St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-17
MINNEAPOLIS.
DISTRICT COURT BRIEFS.

Clement Lovely brought an action to
set aside Il Judgment entered by de-
]ault in the Justice court. The de-
PENDANTS were +. l.. Larson. q. S.
Grimes, justice of the peace, George G..
Dahl and Louis GjertSen. He claims
that the officer threw the summons in
his buggy while lie was driving, and
the service was not made. Judge Smith
decided the case for the defendants.
The suit of Bernard Pearson against
the Chicago. Milwaukee IL st. Paul
Hallway company will decide new
point in Minnesota law. The elton is
for damages for Il broken arm, which
the plaintiff sustained while unloading
carload OF rails. The section boss
was al fault, and it is claimed there will
be no dispute as to facts, the case hing
ing upon whether the road is liable for
the acIs of section boss. The statute
says that the road is liable for the acts
of its servants engaged in the hazardous
operation of the road, but whether this
comes under that head or not is Ques-
ton.
Charles F. AdamSon, the imprisoned
mortgage shark, is suing a. Rimberg
TO replevin quantity of goods. The
case is on line with large number of
eases of the kind i'll which usury is the
defense.
Judge Hooker has issued an order al
lowing {. 4. QuiSt to sell the stock and
fixtures of NJ. c. Moyensen, the in
solvent saloonkeeper at 307 Second ave-
nue. south. He claims that MOyensen
transferred the license so that he could
no longer run the place.
Durham Il Johnson have filed suit
against o. c. Olson IL Co. to collect
S725. ID on bill of merchandise.
Joseph Me!ich, the man who pleaded
guilty 10 robbery in the third degree
and was given a two years sentence Il
few days ago, has written q letter to
Judge L0chren, in which he states that
he was led to do so by the attorneys,
who told him that he would get jail
sentence. Now he claims that he has
witnesses to prove his innocence if he
could have trial He thought that he
was pleading guilty to larceny in the
third degree, and was not prepared for
Judge Lochren's heavy sentence.
John Norton, the coal dealer, accord
ing to promise. has begun a damage
suit against Aid. Tom Downs to recover
$4,000 for defamation of character and
for injury to business. The complaint
alleges that Aid. Downs denounced the
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a thief ami Swindler at the time the
discussion of the award of the contract
for furnishing the city with fuel was
under consideration. 1t is also claimed
that Aid. Downs ordinations were
given wide publicity through the press.
The jury in the case of George Gun
niSOn against Officer John McKenna re"
turned verdict for the plaintiff in the
amount of one cent.
The suit of Mary ConnOr against the
Hall IL Sheylin Lumber Company makes
Der 5000 richer. She occupied a cottage
Oh the East side. to which the company
claimed right. and it proceeded to tear
out the windows and try to force her
out by making the house untenable. A
struck jury returned the verdict.
Judge Young has decided the old
difficulty between the City of Minneap-
oils and the Brush Electric company in
the latter's favor. The city was suing
the light company on their bond to re-
cover some 81. 100 collected of the city
by the gas light company, for about leo
lights run for several months in the dis
trict lighted by the mast. The judge
held that the city might have relieved
itself from the gas lights at once if it
had taken proper action. and it was no
fault OF the Brush people that it did not.
SO the city stands the loss.