The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
FORTY. one COURT CASES
DISPOSED OF IN MADISON coUN.
TY AT RECENT TERM.
IMPORTANT CASES WENT OVER
Among the Cases Wiped on the Docket
Were Number of Divorces, One Of
Which Was Settled by Murder and
Suicide.

Madison, Neb., Dec. IL. - From
staff correspondent: AS a result of
the recent term Of the district court
in Madison there are forty-one less
cases on the Madison county docket.
Definite action was taken or dismiss
ais recorded in that many district
court cases.
without exception the more import
ant cases went over until later term
but the forty.one cases acted on re-
presented nearly third Of the cases
pending.
This is a summary of the action of
the district court:
Father Anthony Wojciechowski,
until this week assistant priest in
Norfolk, secured a decree of the court
changing the name "Wojciechowski"
to "Alberts," its English equivalent
Judge Welch held that in this land
of the free it was not meant that any
man should be chained to name like
"WojciechowsN" without his consent
1t might do in foreign lands but never
in free America.
The divorce case of Mrs. Bertha
Endres, which was recently dismissed
was reinstated during the progress of
the term and now holds its place on
the docket.
The following divorces were granted
during the term: Mrs. Bertha Baker
from Walter ]. Baker, Mrs. Ida Yer
plank from John Verplank, George r.
Seller from Mrs. Anna S. Seller, Mrs.
Anna e. Hull from Hoagland Hull,
Mrs. Renata Ueckermann from Frank
Ueckermann, Mrs. May C. Palmateer
from Thomas J. Palmateer
The following divorce cases were
dismissed before being called for trial:
Ferdinand Winter from Mrs. Minnie
Winter, Mrs. Martha Pryor from Lee
Pryor, Mrs. Mary Contois from Joseph
Contois, Elma c. Benish from Charles
Benish.
The divorce case of Mrs. Mary l..
Nethaway against Valley B. Nethaway
was never called to trial, murder and
suicide removing the case from the
| jurisdiction of the court although the
case still stands on the record. The
Nethaway case was No. 3619
One of the oldest inhabitants" of
the court docket was amputated dur
ing the term when the case of Robert
C. Boyer VS.. Charles T. Richardson
ct al was dismissed for want of prose-
cution. The case was next to the old
est cases pending and had gone over
from term to term for six years.
The following cases were dismissed
during the term: Walter Foster VS..
Citizens National bank of Norfolk,
Frederick Schlumbohum VS.. Richard
Korth, Lawrence Heckendorf VS.. Mich
ael Endres, Norfolk Lumber company
VS.. ]. l.. Hight, John NJ Dineen VS..
Peter Long, Kettle A. Williams VS..
Highland Mobiles, Walter Foster VS..
Citizens National Bank ct al, Louisa
Reikofske VS.. John d. Hale ct al, G. V.
Carbaugh VS.. Williams Stokes, William
" Allen VS.. F. A. Long ct al, Herman
Fricke VS.. Joseph Soles, Edwards &
Bradford VS.. Catherine Laubsch ct al.
Most of these cases were settled or
compromised.
Clara M. Hills secured an injunction
against Sheriff Clements to prevent
the levying of an execution.
For twenty-four hours the jury in
the case of the First National bank
of Madison VS.. Charles w. Sprout,
involving a promisary note, bordering
over the evidence and at the end of
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to agree. The case was continued.
Oscar A. Richey of Norfolk won and
lost suit. A jury gave him a YER
dict for $144.50 against George H.
Bishop but Judge WEIGH refused to
grant him a divorce.
Charles Schlender was sued by H.
J. Backes in a fruit tree case but won
the suit before jury
The Turner and Beer cases against
the county for witness fees were de-
feated on demurrers.
Anna Lovelace ON motion of her
attorneys was given verdict of
$551.66 against the estate of the late
Joseph Severa,
The sale in the case of L. B. Baker
VS.. Sarah Arson ct al was confirmed.
Curtis, the Columbus plumber, who
appealed from a $40 fine under the
Madison plumbers ordinance, had his
appeal dismissed but gave notice Of a
further appeal to the supreme court.
The justice court decision in the case
of George F. Mead VS.. Rachael X.
| Yates was reversed.
The appeal in the case of Paul Dit
mar VS.. Herman Kuntz ct al was dis
missed.
The following cases were won by
default: Emma Voss VS.. the unknown
heirs of John Krauss, the Koch Vege-
table Tea company VS.. T. R. Coleman
ct al, C. B. Burrows VS.. Evan D. Ham.
mond on notes for $1,423.S5.
Judge Welch took the case of A.
Hope Co. VS.. Mrs. w. Severns under
Amusement.