The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-11
NORTH DAKOTA
AN IMPORTANT TERM
Twenty-seven Appeals in One Glass
Of Cases Ready for Supreme
Court.
Fall Term to Open at Grand Forks
Next Week-Some Sensa-
tional Suits.
Special to The Journal.

special to The journal.
Bismarck. N. H., Sept. 1.-THE fall term Of
Forks on Tuesday, will zee some interesting and
Important cases argued. The calendar of cases
Tor the term has just been prepared by Clerk
Hosk1ns OF the supreme court.
Twenty seven appeals fled in class
of cases from William county, where ranchmen
ard farmers brought suit against the Great
Tires alleged to have been started by the engines
OF the railroad company. The appeal is from
an order OF Judge CoWan refusing to compel the
plaintiffs III the cases to make their complaints
more specific. The plaintiffs alleged general
defective construction Of the engines, which
caused the fires. The railroad company seeks to
have them state in what exact particular the de-
feet lies.
Two suits are brought from Lidgerwood, Rich
land county, where the town granted certain
property to the 500 railroad, contingent upon
some building by the road, and afterward sued
and recovered the proprty the ground that
the railroad company had not fulfilled its agree
ment. The railroad company appeals
rehearing has been granted by the court In
fective sidewalk, and a rehearing of the case is
to be had on the petition of the city.
King.Hanson Damage Case.
The famous King Hanson damage case from
Towner county is set for hearing at the Grand
Forks term. This was case where suit was
brought by one woman against another for the
alienation Of her husbands affections, and
verdict Of $4,000 damages returned from
which an appeal Is taken The case. attracted
much attention when it was tried before Judge
Cowan and Judge Cochrane, now of the supreme
court, who was then appearing on one side, was
sent to Jail by Judge Cowan for contempt OF court
in the course Of the trial.
An appeal has also been set for hearing from
the verdict Of the jury i'll the Lauder-Jones case
from Richland county. Judge Lauder sued Jones
for damages for the alleged circulation OF false
and defamatory statements concerning the judge
and recovered damages in the sum of $1,000 or
| the verdict Of the jury.
100, Convict Is a Witness.
Another interesting case is that OF Edward
Stevens VS.. Shields. This is an appeal by
casualty company from judgment OF the dis
trict court Of Cass county directing the company
to pay certain life insurance carried by Stevens
a Northern Pacific brakeman, who was shot .!
colored hobo in the yards at Bismarck dying
from the injuries. The payment OF the polc!
hinged upon the circumstances OF the shootlng
and a peculiar feature Of the case Is that tht
man who did the shooting, Griffin by name, serv
| ing term in the penitentary for the crime II
| the principal witness to establish the circum
| stances that would entitle Stevens heirs to tn
recovery of the money. =.
| An appeal has also been taken from the re
| straining order of Judge Cowan to prevent tn
city authorities Of Devils Lake from issuing
bonds to aid in the construction OF Wagol
bridge across Devils Lake at Pelican point: