The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-06-01
SibIey County Man Has His
Share Of Difficulty.
DIVORCE AND LAW SUITS
His Wife Child and Various Other
People Are Thrown Into a
General legal rsngle.

LIE Sueur, May 30 There probably
was never worse mixup of trouble
and lawsuits than that which has ragged
for several years and is still raging
around the farm of Ferdinand Sonnen.
berg in Sibley county. Ferdinand Son
nenberg was married the second time
md had a number of children by his
first wife. He and his second wife did
not get along very well and she sued
him for divorce, while later, settled
the case, and then, in short time, sued
aim again. After the second action was
commenced settlement was made by
which Sonnenberg and his wife decided
the land to Julius Sonnenberg, son of
Ferdinand, and Julius paid the wife
5000.
Peace lowered over the family for
while and then trouble broke out again,
the wife claiming that she had not
known what she was doing when she
settled, and had got the worst of the
bargain. She threatened another suit.
and julius Sonnenberg gave first mort
gage, which was released, and Il little
later, quit claim deed of the land to
one Albert Roth, but the description in
the quit claim deed was wrong, contain
ing other land than the farm, and as
there were unpaid taxes on the other
land, Roth did not get his deed recorded
not wanting to pay the other taxes.
Julius Sonnenberg offered to pay Roth
800 if the latter would give up the
deed, but Roth demanded $3.50, which
julius would not pay. The threats
made by Mrs. Sonnenberg to commence
another suit for divorce got more earnest
and Julius decided the land to Albert
G. kirschbaum for $4,000, taking a note
due in one year therefor, without inter
est if paid when due. A little later the
wife sued for divorce and, including
Julius Sonnenberg and Albert G. Kir-
| schbaum in the suit, demanded that the
deed be set aside. They defended on
| the deed and Ferdinand Sonnenberg de-
tended against his wife's suit for di-
vorce. but set up cross-bill in which
| the suit. which was holly contested in
| the district court of Sibley county at
| Henderson before Judge Caldwell, Jul
| Jus and Kirschbaub won out, keeping
| the land, except that it was found that
the original deed to Julius from Ferdin-
| and and his wife was wrong in the de-
| scription and that Ferdinand still owned
| fifteen acres of the farm. Ferdinand
| lost his suit for divorce, but the wife
| won hers and was awarded divorce and
$3.50 alimony, which was made lien on
the fifteen acres of land that had been
nand Sonnenberg and the Judgment was
entered as was a Judgment in favor OF
Julius and Kirschbaum issued an eXecu-
ton on their judgment and levied upon
and sold the Judgment that Mrs Son
nenberg had against Ferdinand Sonnen-
berg for considerable less than its face
value.
| Trouble now arose between Julius and
| Kirschbaum over the loss of fifteen
acres of the farm and some debts that
Julius owed Kirschbaum. and Julius, in
order to prevent Kirschbaum from set
ting up any defense against the note
when it fell due, sold it to Livingston
| Quackenbush, banker of lie Sueur,
| for little less than its face value and
deposited the proceeds in the bank. Lat
er the bank failed and the money, over
| $4,000, was lost to Sonnenberg, who
sued the trustee i'll bankruptcy of the
bank for the Kirschbaum note, claiming
that he had not sold it at all, and that
suit is still pending. Kirschbaum was
not to pay any interest on the note if
paid when due, but he did not pay it
all when due, claiming that Quacken-
bush had given him time, and therefore
when the note, through the bankruptcy
fell into the hands of the trustee, he
sued Krschbaum for the balance of the
uote and the. interest which. in itself,
amounted to over $500, and that suit is
still pending.
The Sonnenbergs, who were to remain
on the land a year i'll consideration of
the fact that no interest was to be paid
on the note, stayed there the year and
then refused to get off at all, insisting
that was fully decided, another son.
Louis Sonnenberg, bought the quit claim
deed that had been given by Julius to
Roth. and claiming that Wirschbaum
had been aware of the existence of the
deed at the time he took his deed from
julius, insisted that the farm now be-
longs to Louis and that neither Ferdi-
nand, julius, nor Kirschbaum has any
interest in it, and these suits are still
lpending and undetermined