The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-06-20

A Fight for the Possession of the Only
Available Saloon Site at Bibon-
Heirs oil Andrew Aune After
Dead Mans Insurance.

Circuit Judge John K. Parish has
called upon Judge James J. Fish, Of
Beaver Dam, to sit in the circuit
court in the case of Quayle VS. Bay
field county and A. NJ. Warden. An
affidavit was filed in court as to the
prejudice of the presiding judge
against the defendent Warden.
This is the case where an injunc-
ton was secured to prevent the pay
ment of certain sums of money to
Judge Warden for office rent, etc.,
allowed him by the county board.
The case of W. F.. Pleas against
George Wilkinson, and a counter
case, with plaintiff and defendent
reversed, was taken up last week
and left unfinished. The case in
wolves the proceeds from the sale of
certain horses and camp supplies
which grew out of the logging
operations of Pleas and Wilkinson.
The case of Micheal Welsh and T.
F. Barrows against T. f. Mack miller
has attracted a good deal of at
ten ton in court circles. This case
results from the disputed title Of
particular forty acres of land at
Bibon, to which the different parties
claim title. The popularity of the
case is that the land is the only
piece at Bibon where the title allows
the keeping of saloon, and it's value
rests in the fact Mackmiller wants
to erect hotel and saloon building,
while the adverse parties wish it for
saloon purposes entirely. The one
holding the clear title is given the
monopoly OF Bibon s liquor trade, and
spirited legal fight is tneSresult,
in which Lamoreux & Shea appear
for Welsh and Barrows and A. w.
Mcleod and w. M. Tomkins for
Mackmiller.
A case that was finished, with the
exception of filing attorneys briefs
at the time of the adjournment of
court last Saturday, as to the dis
position of $4,000 life insurance left
by the late Andrew Aune E. G.
Alvord as guardian ad litum for two
of Aune's children, brings suit TO
! set aside the claims of Mrs. John
ROckstad and Mrs. John FL. Ritan to
a part of the insurance, alleging that
the claims they have to their share
of the insurance was the result of
undue influence exercised over the
deceased Aune, who named them
among the benefciies, and also
that Aune was of unsound mind at
the time of making them beneficies,
along with other heirs. In case the
claims of Mrs. Rockstad and Mrs.
Ritan are set aside there will
necessarily be established the claim
of daughter of Aune by his first
marriage who will share with the
small children in the insurance
money, and this latter oman is rep
resented in the case by Attorney
Stark, of Rice Lake, along with
guardian attorney Alvord, while A.
w. Mcleod and W. M. Tomkins ap-
pear for the beneiciaries, Ritan and
Rockstad. In case Mr.. Alvord S
clients win, the insurance money will
be divided between the two small
children and the daughter of Aune
in Barron county, while if he should
lose, the four heirs mentioned will
divide the money In any event
the expenses of the suit will bring
the heirs out way behind what they
would have had on any basis of
settlement. All along the young
children of Aupe have been cared
for by Mrs. Rockstad and Mrs.
Ritan. who were defendants. 1t
looks to a man up a tree like a case
where the attorney and the guar
dian was looking stronger after a
lawsuit than a chance to do any good
to the heirs.
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