Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-25

The case of Conrad Reicnart agains
Thomas Nelson and Henry Neuser, is
an action for tie foreclosure of {
mortgage on certain Milwaukee reaI
estate. Neuser claims he was IN in
nocent purchaser and had nc notice OF
the mortgage. A foreclosure was de
creed in the lowe court. Affirmed.
The suit Of John Brezinski against
against William, George A, and Alice
Neeves, is dn action to enforce liens
for labor to the amount of $1,000
against certain property of the defend
ants. In the lower court the liens were
upheld. The decision is affirmed in
part.
The case Of Joachim Seefeld against
J. F. Thacker is an appeal from YER
dict in the circuit court of Milwaukee
county, for $500, for the plaintiffs, be-
cause of the non-delivery of carload
of oranges which they contracted to
sell the defendants. Affirmed.
The case Of the Hausmann Bros.
Manufacturing company against Gath
arine A. Kemfert is an action TO sus-
tain a lien of $500 for materials used in
the building of a house on land owned
by the defendant The lower court
declared the lien invalid. The So
preme court reverses the judgment.
The action of James T. Wyman, re-
ceiver, against the Kimberly Clark
company, of Neenah, is an appeal from
a demurrer sustained in the superior
court of Milwaukee county to a COM
plant by which Mr. Wyman, as re
ceiver attempted to collect $1,744. al
legged to be due as premiums 10 the
Minneapolis Mutual Fire Insurance
company from the Kimberly-Clark
company. Judgment affirmed.
The case of Isaac Lund against Chip
pewa county involves the validity of
bonds issued by that county for the
building of the lone of the feeble
minded, i'll that it seeks to restrain the
county from placing in the tax roll the
amount each year due as interest or
was a demurrer to the complaint, which
was Overruled. The order is reversed
and the case remanded with directions
to sustain the demurrer.
The case of Mary Jane Austin against
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail
road company is an appeal from a
verdict of Brown county court n ia
vor of the plaintiff for 81 100 for dam
ages alleged to have been done her
property by sparks from locomotive.
The judgment is affirmed.
The case of Maurice Peterson VS. the
Daniel Shaw Lumber company, is an
appeal from a non-suit of the plaintiff
in personal injury case from the Eau
Claire county court Reversed.
The case of August Priewe against
the Wisconsin State Land and Improve
ment company is an appeal from the
Gus Muskego lake drainage cases.
Priewe is seeking to recover damages
for injuries to his lands by reason of
the work Of the company. The appeal
is from a demurrer in the circuit to the
complaint i'll the case. That part Of
the order appealed from is reversed.
The case Of the state against Joseph
Latour comes to the supreme court on
a technicaiity. The information
charged Latour with murder in the
first degree. The point raised was
that under an information for murder
there can be a conviction for any de-
gree of murder and therefore an infor-
nation, charging murder in the first de-
gree was faulty. The crime charged
against Latour was the murder Of Jer-
ry Cleveland at Hayward, Sawyer
county. The supreme court reverses
the decision, and the case is remanded
for d new trial.