Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-13
CIRCUIT COUNT
Convened Wednesday Morning, Judge
Gardner Presiding-A Number
OF Civil Cases Disposed Of,

.M
OF Civil Cases Disposed Of.
Judge Gardner and Court Stenogrsph-
er Grantham came in on the delayed
passenger train at $50 a. m. "Wednesday
and at 10 o'clock court was opesed for
business. The morning session was
taken up with the peremptory call Of
the civil calendar, which conprised
forty.two cases, and they were disposed
of in the following manner:
A. 8. Way vs.. A. w. Riordan. Pass
ed.
L. D. Kellogg and F. E. Stearns VS..
Custer County. Continued for Term.
John Lewis VS.. M. J. Lewis sad Sarah
Lewis. Continued.
Browning d Wringrose Va A NJ.
Z. Mcdonald vs. Godfred Spring.
Passed.
J. w. Lewis vs.. F.. f. & NJ. v. r. r.
60. Set for May 18th.
sager & Krauss vs. j. A. Dodds.
Passed.
Isaac Kendall vs. w. r. Dudley
Court case, ready for trial.
Laura V. Smith VS.. Jas. Sutterfeld.
Court case, ready tor trial.
Odo Reder vs. Black Hills Lumber
and Shingle Co. Set for May 1lth.
G. w. Cornwall VS.. Scanlan, Monag
han < Hoy. Transferred to Pennington
county.
B. r. Smith vs.. Jas. Wilson. Court
case, ready for trial
Peter Sioblom vs.. w. s. Wood, sheriff,
and A. Shoemaker, deputy. To be tried
by court.
VIM. McBeath VS.. Geo. and Julius
Gundlach. Ready.
C. E. Crofford vs.. Fitzgerald Bros.
Passed.
J.B. Thomas VS.. G. l., w. C. r. r. Co.
Set for May 10th.
Crane Company VS.. A. S. Stewart, w.
S. Prentice and S. c. Fargo. Set for the
22nd.
Yankton Fire Insurance Co. va. 3. r.
Wood and Bertha Wood. Set for May
18th.
August Berger vs. r., Z & VI. V. r. r
Co. Set for May 18th.
Chas. Castner vs. Jas. Doran. Set for
May 18th.
A. p. Randall VS.. David Bennett. Con.
tinued.
J. L. Farwell VS.. Martha B. Burns
Passed.
Union Mercantile Co. VS.. w. s. Wood
sheriff. Continued.
Thos Dixon vs.. A. J. Gillette. Ready
Emma Keller vs. Chas. Hetheringten
Set for 18th
w. A. Smith vs.. Connecticut Eisur
ance Co. Settled.
w. A. Smith VS.. Western Assurarc
Co. Settled.
Yankton Fire Insurance Co. VS. E. A
Dickson. Set for 10th.
Yankton Fire Insurance Co. VS.. Chas
Harbach. Set for 10Th.
John T. Wright vs.. Chas. Borune
Settled.
Chas. A. Haserodt VS.. Carrie X. Has
erodt. Court case, ready.
w. r. Price VS.. ID. +. shope. Set fol
18th.
P, B. Mccarthy VS.. J. B. McCloud
Set for 18th.
Femme & Smith VS.. Isaac Kendall
Passed.
Custer County Bank va. J. Wilhelm
Set for the 18th.
N. s. Tubbs VS.. J. p. burst. Continu
ed.
Nellie Mitchell Va. Palmer Schoo
Township. Passed.
McCord Brady & 90. vs.. II. J
Churchill. Set for the 10th.
T. V. Garlock VS.. Wm. Van Allen and
d. F.. Garfield. To be tried by court.
T.V. Garlock VS.. L. C. Farris and d
Z. Garfield. Court case, ready.
Avant Bros. vs.. Daugherty ct. al
Ready for trial.
Immediately following the convenins
of court for the afternoon session the
grand jury was called in to receive the
charge OF the court. In addition to thu
usual instructions, defining in genera
way the duties of the jury, the cour
warned the body against the rsturnin,
of frivolous indictments. calling atten
ton to the unnecessary expense they
would entail and their pernicious effec
on the community. He also instructed
the jury to inquire into the condition o
each county office, and report the same
The remainder of the afternoon wa
passed in hearing the arguments on ,
number of motions that were before th,
court, and the hearing Of several in
junction cases which were brough
down from Pennington coantva n
owners of placer claim near Red FsrI
station on the B. & NJ. asked that a
order Be issued restraining lumbermsl
from cutting timber from their property
The court reserved his decision.
Thursday morning the cases Of T. v
Garlock Va. ID. +. Garfield and Wm
Van Allen, and T. ". Garlock vs.. d.
Garfield and L. C. Farris were tried b,
the court. Plaintiff obtained judgmea
for $500 in each case.
The case Of fThos. Dixon W. A. j. Gil
lette came on for trial Thursday after
noon. Plaintiff sought to quiet his It'll
to placer property located few mile
north Of this place. The defendant al
tempted to show that the land in cor
troversy was more valuable for agricul
, tursl than for mineral purposes and b
based his claim to II on that propositioE
After hearing the evidence the court d
rected the jury TO return = verdict "a
, the plaintiff.
Thursday the grand jury reported th
finding of m indictment against Me-
} sengsr, for assault with intent v xii
| The jury also recommended the dischare
, Of Fred widows and J. J. Winde
! The iormsr had been arrested and bel
; on charge Of cruelty to animals sn
the latter for the larceny Of two insul
ance policies. the property Of w.
> Smith. AZ the insurance cases ha
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