Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-09-15
Court Next Week.

ZOE Union county Will convene AZ Elh
Point next Monday. The calendar
Shove five criminal and fifteen civil
cases, about half Of the latter being
continued from the last term Of court.
There will be grand jury on account
OF the murder trial.
The first criminal case on the docket
Is the old continued case against John
Henke for grand larceny, which Is like
ly TO be dropped. There are cases
against Mrs. Philip Newharth and
Pauline Newharth of BeresfOfd for
liquor selling which will receive atten-
ton and the two cases against John St
Pierre for the killing OF Albert and
Clarence Chillieu last spring. An Inn
portant witness for the prosecution is
sick and unable TO appear, 30 that mall
probability the trial of this case will
not be begun until week after next.
One Of the most important Of the civ
| II cases Is the suit OF Mrs. Rhoden
against the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Co. OF Milwaukee for the
payment OF a s., 900 life insurance pol
Icy. There are four other policies OF
equal amount. The company resists
payment on the ground that DR.. Rho
den, ct the time oil taking out the pol
Icy, was Of unsound bodily health and
of such habits OF life as 10 annul the
policy, The suit Of Henry Lefabure VS..
10. j. Arvidson ct al. is suit to compel
the defendant to sign 81, 400 note for
la horse claimed TO have been contract
ed for by stock company OF which the
defendant lie member. The suit of
August Uihlein OF Milwaukee VS.. J. B.
fountain, IT., ct 81. OF Jefferson, Is q
mortgage foreclosure suit on note.
The case Of r. Nj. Slagle & Co. against
e. w. Ericsson and Albert e. Erickson
10 TO compel payment for lumber ac-
count. Albert e. Erickson is the con-
tractor who has been paid for the build
Ing Of the e. w. Ericsson house in Big
Springs, but has not settled the lumber
bill, hence the suit ). HI. Queal 81 Co.
We. A. p. Anderson is also suit on d
lumber account. James Emery, road
supervisor OF Alcester township, sues
for salary, the defense being that 1t Is
an overcharge. w. J. Comfy, Jr., ct al
| VS.. 7. Z. Burnight, involves the title
to some land In Sioux Valley, attacking
the validity Of q foreclosure made some
twenty years ago. Gilbert d..
Lofiier W. Henry g, Smith Is asuit on a
note for medical attendance, the defense
being that cure was not effected as
claimed. Henry Iverson, renter,
sues VIM. a. Dodd, claiming payment
for extra work. Joe Landaker vs.
Agatha Doctor, Joe Landaker VS..
Agatha Doctor and Agatha Doctor, ex-
ecatrix OF the last will and testament
of Michael Doctor, deceased, r G.
Davis vs.. VIM. Eslick, are suits on ac-
counts. The First National Bank OF
Hawarden sues Lars Peterson on
promissory note and Engbard Holmes
vs. Christian Smith and Al. B. Erick-
son denies the making Of a note.
| Below we give The list OF those drawn
on both the grand and petit iuries:
GRAND JURY
John Lass. -. .......... Prairie Twp
Thomas KavaHagh, ...Spink Twp
| ri d n.k.~nv, paroefS,t.a fy;tx
Thomas Ryan, Jr. Elk Point Twp
Alfred Bruneau. ........ 1st Com rs Dis
John Morrissey .......... Alcester City
w. I'll. Wallace ......... Beresford City
Felix Foisey ........... 1st Com'rs Dist
PHTIT JURY
Frank Bellmar. Elk Point Twp
G. III Williams. ....ss... Virginia Twp
| Mike Relonger. 1st Com rs Dist
August Ludwig, Jr..sBig Springs Twp
! r. s. Walters. Elk Point City
L. D. Convey. Virginia Twp
Michael Murphy. -. Emmett Twp
i. M. Finn, ............. Alcester Twp
Joe Lass. ....,'............ Prairie Twp
Halver Clementson.. I'd Com'rs Dist
lC. s. Harter. ............ Elk Point City
VIM. hurry ...............P Prairie Twp
John Lewison. .....s...... Sphinx Twp
Charles Donnelly ........ LIST Com rs Dist
George Finch .......... Alcester Twp
Herm Beavers. list Com rs Dist
Fritz Lindblom. Big Springs Twp