Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-20
District Court Doings

tt IN over the settlement of a
bill for liquors sold by Cackley
BIZ RS, wholesale liquor dealers,
Of Omaha, to Samuel Richards
erstwhile saloonkeeper at Mo.
Valley and Modale, resulted in
the two parties getting into
court, later resulting in a YER
dict for the plaintiffs, after the
jury had been out but a short
time.
The point at issue seemed to
be- whether or not the liquors
had been bought by Richards
IN Omaha or whether he had
hought them of a statesmen in
Iowa. He disputed the claim
"f the Cackleys. In July last
The plaintiffs in the action at
'ached some ice belonging to
Richards and held at Modale,
IN \ because of that attachment
Richards based a counter-claim.
This however was not honored
and the plaintiffs were allowed
a verdict for $46s.00.
Because the administrators,
e. Il. and w. j. billiard had
not made a settlement Of the
estate of Mrs. VIM. billiard, of
Calhoun township, the heirs
brought an action against C. IL.
Hilllard, entitled Mary A.
Dougherty VS. C. H. billiard.
w. j. billiard appeared as de.
PENDANT. Testimony in the
case showed that but little at
ention had been given the set
cement of the estate by th,
administrators and that there
1ad. been a considerable sum
received that had not been ac-
counted for. After the jury
had heard some testimony
Judge Green took the case un
Ter advisement, later returning
Adhesion for the Plaintiffs, but
the amount of the verdict ar
rived at has not yet been made
public.
An action for damages tc-
cause a horse was killed by a
train on the C. & N. w. rail-
way, alleged to have been
caused by a defective cattle-way
and culvert, was brought by D.
G. Jared. The case was taken
up Monday afternoon and a
verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum of 500 returned shortly
afternoon Tuesday.
$4,000 was asked as damages
because of a personal injury re.
ceived by Toilet Tollefson be-
cause of the alleged negligence
of the Updike Grain Co., Of Mo.
Valley, while he was in the en-
ploy of that company.
After hearing the testimony
Of the plaintiff and one other
witness, Attorney Kellogg, APP.
pearing for Tollefson dismissed
| the case, stating that he hac
been misinformed as to the
testimony which was to have
been brought out.
A verdict of $25 was given
James Mann in his action
against ]. A. Fry. The case
had to do with the: killing of a
blooded hog belonging to Mann.
But little testimony was taken
in the case and no jury was
called.
A verdict for the plaintiff
was given in the case of w. A.
Phillips VS. Fred Brown. The
action was brought to settle
the ownership of certain store
fixtures in a Mo. Valley store
building. 1t was given to the
jury last evening and a verdict
was Forthcoming.
The case of State VS. Hugh
Flynn was commenced this
morning. The action came I'M
der the criminal head, Mr..
Flynn being accused of imper-
sonating the officer. Observer.
There is no other merchan-
disc under the sun on which
so many people get fooled and
on which it is as easy to fool
people as on steel ranges.
The PenlnSulaf has stood the
longest test Of any range be-
ing sold by any of the dealers
in Mo. Valley. There is not
a dealer in the city but what
has passed up their would=be
better ranges and tried to
find but failed to get a range
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