Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-21
DISTRICT COURT
What Has Been Done at the
Court House Since
Monday.

The September term Of the District
court convened Monday with
Judge l.. L. Baxter, OF Fergus Falls,
on the bench. The grand jury was.
sworn and Il number Of the jurors
were excused. The jury then went
out in charge of the foreman N.
Briggs. A number of the petit jurors
were also excused and a special
venue was issued for seven jurors to
fill their places.
Judge Baxter then adjourned court
until tomorrow morning ats O'Clock.
The calendar is quite large one.
but it is probable that all the cases
Will be disposed of this week.
Court convened Tuesday at 8
o'clock with Judge l.. l.. Baxter, OF
fergus Falls, on the bench.
The first Jury case was that OF
Peter kuborn VS.. John A. Freeberg.
1t was over an ice house which the
plaintiff claimed, and for the value
of which he sued defendant. The
Judge instructed the jury to return
a verdict for the defendant, and they
did SO.
The case of Chas. Pullman VS.. j.
W. Manbeck to recover for the
service of his horse was called. The
jury brought in a verdict OF $2l for
plaintiff.
N. p. Clark VS.. S. Trebby. Con-
tinued
Brooks & co. VS.. E. l.. Sibert.
Continued.
Taylor, Calhoun 4 Rhodes VS.. D.
Nj. Osborne & Co. Settled.
Christian Swanson vs.. Leon
HOude, as sheriff of Morrison county.
Verdict for defendant.
ii. B. Tuttle & Son VS.. Trustees of
st. Stanislaus Catholic church OF
Swan River, Mimi. Continued.
Village of Royalton VS.. Stephen
Schwartz. TO be submitted in briefs,
and unless case or appeal dismissed,
to be continued to next term.
Village of Royalton VS.. Stephen
Schwartz. Same disposition as
above.
Clara Bengnot VS.. Il. G. Sparks,
deft., Northern Pacific Railway Co.
intervenor. Settled.
w. B. Mitchell VS.. =. Gravel. Dis
missed ON motion OF plaintiff.
Harold LafOnd, by his guardian,
Geo. Lafond. VS. Northern Pacific
Railroad company. Notice of motion
by defendant for continuance.
Gender & Paeschke Manufacturing
company VS.. Turpin & White.
Judgement for plaintiff, defendant
not appearing.
Wells-Stone Merchantile Co., VS..
Minnesota Brick company. Settled.
Schuffer & Rossum VS.. w. F.
Krause. Continued by consent OF
parties.
State of Minnesota VS.. Leanuer
Biteman. Stricken from calendar.
A. L. Riley VS.. Peter Lemay.
Stricken from calendar.
Charles Guernon VS.. Peter Wi1zeck.
Dismissed.
GRAND JURY'S WORK
The grand jury found an indict-
ment against Lacey Clearinghouse
for grand larceny in the second de-
gree. This was for driving off Mrs.
Thomas oxen and selling them in
the Brainerd market. Clearinghouse
is under 5000 bonds for his appear.
ance at this term Of court but so fa1
he has failed to show up. S. Trebby
and n. Richardson were his bonds.
men.
An Indictment was also brought in
against Edward Gruenchel for as.
sault in the second degree. AS re-
ported in the Transcript at the time
it occurred, Grunchel hit Frank Hiegel
of Buchanan, on the head with an
iron bar.
The following cases have been dis
posed of in district court:
The cases, Nos. % and 20, Barney
Braem VS.. Jennie langhton and
Barney Braem VS.. Albert Langhton
were tried at the same time In the
former a verdict was rendered in
favor OF the defendant and in the
latter a verdict OF $11230 was given
the plaintiff, as his commission for
selling certain real estate for defend
ant:
In the case OF Chas. Pullman VS..
First National Bank of Little Falls,
Mimi, the jury brought il d verdict
for defendant. ... ~ -~. 49, ~-
b. The case of the city of Little Falls
VS.. Annie Stewart was called and
continued until Friday.
The case of Joseph Greengard VS.
III. A. Fritz was declared in favor o.
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