Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
YORK DISTRICT COURT BUSY
Aany Gases On the Deckea fer Hearing
AZ h Term View sa
Session.

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YORK. Neb. MArch 4-CspsoiAl)-ns
March term Of court convened yesterday
With Judge 3. p Good presiding ana George
y Corcuran reporter. me principal part
% the day was taken ID with arguing cases
and In Diminishing some cases and putting
others over Until the next term Of court
In the case Of the State Of Nebraska against
D. Peters. who was b0und over By one Of
his farmer neighbors 20 keep the peace.
no evidence was taken and the case was
dismissed.
one Of the important cases Of this term
o. court h the State Of Nebraska against
Armour a Co. who nave a large poultry
packing establishment al York. They are
accused by State Game Commissioner
steepleton Of having thirteen prairie chick
ems and quail in their possession. Joseph
Pickering. a druggist at Charleston, Neb-.
Wan have his trial at this term Of court.
He Is charged with selling Intoxicating
liquors without a druggists permit. The
celebrated case Of Anthony Yost against the
G.. B. q q Railway Company. which has
been IN the supreme court and remspded
back TO the district court several times.
VIII again be tried al this term Of courr.
Several complainRnts in divorce cases did
not make their appearances. An interesting
case is that OF the Mccormick Harvesting
Company against Fred schleiminE. The
Mccormick company allege they contracted
Tor the purchase Of a machine. which sohle-
ming attempted 10 turn back, saying IL dic
not give good satisfaction.
Five suits were brought against the Bank
eS Investment company. the tontins dis-
mond scheme, in which the Ofncers were
y. R Clark. secretary; n. V. Harlan, pres
ioent' Joseph Boyer, vice president, were
dismissed by reason OF the complainants
not Ming their bond for appeal in the re-
quired time.
Ora @. Prewitt. a farmer living near York
has brought suit against the Farmers Mn
tual Insurance company OF Lancolp for =,
unpaid loss on wheat that was burned by
q are set BY sparks from a locomotive Of
the 3. q N. railroad.
There are I've lawyer euplovsd IN IN.
injunction case Of York College AGAINST
George N. Jacobs. who ts proprietor Of the
new York Business and Commercial college.
The suit Is to restrain Mr.. Jacobs from
using a name similar TO York college ana
from using testimonials d former students
OF YORK college who were instructed BY Mr..
Jacobs when he was n Of the bust
ness department Of the York college.
Jasper Huffman has brought suit for
1885, against the Royal Union Life In
suranoe company OF Des Moines. This is an
echo OF the building Of the York auditorium.
MI Huffman said that he entered into an
agents contract with the company ana nm
Ger this contract he was to receive on
twenty-year life insurance policies 20 per
cent OF the nrst years premium and ~
per rent for each years premium there
AFTER for ntneteen yeHrE, and that on ten
year policies be was 10 receive as Der cent
on the nrst years premium and "a per
cent on each premium for nine years there
amer. He alleges that transferring III.
business Of the Union Life to the ROYAL
Union Life Insurance. company was don.
Ion the purpose Of evadtng this CONTRACT.
and other contracts made. and also TO vio-
late the contract and agreement which wa.
made with him in the building Of the York
auditor1um. and that by reason of this
change and the raise In rates and policies
already written and new business. he ia nm
nnae 10 secure more business for the corn-
all Of which he claims that this com
pany did wrongfully with intent to defraud
him.