The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-06
The SHORTEST '|'I[ | EVER
Court Lasted Only a Little Over Two
+ Days and Not Single Case
Was Given The Jury.
The Corrnany-Ro Libel Suit Was a
Fiasco- -git-ob, the Indian,
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H. Was Finally Set Free. s5sss n

The semi-annual session OF the:dis-
trict court for Mile Laos. county
opened in Princeton last Monday morn
inc with Judge D. B. Searle presiding.
The first business was the callof the
calendar and several cases were dis
posed of by the call. Among those
were: ~. 49,. 49,. tss., s:.EE55s. n
Anton Schuckweiler VS.. A. r. How
ard and j. O. Baker; dismissed by
plaintiff. g.. s=s.s ~ E. /.
Charles Mcclure VS.. Barrett &
Campbell; dismissed by plaintiff. =
johanna Dodge VS.. Peter johnson;
settled. - -. 49,. -. { De- s &
I Carrie Ecklund vs.. Eastern Railway
of Minnesota; settled. ~ 4, !. ,s @ nj.
D. w. Bruckart VS.. Harry C.SsHead:
settled. .>.n go /. -.,-5>..-@ :..9[s
Isaac W. Veal and Alice Veal VS..
Nellie NJ. Briggs; settled. -
j. NJ. BollanG vs. Great Northern
Railway company; settled. XIII
/ M. L. Germany VS.. Michael Barry
and Lille Barry; defendants motion
to strike from calendar granted. @. ?
| George A. sprague VS.. Sophia Boyn;
defendants motion to strike from cal
endar granted. : s.&s =. E ...>.s =
A large number of cases were con-
tinued, nearly all the cases against the
Eastern for damages caused by fire be-
ing so disposed of. The list is as fol-
lows: A. J. Lane VS.: H. G. Head; j. L..
Brady, Margaret Guyette, John B.
Heron, Mathilda Anderson, Herman
Kasperson, Olof P. Hultberg and sWill-
lam Waldhof against the Eastern
Railway Of Minnesota: James G..
Young VS.. Great Northern Railway
company; Frank P. Clark vs.. M. c.
Sausser, as guardian for Henry P.
Clark; James V. McHugh; vs.. M. D:
Taylor ct al: Ella A. Pillsbury as adj
ministratrix of the will OF Virgil Per
llins VS.. John Goss & Sons; and a3simi-
lar case by the same plaintiff against
Reed s. SHERWOOD So -saSs5i5sSstss
Demurrers to the complaints in the
cases of Niels Anderson VS.. Al Bar
rett and Joseph Nokes and Marie Rot
tier VS.. German Insurance Co., were
sustained and plaintiffs were allowed
twenty days in which to: serve an
amended complaint. Leave to amend
complaint was also granted in the case
of John Englund VS.. John Erickson.
The first jury case was that of Mann
bros. & Frisbie VS.. c.. H. 5Rines & Co.
The plaintiffs claimed to have pur.
Fchased 5000 bushels of potatoes Of
Rines & Co. at Is cents per bushel, F
@. B. Princeton. This contract they
claim was not fulfilled and having re-
sold the potatoes they we're obliged tt
purchase elsewhere at a higher price
and therefore lost their profit an6
some of their good money besides
They therefore deemed it just that c.
H. Rines & Co. make up this differ
ence and sued to recover $4,000. The
case occupied the courts attention al
day Tuesday. At noon a settlement
was almost reached but a final agree
ment could not be made and severa
more witnesses were called, but before
the case was given to the jury the par
ties made satisfactory settlement an6
the case was taken out of the court.
Tuesday afternoon the case of Johr
Trickey against the Great Northern
Railway company was taken UP on q
stipulation of the attorneys as to the
facts and lengthy arguments were
made. It appears that Mr.. Trickey
was employed with section crew
which was engaged in repairing track
He had hold of one end of tie which
was being unloaded when the other
end was dropped. The tie began tc
roll as if to go over the embankment
and the foreman ordered Trickey tc
retain his hold and in obeying this
order. the plaintiff received persona
Injuries for which he sought to re-
cover. The case hinged upon the 2ques
ton of whether the company was re
i sponsible for damages caused by the
negligence of fellow laborer and afte,
hearing the arguments the judge de
cided that it would be necessary 10,
! him to think the matter over a little
before rendering a decision and there
fore took the case under advisement.
/ The case Of the Mile Laos Lumber
company against Charles Keith, an &C.
tion for violation Of trust relations,
was dismissed by the court at the close
Of the plaintiffs case.
In the matter Of the appeals Of
the farmers residing north Of the vii.
4 lape from the order nf the hoo ~ Il