Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-01-14
Madison, ian Il.

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the decision Of the circuit court OF
milwaukee, in the Markwell- pereles
ease and awarded the child Fannie
Markwull to her father Nathan NJ.
MarkwcNll, who is n commercial travel
ing man residing In New York city,
obtained writ of habeS,s corpus from
Judge Austin Nov 80, 1895, returnable
Dtc. :, for the possession OF ibis then
: t-2-yelr~old child, Fannie, directed
Il Mr.. and Mrs. j NJ, Peroles. Fan
ME Is u daughter OF the deotS,sed ais
ter Of tho Messrs, Pereles, The child
had becn in tho custody OF j. NJ.
FoVlos family since her mothers
death In 1898 and they refused To sur
nCdo possession OF her upon demand
I MIR, Markwell, The circuit court
Confirmed the rereles right to tho
child, but the supreme court gives the
child to its father. The little one IL
worth 500 900, ns father has a 81
500 salary.
The question whether Watertown
shall be endowed with a free library,
business mems club. home for the aged
and homo for old ladies', under the pro-
visions OF the will III J W. Cole was
decided BY tho supreme court The
case is that Of Diego IL, Beurhaus ct.
al, plaintiffs and appellants, w. CIV
Of Watertown, defendant and respond
emit, J, w. Cole died In 1894. leaving
$50, 900, to Oscar A. and Eliga G. Cole.
Reul'hats and Humphrey the plain
tins, are the executors and they
brought the action to determine tho
validity of certain provisions OF the
will. which provides that after tho
death Of the named benenciarl,ss the
executors shmll turn the property over
to the city Of Wate,town for the o.
tablishment and maintenance OF a pub
a home for aged and poor people, and
giving hia own homestead to be fitted
up for "a home for old ladies'. 1t was
claimed by tho benonolaries under the
will that the city Of Watertown had no
authority to take the trusts and that
the trusts arn void as against tho
statutes of perpetulties. The lower
court concluded that all tho provisions
of the will were WILD but the supreme
court ruled otherwise,
In tho case OF w, V. James, plnInt-
in and respondent w. William Car
son, defendant and appellant, the lower
court WINS reversed This was an APP
peal from Judgment of the circuit
court for Bau Claire county In favor OF
plaintiff for s4.s97 50 damages and
costs, The action arose out OF the
employment Of an attorney In the
famous poisoning case In which Mrs.
elizabeth Russell, of Bau Claire was
M frosted tried and convicted OF the
murder Of Bertha Ericsson and WIS
subsequently discharged by order OF
the supreme court setting aside the
verdict, The plaintiff In this action
claimed that he was employed by Will
liam Carson, president Of the Valley
lumber company Of Eau Claire to de-
fend the accused whose husband was
In the employ of the lumber company.
Carson denied his employment OF
James,
The case of Emily Slauscn, plaintiff
and respondent, vs. Goodrich Trans
portation company defendant and APP
pellnnt, was an appeal from judg-
ment Of tho Racine circuit court In
favor OF plaintiff In an action Of eject.
ment against defendant to recover a
three fourths interest In II piece Of
land on the shore Of Lake Michigan
consisting OF about quarter of an
acre. Costs and damages To the amount
OF 81 900 wore awarded. Affirmed.
The case OF Julius Erdman, plaintiff
and respondent, w. Illinois Steel Co,
defendant and appellant was an APP
peal from Judgment Of the superior
court for Milwaukee in favor "
plaintiff for 5000 damages for person
nj injuries sustained by plaintiff. Tha
Injury was caused by the breaking cs
a circular saw. Reversed.
The case of Charles T.. Phster,
plaintiff and respondent, vs. Frank
W. Smith and James r.. Stonghton,
defendants and appellants. was an
appeal from an order OF the superior
court for Milwaukee county denying
the defendants motion 10 open their
defGult in an action brought by the
plaintiff to recover $i7, 900 indebted
noss, and to set aside the judgment IN
that action and to allow the defend
ants To anawer and com est the plaint-
iff's claim and to require the plaintiff
to pay into court the proceedings Of
The sale Of the partnership property Of
Smith q Stoughton, who were In the
retail shoe business in Milwaukee. Or
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