The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02
THEY'RE OLD TIMERS
Suits That Have Dragged for Years In
the Courts.
DISPOSED OF YESTERDAY
Jacobs Settled With the Insurance
Companies for Less Than the
Total Amount sued For
Court Cuttings.

BUTTE, Feb. IL. NJ. Jacobs and the
Niagara, Royal, Alta, Sun Fire, Girard
aud Lancashire fire insurance companies
have finally effected a compromise and
the SUITS in court, which threatened to be
sensational If they ever reached trial,
we're tins morning dismissed as settled,
on motion OF Thompson Campbell, coun-
sci tor Jacobs. 1t is understood that
Jacobs agreed to accept considerable less
than what he sued for. The cases have
been dragged through the courts for five
years, the insurance companies refusing
TO settle Tor the full amounts of the poii-
cles because they claimed that the fire
was IncendIary and that the stock was
not worth what 1t was insured for.
Another Old timer that was dismissed
this morning was the attachment suit of
Is. NJ. Anderson, j. j. York and L. w.
Homes against f. A. Hough and A. \.
Houghan. Tue action was commenced
Oh Dec. p, lSSD, and was for only few
hundred dollars. Property held by IA man
named DoWd was attached, but the sum-
mons in the case was never served and
Dowd finally agreed to pay the claim in
order TO get the attachment on the prop
erty released.
A motion and affidavit to set aside an
order Diminishing the appeal in the case of
Sent Meyers against William Judd, we're
filed to-day by Attorney Cavanaugh, rep
reseutlng the defendant appellant. 1t is
alleged that the DISMISSAL was secured by
"a misrepresentation of facts on the part
of the plaintiffs attorney.
DIR. Weyerhorst appeared to-day as his
own attorney in the suit brought against
him by the Richards d Scha, Ellen Pant
company, and flied a demurrer to the
complaint.
The following matters are set for hear
ing Tomorrow afternoon In Department
H.. Estate OF Susan A. Smith, Sc itlement
of annual account; estate of Charles III.
Grattenberg, petition for letters; estate of
William Mnes, petition of j. Ii. Miles for
letters; Godfrey Lavell ct al. vs. >. l..
HIrbour ct al, motion; Mary Murray VS..
the Butte q Boston Mining company, de-
murrer; {. L. Black VS.. Jerry Griffith, de-
murrer; James A. Taluott, administrators,
VS.. A. L. Morgan, demurrer; j. A. Tai
bott, adm inIstrator, vs.. j. III. Maloney, de-
murrer; Fanny Murphy VS.. Il. III. Cooney,
motion Tor new trial; William Moran ct
al. VS.. j. A. Talbot, administrator, ct AL,
order to show cause; {. L. Crowley vs..
Charles HeIIbronner, motion to dismiss
appeal; Louis Bernheim VS.. John Me-
Murray, demurrer.
In ID partment H. the following matters
will he heard IN the morning: State VS..
William Kosanko, plea; {. T.. Page VS.. ID.
Page, mouon; Butte Butchering company
VS.. ;. II. Clark, motion; j. A. Murray VS..
A. i nous, demurrer; l.. ii. Bruce VS.. A.
{. Stoddard. demurrer.
The Northwestern Br OK and Supply
company to-day filed an answer to the
SUIT of +. ID. LeClare to recover 81. 450 on n
note executed to John O'Rourke. The
answer denies liability on the note and
alleges that note in order to be valid
must he signed 10y the president of the
company and that John O'Rourke was
president at the time the note was exc
cuted and he did not sign IT,
The jury in the case of j. {. Cameron
against Elizabeth Mcclure to-day awarded
the plaintiff a verdIct Tor 81 ,425.
The suit of b. Gallick against Frank
Daniels was tried before Judge Mediation
this afternoon. and the court gave judg-
ment to the plaintiff for S27i. %.
The old case of j. X. Russell against
the board of school trustees, which had
been set for trial to-day, was continued
until Feb. IL.