Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-20
TITLE 70 ITS MILWAUKEE PROP
ERTN pEFECTlNE.
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS
The High Tribunal Passes on Nun
Der Of lmportant Appeals Jack
son Fails to Have His Writ of Er-
ror Sustained McGeoch Finding
Alarmed Other Cases Passed on


tuesday and handed down a number of
important decisions. one involved the
title To the propC.ty kUown rs the old
Melms brewery on Virginia street In
milwaukee,, II is now occupied and
held Ivy the Pabst brewing company
against which and Captain Frederick
PabSt the Mclms heirs brought the suit.
The defendants based their right to the
property on deed secured from Mrs
MelmS The plaintiffs Contended that
she possessed only life estate in the
property, which is now valued ut about
100000, They alleged, too that their
rights were cut OF by a detective OK
ecutor's sale, The plaintiffs won in the
lower court which finding the supreme
court affirmed, Judge Marshall dissent
ing.
While Geo. G. Obcrmann WAS treas
urcr of the milwaukee, Theatcr com
pany the Fidelity Casualty company
secured the latter against loss through
Mr. Ohermann. The thcater company
alleged chat Ohcrmann misappropriate I'd
$4,000 and brought suit against the in
surfing company for that amount. The
defense WAS that under agreement
Obermann lawfully used the money
and SO the lower court held This find
ing was sustained.
The ease of the WagE- Anderson
Wooden company against Michael Dunn
was an appeal from decision of the
lower court in favor of Dunn to re-
cover goods which it was alleged We're
unlawfully levied on by Dunn when he
was sheriff of Milwaukee county. The
Judgment was affirmed.
Another Milwaukee case affirmed
was that Of Erbacher n Gottsch against
Scetcld. The appeal was from Il judy
ment obtained by the plaintiffs against
the defendant for about $500 ms COM
mission on a real estate deal,
William r. Jackson, who is under
states prison sentence for having
criminally assaulted Mildred Daniels,
of Iowa county, has an appeal on a writ
Of error before the supreme court
from motion denying new trial be
cause of the alleged discovery of new
evidence. Jackson made previous
appeal from his conviction but failed
to obtain reversal. The writ was dis
missed Justices pinney and Winslow
dissenting
The appeal in the vcase of +. A.
Walsh against Isaac Meyer was from u
Judgment of $lO,S3S secured in the SUI
perior court of Milwaukee county for
failure on the part of the defendant to
perform contract for the delivery of II
certain number of nickel potash cans.
The Judgment was affirmed.
The failure OF the South Side bank OF
Milwaukee was again before the su-
rreme court in the casa of the Mcr-
chants Exchange bank against Herman
E'uldner and William II. Grau The
action was begun in the lower court ia
recover S2,Sl972 alleged TO have been
due on n note sold by the South Side
bank to the Merchants Exchange. The
defendants claimed as n set-off de-
post in the South Side bank. The find
ing of the lower court was for the
plaintiff, which was reversed
The case of Charles Clokus Ell al,
against the Holister Mining company
George p. Miller and Is, X. Miller, Jr.,
was an action to collect labor claims
from the defendants who are alleged 10
be delinquent stockholders in the min
for the plaintiffs and the supreme court
sustained II.
Other decisions were:
Continental National bank OF Chicago
vs.. McGeoch, ct al affirmed, Justices
Winslow and Pinney dissenting.
Cawker, ct al, vs. Seamans re-
versed
OIweIl vs. Milwaukee Street Ry. Go.
affirmed.
Shakman VS.. United States Credit
System Co. affirmed,
Gates VS. Parmly, ct al. reversed.
Pearson VS. NeeYes, ct al reversed
Kline VS.. Mech Nut. Life Ins. CO.
reversed.
Yates ys. Milwaukee-reversed
Plum, ct al vs.. Van Vechten af-
firmed.
Merold W.. Pfster- reversed.
Burnham ys Merchants Exchange
bank affirmed.
Fox VS.. Judgment al
filmed except as TO that part which dis
poses Of the tender and as TO that re-
versed ana cause remanded with direc-
tions to modify the judgment in az
cordance with opinion, without costs
to either party; respondent 10 pay
clerks fees
O'Brien VS.. {. & y. w. Ry Co re-
yersed
Young W. Kruger reversed.
Fountain Spring Park Co. vs.. Rob-
crts, ct al affirmed
GoIdspith W. Darling, ct al.--af-
firmed.
Backhaus VS.. G. & n. ". Ry CO.
affirmed
Bently, ct al vs. Adams ct al. part
Of judgment appealed from affirmed.
Towne W.. salentine affirmed.
The motion TO annul the decision,
dismiss appeal and correct the record
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