Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-10
CIRCUIT COURT

In the matter of the construction
of will of John Benner, deceased;
appeal; jury waived; to be tried by
S. H. Taylor for pltf.; Brown
& Brennan, @. B. Clementson, Ell
more T. Elver for deft.
H. Comstock VS.. Grant County;
uncertain; Howe & Gilman
for pitt; A. W. Kopp for deft.
John A. Semrad, ct al. VS.. Frank
Richter; default; ready; Howe &
Gilman for pltf.
ISSUES OF FACT FOR COURT.
Lancaster Lumber Co. VS.. Galena
Iron Works Co, ct, al; action for
mech. lien; ready; Brown q Bren-
nan for pltf.; J. w. Murphy and
Lowry & Carthew for deft.
Bridget Seward VS.. Mary Bren-
nan, ct al; partition; continued;
Brown & Brennan for pltf; Lowry
& Carthew for deft.
Sarah E. Groshong VS.. Albert
Groshong: divorce; ready; Manfred
S. Block for pltf.; Herman Buchner
for deft.
William Langstaff VS.. Jennie E.
Langstaff: divorce; ready: Lowry q
Carthew for pltf.; Brown & Bren-
nan and Geo. Clementson for deft.
Friedrich F. Smith vs.. Philip
Smith, ct al. partition; ready; Howe
& Gilman for pltf.; John Schein-
plug. guardian for def.
B. F. Washburn vs.. John E.
Brindley: money demand; continued
by default; Howe & Gilman for pitt. :;
Graves & Earl for def.
Galena Iron Works Co., cor. VS..
the Consolidated Mining, NJ. & M.
Co., ct al; action on mech. lien;
ready; Spensley, McIlhon & Priest
ley for pltf.; w. E. Shimmln for
def.
Lena Shollmeyer VS. Joseph Sholl-
meyer; divorce; settled; A. W. Kopp
for pltf.; j. W. Murphy for deft.
Nellie Mckinney VS.. Benz. Nc
Kinney; divorce; Lowry & Carthew
for pltf.
Ardena E. Irish VS.. Henry Irish;
divorce; Lowry & Carthew for pltf.
G. F. Peterson VS.. Mary Peters on;
divorce; J. w. Murphy for pltf.
Cases disposed of to date in which
no jury was required are as follows:
Mary E. Shockley was granted a
divorce from Warren Shockley; this
came from Lafayette county.
Ruka Bros. Mfg. company VS..
Albert Goblin; order signed for
petition for writ of assistance.
Galena Iron Works VS.. CONSOLE
dated Mining company; judgment
signed.
Fred Smith VS.. Philip Smith; par
tition; affidavit of no answer filed,
thus victory for plaintiff.
Aug. Oberhouser VS.. Theo. Flltsch;
clerk ordered to pay defendant
certain money in hands of court.
Geo. Swingle VS.. the Catholic
Order of Foresters of Muscoda; aft
davit of no answer filed and order
SO signed.
Information filed by distric at
tnrney VS.. the Corpians, DR.. Henry,
Gus Grimes and John Woodward.
Stipulation filed in action brought
by Semrad & Co. VS.. Frank Richter.
Learned legal lights are as liable
to be negligent of rules as an ordi-
nary being, as was evidenced by
the many who had failed to comply
with the new rulings of the circuit
court as laid down by the supreme
court with regard to the limit of
time now allowed to properly place
a case on the calendar.
The new rule that caused con-
sternation among the attorneys was
given publicity in the press and
by circular letters sometime since,
but it developed that many cases
had failed to be taken care of. The
ruling is as follows:
"The clerk IN making up the cal
endar shall proceed in strict ac-
cordance with Section 8 of Circuit
Court Rule Three. If a cause noticed
for trial be not placed by the Clerk
upon the calendar because the re-
quirements of said section had not
been complied with such cause shall
not thereafter be entered upon the
calendar except by an order of the
court which shall provide that the
party at fault shall, lnstanter, pay
to the attorney of the opposite party
$500 terms and comply with such
other requirements as the court
may impose, or in default his plead
ing shall be stricken out. If both
nartieS were at fa1lt Such cauSa