The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-04-07

case.
Attorney Keith made motion for
placing the case of the Thompson
Cattle Co. VS.. Foley Bean Lumber
Co. on the calendar and the motion
was granted subject to the consent of
opposing counsel.
In the case of Gust Sundval VS.. P
P. Normo and S. D. Sour VS.. E. J. M.
Knowlton judgments were ordered for
plaintiffs, defendants in the cases not
appearing.
In the case of Anna Anderson VS..
Charles Anderson decree was
granted.
After this disposition of the calen-
dar there were but three jury cases left
for trial, and few cases for the court
to hear. IT,.
The first case taken up Tuesday
morning was that of Katherine Alice
Briggs VS.. NJ. S. Rutherford. The
litigation was over the payment to
Rutherford by the plaintiff of the sum
of $50, which is claimed was made as
part payment on contract for piece
of land in Sherburne county. p. L.
Mcmillan represented M. S. Ruther-
ford while Frank White of Elk River
and E. S. Gaylord Of Minneapolis
represented plaintiff. :, The jury found
a verdict for plaintiff.
The second jury case that came on
for trial was that of H. L. Butter
field vs.. E. Mark, which was an ap-
peal from justice court where Mr..
Mark had replevined horse that
Butterfield had claimed was his and
had taken possession of as the horse
was being driven by an employee of
Mark to Mile Laos lake last fall.
The case was taken up late in the day,
plaintiff having been obliged to wait
until Attorney Childs arrived on the
afternoon train from Minneapolis. A
jury was called and Attorney Childs
began very rigid examination of the
jurors to ascertain the extent of their
acquaintance with the noted horse
dealer and stockman. The examina-
ton disclosed the fact that Mark was
a pretty we'll known man in this neck
of the woods, but the jurors who were
retained all said they thought they
could try the case without any bias.
The case was only fairly started by
supper time and recess was taken
until $50 when the court opened for an
evening session and with a good
house. It has been said that every
man has his second and the same must
be true with horses, for according to
the testimony it appeared that the
horse that Mark owned and the horse
that Butterfeld owned and which
strayed from his ranch on Tibbetts'
brook were just as much alike as it
would be possible for two horses to
be. The animal in contention was
black mare, with white star on it's
forehead and shoulder marked and the
fetlocks to the front feet were SCARED
by having been cut by wire at some
time. Mark got the animal from Fred
Ullrich of Bradford, who got the
horse from Ole Wicklund of Spring
Vale who got it from Hans Buchanan,
to whom Sheriff Gillespie of Cam
bridge had sold the mare about six
years ago. The ''pot- bellied' mare
as it was called was a veteran in the
service and long before the steel rails
Of the G.. N. railway brought Cam
bridge in contact with the world the
horse had been in the freighting SER
vice between Cambridge and Harris.
Its owner sold her to the late Matthias
Smith of Cambridge from whom Giles
pie bought the horse. A whole string
of witnesses we're examined by both
sides. Attorney Childs took the case
on short notice and about all he had
to work on was the transcript of the
records Of the justice court where the
case was tried, and he was badly
handicapped. He prolonged the ex-
animation of some of the witnesses by
asking many questions that could not
help him in his case at all, and the
droll German from Bradford afforded
considerable amusement during the
examination. The case was concluded
yesterday afternoon and given to the
jury who found verdict for
Mark after having been out but a
short time. The case was one of the
most interesting of any on the calen-
dar. and it required over day to hear
it, though the property in contention
was not worth one-tenth the cost of the
action, bat a person will fight for an
old horse if he thinks it is his lust as
hard and with as much spirit and de-
termination as he would fight for any
of his goods, chattels or property.
Chas A. Dickey was the ATTORNEY for