct
al. This Is Shiawassee county case, comes
from Owosso, and was brought to quiet title
to piece of land OH which formerly was
mill race owned by Dewey & Stewart, part
of which is now street and has been for
over twenty years. Defendants demurred to
plaintiffs bill, although i'm the demurrer
they admit the facts pleaded in the bill as
true. The judge decides as above, but
grants defendants leave to amend in twenty
days on payments of costs.