St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-29
BENCH AND BAR.

Judge Cornish has denied the motion for
new trial in The case Of Stalbird and Brigger
against David and Rebecca Greenbaum.
The personal injury case of William Dodge
against The Chicago Milwaukee st Paul
Railway Company was dismissed by order OF
Judge Otis.
Jacob f. Franzen, as assignee OF the ST..
Paul German Insurance company. has sued
NJ. NJ. Wachenheimer to recover o3.oll Il,
which he Is alleged To have collected as agent
for the insurance company. ana mas reiuSeu
to turn IL over.
James w johnson sent his furniture to
Smith d Farwell to have it upholstered. re-
paired and renewed. He now alleges that
Smith e. Farwell refuse 10 return the furni-
u ture in any condition, and demands Judg-
ment for $3.50, its alleged value.
William III. Mccullough was awarded
verdict of S235 against the city of st: Paul:
Mccullough was walking along Edmund
street when he slipped and strained his leg
lie thought he ought TO have had over So,OJ1,
but will have TO be contented with mlch
less.
The restitution of lot 2, block g. in syndi--
cate Addition No. 3. Is the claim OF Joseph
Goswell in his suit against William f. Carroll
ct al. now OH trial before Judge Kerr ana a
jury. Goswell is not only satisfied with the
recovery of the lot, but ASKS i'll addition S5OJ
as damages for being kept out OF possession.
Jacob f. Franzen has appealed TO the dis
trict court to compel Edward krogstad to
surrender to him lot block OF Front Street
addition. Franzen contracted to sell the lot
to Krogstad, but the latter quit making the
payments agreed upon and has not paid the
interest on his mortgage nor the taxes and
therefore Franzen wants his lot back
In the action of ejectment brought by
William Thompson against Sarah w and
William B. Conant to recover half of lots
and 2 of block 81 in West st. Paul proper.
Judge Kelly holds that Thompson IS not
entitled to the land. The lands were decided
by Jonas N Rodgers to William b. CenaIt
i'll 1854, to be held i'll trust for the minor chill
dren of William B. Conant Jr. Thompson
claimed the property under deed from
William Conant Sr. as trustee.
Judge Kelly was engaged yesterday in try
ing the cause of Isaac Solomon and A. X.
Hieschman against Jennie Cole and James
II. Cole. The plaintiffs have claim OF $40
against the Coles The latter held a mort
gage note for l.000 given by Minnie Z. Lee to
Jennie Myer, who is now Mrs. Cole; this
mortgage note was turned over 10 the plaint-
ifs as collateral to secure the note to them
from the Coles The court is asked to order
the mortgage note sold to satisfy the claim OF
the plaintiffs.
Samuel Hanson was engaged in removing
cook stove from an apartment building on
West Third street by means of an elevator
when he stepped upon board which he says
was rotton. The board broke and allowed
him to fall distance of twenty-five feet, in
juring his hip and the small OF his back. He
demanded that james S. Burris should COM
pensate him in the sum of S2,944 for negli-
gence in not having safe elevator IN the
building. The cause came up before Judge
Otis Yesterday for hearing on motion for
judgment upon the pleadings. Judge Otis
declined TO decide the case without its being
tried by jury and the case was continued.