Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-10-28
District Court.


turned a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff in the sum of 81 800 90 A
list Of seventy eight special questions
was submitted to them to answer and
they made guess on each one. The
answers, however, were considered
defective and new trial was granted
the defendant.
The Judgment was rendered on the
ground that the company was negligent
In that slat on the end Of the s.ock car
to which Mr. Rudolph held was brok-
en-. The slat broke loose from the car
while making flying switch and Mr..
Rudolph fell and the car ran over him.
The lawyers in this case were pretty
evenly matched. The foreign attorneys,
OF course, naturally drew the most at
tentlOn. Judge Guthrie 0 Kansas
City for the plaintiff and J. d. Houston.
OF Wichita, one Of the Santa Fe's
fayorites in Kansas, make this kind OF
practice speciality and they are about
as shrewd and cunning as any the
profession can turn out. Neither party
lawyers.
The special questions were very
lengthy and exceedingly difficult
Tor ordinary men TO answer legally. 1t
is one of those unfortunate things
which Gud their way into the statute
books 10y reason OF the efforts of rail.
road attorneys in the legislature, and
serves as another reminder that cor
poratiOn lawyer is positively dangerous
to the interests of the people in any
official capacity. The case will again
be tried in February.
The case of State vs.. r. S. English
was dismissed on motion of the county
attorney, Mr.. English having settled his
trouble satisfactorily with all parties
This case has been hanging fire since
last spring. English borrowed money
from g. b. Currie and executed a
mortgage on some cattle. When it
came time to produce the cattle, h6
had none and he was arrested on
charge OF obtaining money under false
pretense. HIS brother, Ben English,
and friends helped him to raise money
to pay part Of the debt. The lesson
will no doubt be valuable one to Mr..
English.
New trials in the cases of State VS..
Tyree, Cutler and Winter were over
ruled and the prisoners were sentenced
to term in the penitentiary, Thurs
day. The prison board, under the in
determinate sentence law, will fix their
time. The Tyree case will be appealed
to the supreme court
DEGREES Of divorce were granted in
the cases Of Cora Long VS.. Frank Long
and Nettie Cox VS.. Warren L. Cox.
The demurrer in the Tincher- -Lorton
political vengeance suit against the
Index was taken under advisement
until the February term of court. Both
parties were requested by the court to
submit q brief covering the law in the
case. The demurrer was argued only
partially on Thursday. A. l.. Noble
represented Tincher and LortOn, and
Seward I. Field represented the pub
fishers Of the Index. Neither Tincher
nor Lorton made an argument although
the latter missed his supper to see that
Mr.. Noble covered all the points In the
case. He was indeed very busy
individual from the time 1t was an.
nounced that the demurrer would be
taken up until it was argued. Mr:Field,
On behalf Of the Index. presented some
sound law. Mr.. Noble announced that
he had no law just then to combat Mr..
Fields citations and the court gave
him time to find some. Thus the de-
murrGr will hang fire until February,
aud If the publishers of this paper keep
their health it is probable that they
will be permitted to live until that
time anyway.
In the case OF Lindley VS.. Shore, de.
fendant's demurrer was overruled. s.
i. Field represents Mr.. Lindley. Noble
& Tlncher represent Mr.. Shore.
The Flohr cases involving property
complications between the Flohr and
larkin families at Deerhead were
settled out OF court in satisfactory
manner to all parties concerned.
The usual number of default cases
were disposed of-quieting titles and
cOnfirmin0 sales