The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-11-15
DISTRICT COURT.
Opened Last Wednesday-prelimi
nary Work of that Day,

Opened Last Wednesday-prellml-
nary Work OF that Day.
District court opened last We'd
nesday, Immediately after the arr
val Of the morning train, bringing
Judge Webber and large party of
attorneys. The grand jury was
called and two members OF the orig
inal roll, A. A. Lindeman and N.
Rawlings, were excused, the form
er being a citizen of Brown county
and the latter of Hennepin. Judge
Weber appointed VIM. Smith of
this city foreman and then delivered
his charge. after which a prelimi-
nary call of the calendar was pro-
ceeded with.
The nine cases to enforce the
Winona and St. Peter railroad com
pany to pay taxes on their real
estate from 1889 to 1897 inclusive
were continued, County, Attorney
Clague announcing that the company
was paying the taxes each year as
fast as it disposed of the land.
The mechanic S lien case of J. H.
Engeman vs. Rose and A. W. Ed
wards was announced as settled, as
was also the case of Andrew c..
Frederickson VS.. Spaulding Bros.
of Lamberton. A. G. Burmeister,
assignee of the insolvent estate of
O. w. Mcmillan & Co., made a final
accounting of that estate, and was
discharged from the same. The
first case of A. j. Finnegan VS..
Camille A. Brown ct al, which was
precisely the same as the one in
which Finnegan was beaten at the
last term of court, was dismissed,
while in the second case application
was made for filing, preliminary
answer.
In the case of H. G. Hillesheim VS..
the board of supervisors of Willow
Lake township, an action to quash
proceedings for the laying out of a
road along or through Mr.. Hille-
sheim' S property, Mr.. Clague, rep
resenting the defense, consented to
a quashing of the proceedings.
The Minnesota & Iowa division of
the Chicago & Northwestern has
settled with Paul and Minnie Timm
for taking pol acres of land in
Charlestown, belonging to the
Timms, for railroad purposes, and
when the case was called on the
calendar last Wednesday it was
dismissed, either party paying their
own costs. The company paid Mr..
Timm 81, III, or about S53 per acre
for the strip.
The two criminal cases on the
calendar were set for trial.
When the petit jury was called
Wednesday morning John Olstad of
Lamberton, Claus Nicholson of
North Hero, and Charles Fleischer
of North Redwood were excused
from jury duty, the former on &C.
count of being member of the
Lamberton fire department and the
latter two on account of their wives
being i'll.
| It was announced that the cases
of Halvor ]. Lee, Gunder J. Lee
and Simon Johnson against Henry
E. and Fred. Grabow, and Anna K.
Lee and Simon Johnson VS.. the
same defendants had been settled,
judgment being allowed the plain
tiffs.
The case of Emil Schmahl VS.. E.
A. Pease, an action brought against
the Mccormick Harvesting Machine
Co., for the recovery of money on
account Of thecompany being wrong
fully attaching and Selling some
sheep belonging to Mr.. Schmahl,
but supposed 10 be owned by A. B.
Pike, was settled, the Mccormick
company paying Mr.. Schmahl $3.50
and all costs of the action, with the
exception of the fees of his attorneys,
Messrs. Baldwin & Howard.
The case of Caroline Roth VS..
VanDusen & Co. and Gerhard &
Roth was continued until the next
term of court, as was also the SLAM
der case of Mime Vohs VS.. Mrs.
Christ Kahle.
IN FOUR LOTS.
Judge Mebber DEGREES the Howard
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