The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-09-25
COURT IN SESSION.
September Term of Court Convened
Monday With Good Grist of
Civil and Criminal Cases.
The Civil Calendar Was Finished OH
Wednesday, Criminal Calen=
dar on To-Day.

EeneQ MOnCaV morning DflgnL. ana
early. Judge Baxter came over Sun
day and was on hand ready for bust
ness as soon as the grand and petit
jurors arrived, and by nine o'clock
court was ready for action. The grand
jury was called with all present with
the exception of A. G. Wilkes. August
Jaenicke was excused. After the jury
had been charged it retired in charge
of Deputy Sheriff Tilley, and took up
several matters for disposition.
The calendar, consisting of thirty
civil and dozen criminal cases, was
taken up by the court. The first case
on the civil calendar, that of Chester
Pearson VS.. Joseph Craig, which was
continued from the last term, was dis
missed, as it was settled out of court.
That of Robert H. Sleeves VS.. Nancy
M. Harrington and Hiram Harrington,
Erickson & Son VS.. O. Lagreen was
dismissed. In the appeal case of Mary
A. Potts VS.. Nora Marvin and E. b.
Wilson which was tried before Justice
Bouck some time ago, and in which
judgment was found for defendent, and
an appeal taken by plaintiff, it was
found that the case had not been certi-
fed to the district court and appellants
attorney asked for an order from
the court for the papers from the JUS
tice. By consent of both parties the
case was continued over the term, and
the court ordered that the papers in
the case be returned before the first
day of the next term of court. The
case of Austin & Western Co., limited,
VS.. the town of South Harbor, which
case was a holdover from the last term,
was continued as per stipulation. Ed
ward j. Borglin VS.. N. NJ. Cook was
also continued, as was also the case of
Sylvester Kipp VS.. L. U. NJ. Kee, ct al.
Attorney E. L. Mcmillan appeared for
Flannery & Cooke in the case of Ole P.
Chalstrom VS.. W. L. Ames, ct al, and
an order for judgment was entered
for plaintiff. County Attorney Ross
appeared for the town of Borgholm in
the matter of condemnation of the
lands of VIM. Tyler by said town for
the purposes of a road, while Albert
Johnson, county attorney of Goodhue
county, represented the appellant
Mr.. Ross made a motion that the ap-
peal be dismissed on the grounds of be-
ing technically defective, and the mo-
ton was granted. The application of
Thomas H. Galley for the vacation of
the alley in the block where the starch
factory is located, was granted.
This disposed of ten cases on the
calendar and cleared the decks in fair
shape for the jury cases that were
taken up Tuesday morning. The case
of Thomas II. Galley VS.. John Thorn
quist, appellant, was placed on the cal
endar late Monday. This is the case
brought in justice court last summer
by Mr.. Galley against Thornquist for
unlawful detainer. The case was ar
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the Justice court was affirmed.
The case of F. D. McMillen against
M. S. Rutherford was continued by
consent of both parties, and the case of
Mary E. Chadbourne VS.. Kate Kenely
was continued on motion of defendant.
A. Nj. Kipp VS.. Edward L. Reid will be
tried by Judge Baxter at chambers.
The Rush-Adcock litigation came up
in the form of an appeal from justice
court. At trial last fall before JUS
tice Chadbourne John Adcock secured
Judgment from J. A. Rush and Rush
appealed the case, but it did not last
long in court as the judgment of the
Justice court was affirmed. The case
of the Foley-Bean Lumber Co. against
Geo. H. Locke, Alice Locke, Chas. A.
Dickey and Geo. G. Stiles was settled
as per stipulations filed. The action
of Peter johnson against the Farnham
Brick Co. was dismissed without costs
to either party. Johnson fell from
kiln a year ago last July and brought
suit against the company for So, 900.
His attorney, J. W. Arctander of
Minneapolis, came up and when he
learned the particulars and listened to
the mans case he told him that he
would not try the case. Another case
continued was that of Martin W.
Hanks against Geo. Locke, Alice
Locke, and John Bartlett.
In the case of Robert F. Whidden as
administrator of the estate of Mary F.
PARROT VS.. Geo. Locke and John Bar
rett, testimony was taken and the case
continued subject to further hearing.
S. Kipp VS.. John Hanson, A. NJ. Kipp
ct al. was stricken from the calendar.
The case of Mary J. Woodcook VS.. the
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