Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-05

MOnuav AFTERNOON AhI peduc" NV
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t An Indictment was al SO found
|aga,nst q. G. Benson, OF Burkman,
Ichurying him with grand larceny IN
|lhr second degree. He was ar.
|raigned today and pleaded not
guilty.
From Wednesdays Daily.
|s The case OF N. Burton u Co.,
agninst -. G. Truce, ct al, as trustees
foi the Congregational church. which
Ewas on trial Tuesday afternoon was
|4dismissed. This ia an action brought
tO recover a small sum Of money dut
OH an order aligned by O.C. Trace.
G. ". Wood worth and W. II. Work
man. At the close OF the plnintiff'e
|3tesii iimOny the court dismissed the
case ON the ground that the defend
ants named We're not the proper
parties, but that the church cOrpo-
ration ought t. have been made u
party defendant, and that the order
sued ON was not legal liability
IsaguiDst the church s'ciety, but the
proper action was on account stAte0.
1t, ia proper to state that he church
does not dispute the liability, bu'
Gains that N. Burton & Go. are not
lsthp O owners Of the order in question
Z frhe case ot Michael Heigl and wife
sAs a{llst Plano Manufacturing com
Ips tMwas tried thia forenoon, This
llsSa esction t,runght BY plaintiffs Is,
(sf I'M
cess due to them on account of the
fufeciOseure Of H. chattel MORTGAGE
gsten by them to the defendants.
It is claimed the defendant took
more property than was necessary
to pay the mortgage debt, and that
the foreclosure was void, and henc"
thDt defendant must remit the ex-
penses Of foreclosure az we'll as the
overplus. The jury has not yet re-
turned Il verdict in the above action.
The case OF A. r. Davidson and +.
w. Blake d kainst Fremont Graham
is now on trial. This action IL
brought 20 recover ground rent Tor
the lot on the corner of Broadway
and Second street, occupied ut one
time by Mr.. Graham's machinery
shed and Office.
rhe grand jury returned two In
dictments against Clark Shea, charg-
ing him with forgery In the second
degree. The defendant was ar
raigned and took the twenty-four
hours allowed In which to enter his
plea. He will plead to the first
charge at 8 O'Clock tomorrow.
Clerk Of court Signor issues second
papers to applicants ut the rate OF
about fifteen or twenty day since
the court convened.
From Thursdays Daily.
In the case OF A. II. Davidson and
Peter w. Blake against Fremont
Graham, which was given to the
jury Wednesday afternoon. the jury
after remaining out all night failed
to agree. This was an action
brought by the plaintiffs to recover
rent for the use of the plaintiffs lot.
corner Broadway and Second street,
used by defendant tor machinery
sheds and office.
The case of Mrs. Marie Green
against Fremont Graham resulted
in a verdict for the plaintiff. This
was an action in repleven brought
by the plaintiff to recover piano
and some household goods sold by
the plaintiffs husband to the defend
ant. The total value OF the goods
in question was about $500 and the
verdict of the jury orders return o1
the goods or judgment to the
amount Of $3.50.
In the case OF Mary CrevOr against
Fl. A. Rider, as sheriff, IL judgment
was rendered in favor Of the plaintiff,
in accordance with the courts In
structions.
The case OF Andrew Molde against
s. T.. Solem was dismissed. This
was an action brought for damages
for the death of plaintiffs son, who
was killed by the defendants son
last summer, by accidental shooting
The case of the receivers of the
Walter A. Wood Harvesting com
pany against Gotleib Schlag was