The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-03
SOME CIVIL BUSINESS.
The Melges-Looney Controversy
Settled At Last.

InV AVVtlVy WIN -
Settled At Last.
The civil end of the calendar
Of the April term OF the
district court bid fair to be long
one last Wednesday morning, but
before evening the bottom of the
calendar commenced TO drop out,
and interested attorneys were
doubtful whether court would con-
tinue throughout the present week.
The first case up for jury trial
was the one of the Mccormick Har-
vesting Machine CO. VS.. John H.
Balfany Of Waterbury township.
The facts are that Balfany gave a
| written order for Mccormick har-
vester during the early part Of last
year. Later he bought a Deering
and refused the Mccormick. The
latter sued to enforce the contract,
and was beaten, the jury awarding
the defendant with a verdict. 1t is
understood that the Deering COM
pany was protecting Balfany, and
the employment of Seward & Bur-
chard of Marshall as counsel for the
defense seemed to confirm the sup
position.
In the case OF Stephen Hanson VS..
E. A. Pease, an action in replevin:
Judge Weber ordered, after a
short time occupied in hearing evil
dence, that judgment be entered in
favor of the defendant for the relief
prayed for. A. G. Dolliff, attorney
for the plaintiff, pushed the case
with the view of bringing out some
threats made to his client. Mathews
& Patterson were for the defense.
There being no appearance On the
part of the plaintiff Frank Clague
secured dismissal of the case of J.
F. Neff VS.. w. J. Swoffer and A. J.
Swoffer, so far as the former defend
ant was concerned. It is under
stood that judgment has already
been entered against the second
defendant. A similar state ofatfairs
was shown in the case of NJ. E.
Mathews VS.. Ernest Purath and
Sophia Purath, in which the defend
ants put in no appearance, and in
which judgment was granted in
favor of the plaintiff, The action
was commenced to recover on a note
given in South Dakota, for about
500 at II per cent interest, the
total amount now being about 81 400.
The Lee and Johnson VS.. the
GrabOws cases were continued I'M
til the next term, while the three
Melges-Looney cases were settled.
In the latter it is understood that
Melges receives about 50, 100 in
cash and over 81, 200 in personal
property for his equity in the Looney
farm, to which he relinquishes all
right, and which goes to the O'Con-
ners of Renville, who were backing
Looney. The attorneys for Melges,
A. G.. Dolliff and Somerville & Olsen
claim that their client got within
$50 of the full amount due him,
principal, interest, etc.
The case of ARA B. Thompson VS..
John McEwen, replevin case was
settled out of court.
In the case of Frank NJ Dolan VS..
Sheriff Pease and Deputy Greene,
an action to recover for grain taken
belonging to Dolan on an execution
against J. P. Dolliver, tenant OF
the Dolan farm, the jury was in
structed to bring in a verdict for
Dolan A few minutes later YER
dict was brought in for S95.O4.
In the case of VIM. Gallery VS.. E.
A. Pease, representing the McCor.
mick Harvesting Machine Co., an
action to recover for wheat taken
from Matt. McGettrick, on which
Gallery had a mortgage, the jury
was instructed to return a verdict
for the plaintiff, and after being out
for an hour, returned one for 1922
| A. G. Dolliff was the attorney fol
the plaintiff.