Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-23

The second week of the spring tern
of the district court of this county ha
been "a busy one and several importan
cases have been tried.
The case of John p. Allison VS.. FREQ
L. Evans, ct. al, was concluded on Mon
day and taken under advisement b,
the court. The case is to establish
whether the notes for $4,000 given b,
Fred Gillespie to Fred Evans ant
transferred by the latter to a Siou,
City Investment company, of which
John 2. Allison is receiver, stanG
against the property by which they were
secured. In apriorcase Gillespie estab
lished in the circuit court that he haG
paid the $4,000 notes, which were Sc
cured by mortgage. Gillespie, at the
same time put $4,000 mortgage upon
the same property in place of the
$4,000 one, with another company and
the fight is between the receiver, rep
resenting one company, and the com.
pany placing the 900 mortgage upon
property supposed to be clear.
In the case of the State VS.. Sanford
for grand larceny motion for IL change
of venue was asked for and granted by
the court. who named Judge Judge
Smith of the 4th circuit to try the case
on May 17th.
The jury in the case of Tina and
Peterson VS.. Fred 7. Evans for labor,
awarded the plaintiffs S95.lO.
In the default case of Lille NJ. Jen-
sen VS.. the Water, Light e. Power com
pany the defendant moved to set aside
the judgment recently granted at
Rapid City. AT the close of argument
the court declined to set aside the
judgment, but opened up the default
and ordered that hearing on the same
be had at the adjourned term of court
to beld May l7th, defendants to pay
the costs under the order.
In the case of Minnekahta Building
company, Il. S. Kelly, receiver VS.. The
County of Fall River, John L. Burke,
treasurer, the plaintiff asks that the
treasurer be restrained from giving a
tax deed for the Minnekahta block to
Eben Martin. The company enjoined
the treasurer from giving the tax deed
and sought to sustain the injunction.
The court, however, dissolved the in
junction aud continued the cause un-
til the next term when it will be tried
on its merits.
The Dakota Hot Springs company
sued r. d. Jennings, a member of the
company. on money demand. for rent,
and also asking for his ejectment from
his offices in the company's buildings.
The defendant put in a counter claim
of $4,000 for services as medical direc-
tor and upon trial before jury was
awarded $1,000 and the retention of his
offices.
The case of Wilson, who was charged
with horse stealing was continued, the
defendant giving bail bond for his
appearance.
The grand jury brought in an indict-
ment against H. d. Clark for contempt
of court in resisting the order of the
court to give up possession of. the
property of the Hot Springs company
to the receiver appointed. He was
given day in which to plead after the
indictment was filed, at which time a
demurrer was entered and the state
asked that hearing be continued, which
the court granted.
Ed Reed, who it is said wore off a
suit of clothes belonging to chum at
Edgemont-but with the knowledge of
said chum-and went down to st. JOS
eph, Mo-, was brought back by Sheriff
Eastman last week and lodged in Jail.
The grand jury was notlong in getting
action on the case and returned an in
dictment for grand larceny-when 10,
and behold, Reed had gone out for ex-
ercise or something else that he
thought that he needed and hasn't
been seen since. Sheriff Eastman ex.
hausted every resource to recapture
the fellow, for he disliked to part with
him SO soon and summarily after 60
ing SO far after him.
The court adjourned last night until
May 18th. Court convenes at Rapid
City today.
Though there have some of the most
able attorneys in the state and from
adjoining cities interested in some of
the cases heard, our local attorneys
have been able to meet every emergen.
cy and 60 them one better.
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