The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-03
OLIVIA GETS A CHANCE
SUPREME COURT DECISION =,
RENVILLE COUNTY SEAT TANcIE

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Generations of school boys can quarrel
as to what the county seat of Ren,,illa
county is, for it is not certain at the
opening OF a school term, that the coun-
" seat will be the same when the chill
dren come to take the examinations 81
it's end "C
Almost as nomadic as Dom PauPs can
ltal, the supremeacourt yesterday knock
ca out one prG2osition to have it remov
cd again, this time to Bird Island hut
Tue real result, according to Maj. J. M
BOWER. OF the island where the birds be-
long, is only to set aside this effort on q
legal technicality. and leave an omen
neld to the people of Olivia, who have
gone on lines apparently legal to secure
possession of the county archives now re-
posing-if Renyille county records can
really be said to ever repose-at Beaver
Falls -
The syllabus Of the decision is as fol-
lows:
justin |; Brown, relator, appellant, VS..
d. ). Butler ct al. county commission
ers OF Renville county, and J. T. Brooks.
auditor of said county, ETC., respond
Syllabus. The publica ton If +ba no
tlce of the meeting of the county board
to act upon a petition for the removal
Of the county seat, in all of the papers
OF the county for tWo fun weeks, as pro-
l. is condition precedent to the power
OF the board to act upon the petition un-
less such publication is prevented by the
neglect or willful refusal of one or more
of the publishers of such papers.
q The notice in this case was not pub
nshed for two weeks in all of the news
papers of the county. Nor was it pre-
vented by the neglect or refusal of any
publisher. Order affirmed. Start, c. j.
Syllabi of other decisions filed yester-
day were:
Nathan Hirschman, appellant. VS.. julius
Emme and Henry Rolling, respondents
Syllabus-In an action to recover for
personal Injuries sustained by the plain
tiff by reason of the alleged wrongful
acts of the defendants and others with
whom they were, acting in concert, it is
held, that the verdictsis sustained by the
evidence, that the award of damages is
not excessive and that the trial court
erred in reducing the verdict. Order re-
versed. Start. c. ].
First National4 Bank of Detroit, Mimi.
appellant VS.. Beardssof County Commits
sioners OF Becker and Beltrami coun-
ties, respondents
Syllabus. When public officers or
agents in good faith contract with par
ties, having equal means of knowledge
with themselves, they do not become per-
sonally liable although they may have
exceeded their authority.
e. The complaint in this action does
not. state facts constituting cause of
action againststhe defendants or either
of them. Orders affirmed. Start, C. j.
William F. Denahue, sas administrator of
the estate of Reuben A. Richmond, de-
ceased, appellant, vs.. J. E. Campbell
and Reuben A. Richmond, respondents.
Syllabus chattel mortgage on a stock
of merchandise and store fixtures given
for the purchase price thereof, provided:
That it should cover all future additions
to the stock and that the mortgagor
should keep up the stock at all times to
its then present value: that until default
he might retain possession of the prop
he made any attempt to sell any part of
it without the written consent of the
mortgage he was authorized to take pos
session of it. Held:
l. That the mortgage did not express
~, nor by, necessary implication, provide
that the mortgagor might sell the mort
gagged property as his own without ap-
plying the proceeds to the payment Of