The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-09-20
WORK OF THE couR1sI
Synopsis of Business Thus Far Tran
sacted by the District Court Now
in Session.

in Session.
Court began on Monday Sept. nth
with Judge F. NJ. Powers on the bench.
The following is synopsis of the business
thus far transacted. On Monday and
Tuesday of last week judgments were
rendered in the following cases:
Conner VS. Trosin et-al; decree fore
closing mortgage for $4,000
Stewart Lumber Co. VS. Julia G. Ran
kin; judgment on promisory roe for
s2o2, ,33, interest per cent.
W. A. Antrim VS. Peter Lamaak;
Judgment on two notes for $41.78, interest
8 per cent
Henry Rabe VS. D Rabe; judgment on
one note for $3.50. 5s, interest at per cent
Geo. R. Knight VS. Geo. w. Redden-
baugh: judgment on one note for $113:3S.
interest 8 per cent.
Stewart Lumber Co. vs. C. A. Cooper;
Judgment on one note for $S4. interest s
per cent, and on account for s2s. 10 =
The following cases were dismissed:
Lizzie Lamaack VS. John Lamaack; Alex
Stewart Lbr. Co. VS. Hama Birk. et-al;
Iohn H. Hall VS. Harriet Hall; Henry
Hoefer VS. w. c. Hess; F. v. Kniest ysJ.
M. Glynn.
The cases of Lizzie Mundt VS. Henry
Meier; I. F. .Kortman VS. Henry Hoeter:
Abner Graves VS. Adam Riddle; and Chas
Galbraith VS. U. G. Johnson were stricken
from the Calendar.
In the case of the State of Iowa VS. Joe
Potach, wherein the defendant was bound
over to the grand jury on the charge OF
assault with intent to do great bodily in
;ury. it being charged that he threw
stones at the conductor of a freight train
at Manila, the defendant was discharged,
the grand jury failing to find an indict-
ment.
Divorces were granted to the following
plaintiffs:
Wilhelmina Suhr VS. VIM. Suhr; Fritz
Pctschcff VS. Caroline Potschotf; Edith
Lee VS. Harry Lee: Clara Quick VS. p
o. Mary Brake vs. George Brake;
49, Ley VS. Frank NJ. Ley.
h. The case of Harry E. Robinson and
+ SyB. Mundt agains' VIM. Robinson,
srs sh -ssshiaeasssAs by the plaintiffs.
\ wEo are children Of the defendant. to set
\ aside a deed which they gave to their
father to 100 acres Of land which at the
time Of the death OF their mother was in
her name and in which they had two
thirds interest, the claim being made by
them that the deed was made without any
consideration, and without any knowledge
on their part as to what the instrument
was when they executed it. decree was
given for the plaintiffs setting aside the
deed.
VIM Robert Harvey who was indicted
BY the grand jury for larceny, charging
that he hired team at Dow City and
took them to Charter Oak and offered
them for sale, plead guilty, and was
sentenced to one year in the penitentiary
at Anamosa.
The grand jury did not return an in
dictment against M. E. and Matte Lowe,
and they we're discharged.
Nebraska National Bank of Omaha VS.
Alfred Birlhofer was another case grow
ing out of the Green bank failure at Dow
City.
John Ahart had five notes secured by
mortgage upon farm in Crawford county.
| The defendant Birkhofer bought the farm
and Ahart satisfied the mortgage of
record Before the mortgage had been
satisfied, however, of the notes had been
sold by Green to Neb. Natl Bank of
Omaha, and the bank brought an action to
set aside the cancellation of the mortgage.
Ahart claimed that he had satisfied the
m ortgage because he had never sold the
notes to Green and that they were taken
by Green from his private deposit box in
the bank and negotiated by Green without
his consent. The bank claimed they
were innocent purchasers, and offered
evidence to show that Ahart had sold one
of the notes to the Bank of Denison
gage and had also filed petition in
ban kruptcy showing that the three notes
bel by the bank we're listed by him as
being sold to parties unknown to him and
in fact claiming that Ahart had sold the
notes to Green. The court gave decree
setting aside the cancellation of the mort
gage.
The case of VIM. Derseen VS. VIM.
Gottsch was tried to the jury yesterday.
The plaintiff claimed damages from de-
fendant because the defendant sold him
horse which had glanders and the disease
was communicated to five other horses
owned by him.
In the above case the jury brought