Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-29
| COURT PROCEEDlNGs-
Several Cases Disposed ct IA
tho District Court n
This Week. a

Judge Searle opened n epeciaa term
Of the district court In tt,is city "a
9 o'cIOck TsscsdAv morning. and the
work was completed Wednesday
forenoon. ..,
Case No. "a, j. Mecusker agatsst J.
C. Flynn ct I'll. was calleA ut the
opening ii court. The defendant de-
cided not to contest, and judgment
was ordered in favor OF the plaintiff.
Cases Nos. Is. IA and u were dis
missed without costs. These cases
were brought by County Surveyor
II. s. Clyde against Morrison county
to collect for surveying done, which
was unauthorlzed by the BOARD. and
which the board refused to pay for
when the bill was presented to 1t.
Cuse No. 50. an action brought by
G.. H. Rapsier & Go. against H. A.
Rides, as sheriff of Morrison county,
was dismissed for want ct prosecu-
ton, the plaintiff. not appearing.
This action was brought to recover
against Rider for alleged damssEes in
a case where he as sheriff levied up
on certain property III the plaintiff.
The case of Geo. o. Goulet% against
Joseph Dubreille ct al. was called.
G. W.. Stewart, attorney for the de-
PENDANT, asked to be allowed to
amend his answer. The motion was
granted and 1t was also ordered
that the plaintiff be allowed to
amend his complaint, and the case
wsscOntinued until the next special
term of court. This Ia an action
brought by Mr.. GOu|et to fOreclOse a
mortgage held by him against GER
tain property belonging to- the de-
feDdunts.
THE case Of Frances Rogers
against the Peoples Gas cOmi'sAny
was argued and submitted to tue
attorneys, A. p. Blanchard and j..
Fl. Rhodes appearing for the defend
ants and 6. w. Stewart for the
plaintiff. The action lis brought to
make a final settlement of the az
fairs of the Peoples Gas & Electric
company
The case of the Pine Tree Lumber
company against Geo. Larlee, A. e.
Morrill, and Others occupied a large
portion OF the Tuesday session.
This action is brought by the Pine
Tree Lumber company to recover
for lumber furnished Larlee to use In
the construction of q dwelling house
on the site of the one destroyed by
DIRE. A. G.. Morrill, held mortgage
against tho property destroyed.
Larlee lett before completing the
house and did not pay for the lum-
Der. A. Z. Morrill, was the only
witness sworn, and after his testi-
mOny was taken, the attorneys
made their arguments and the case
was submitted to the court.
: Case NJ. 48, an action between the
J. I. Case Implement company as
plaintiffs and Marcus Maurin and
Peter Lauerman as defendants, fol-
lowed the case Of the Pi0e Tree Co.
vs.. Larlee. This action is brought to
determine the ownership Of the
engine and boiler in the wagon fac
tory formerly owned by Lauerlnan.
The building now belongs to the j.
I. Case Implement company. and
they also claim the engine and boiler
as part of the real estate which also
includes the wagon factory. Marcus
Maurin also claims the engine and
boiler by virtue OF a chattel mort
gage givea to him by LauermaD.
There are several witnesses to be ex-
amined, and the case will probably
occupy a greater part of the after
noon session. There are serveral
other cases to be tried, and 1t ls
probable that court will not he adj
journed until some time tomorrow
afternoon.
The taking Of the testimony In the
case of j. /. Case Implement com
papy against Marcus Maurin and
Peter Lauerman was completed IN
the district court Tuesday afternoon,
and the arguments of the ATTORNEYS
made Wednesday aid the case taken
under advisement by Judge Searle.
In the case between Morrison
county and A. G. Morrill,. the Judge
decided in favor Of Morrill,. Thecase
was over the personal property as
easement of Mai. Morrill,. When the
county board of equalization was In
session in 1896 they raised the per-
sonal property assessment OF $780,
ono. The county AUTHORITIES at that
time claimed they had evidence TO
show that Morrill, had mortgages In
Minnesota OF much greater value
than that. Morrill, always denied
this, and durini the trial yesterday
the county was unable to produce
any proof that Morrill's assessment