The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-06
STILL HANGS ON.
! Kswsuit Commenced Eight
Years Ago on Trial
q cocHRANE's DAMAGE cas-.
Snms Girls wsii Over Ihser ~
crunnessa senfence-Two UaAappv
Wives secure Divorces.

49, 18th parties iitixant are determine
= = exhaust sli the resources Of the Law
- ewing NJ defeated. ~ would eeem
SrmGezwes as though Etigs ton could he
Srf6Gn1fely prolonged This IL recalled By
~ - entitled William Cochrane Va.
0e Gmderson. called for trial IN Judre
1870 department yesterday. bE
49, struck one of the legal snaxs that
/ 1n6ftusas ere found IN the channel Of Hst-
r11lm. and 10 tied 10 for an indennits time.
60 Oas one Of tire new phases of . Ill.,
- which has been going on FOR the
1 nehf or nine years. which has been
- 70 the supreme court and bids fair
- ehers again The story Of the case
- noen repeatedly printed. Briefly. n b
~nnewSs Cochrans. who wns shersR. ar
Sn1 1underson on susp4ei0n u batng
- 0osnen. wanted In California for Z
80 which had cre4xsd much exctte-
- When Cochrane was convinced OF
/ ~ nrrer. h. turned Gunderson loose The
!. 80 ePougkt cult against him for dam
m ~ faiss imprisonment. ard resolved
\ fuoUnent: Cochrane appealed to the SUI
4 - eourt. and was aesin beaten. Then
ngnne applied for an Injunction 70 re-
- 0underson from collecting HE judy
- This also went 70 the supreme
81 and Cochrane vas again beaten.
4oomount OF the judgment agasnst Coch-
- " this time fo0ted up 0e9SN- In
Euney last execution was Issued on
- lu1gueuf and Cochrnne effected .
omn1uunise with Fred W. Hankey. one
z Guz6sssnn's attorneys ~ the time the
Hntten started. BY which he paid over
r - shsrtfY esze =. in full payment Of
3 tb1gmcnf. This money WAS paid Into
Gsk and Williamson 4 Franklin. the
uon0f attorneys for GunderBon. received
"a Lao hal 1Unn
- eonpromsse. and applied 10 Judge o.
IN and obtained an ordsr permitting
- - have q further execution aga1nst
or&nne for the balance.
4hngeupon Cochrane brought ehis last
- sstfing 10 This ALLEGED compromise
- payment Hereunder. and selking that
= intunction issue TO restrain the service
Z ony further execution Judge Langley
$1,000 q temporary restraiEing order.
Yesterday Gunderron fled his answer m
- hs. suit. and the case came on for
I'M The anzwer sets up that EAnkey
- rot An attorney for Gunderson In the
-. and made the so-cailcd compromise
v1hoat authority: and further. that this
III had bssn laid before Judge Osborn by
on1nsN. and was the foundation on which
st Judge had Issued his order granting
= elias execution.
vhan the case came on for hearing yes-
tBeay. Col Lewis counsel for Cochrans.
arHogted 10 the court thHt II appeared
u IL answer In the case that u MAS .
~ which should properly be sent over
= Jn6ge Osborn. He said that he had not
1nagn that any s1ch order had ever BEEN
tuue6 by that judge. and that certainly
- equity department had no jurisdiction
y rsvisw any order OF judgment OF one
q the other departments Of the Same
Gonft.
Csmin9 from the plaintiff. this rather
~ the defense or their feet: the moro %
= ~ court promptly took that view OF
~ matter. and ordered the case sent over
= Ju1ws Osborn. while continuing che tom
DefAry restraining order In force. This
nskes IN interesting legal tangie. the out
ssns of which will DO looked for with
ntsrsss b. the legal fraternity.