Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-06
THE CIRCUIT COURT
AGAIN IN SESSION
The Sarles Damage Suit Against
Railroad Being Retired.
Jury Disagreed in This Case in Octo
Der Term---Much Other Business
is Being Disposed of.

is Being Disposed of.
The adjourned term of the Feb
ruary, 1908, term of circuit court
convened in this city yesterday
morning, Judge Clementson on the
bench.
The first Grant county matter
disposed of was the divorce case of
Henry Webb VS.. Margaret Webb,
in which a judgment of dive, ce
was signed.
Other matters finally disposed of
were:
Joseph Stephens VS.. r. B. Luckey
ct al, Judgment of foreclosure sign
ed.
w. T. Palmer vs.. The Midway
Mining Co, Judgment signed.
Geo. S. Parker VS.. Midway Min
ing Co.; promissory note; judg-
ment signed.
Elizabeth J. Hooks VS.. Calvin
Hooks, divorce; Judgment and
findings signed.
Geo. w. Kinney vs.. Sarah Ken
ney, divorce; Judgment and findings
signed.
W. j. Decker ct al, VS.. VIM.
B. Morgan ct al, PARTITION; court
directed that an order confirming
sale be made.
Galena Iron Works Co., VS.. +. Ia.
DE Lestry ct al; judgment signed.
Because of a deficiency Of regular
iurymen owing to members of the
regular ven1re having been excused
from time to time, the court di-
rected the clerk to draw from the
jury box. furnished by the jury
commissioners, 10persOns to act as
jurors at this term, and further di-
rected that the venire be issued
summoning them to be present in
court at half-past one on Thursday,
May z. The following jurors were
drawn: August Wellner, Marion;
I'll. Brewer, Watterstown; Geo.
Starrett, Beetown; Lewis Groom,
Cassville; Frank Stephens, Clifton;
David Wiegel, Platteville; Geo.
Whitcher, Lima; III. G. Biddick,
Clifton; John A Kruel, Hickory
Grove; Henry Rech, North Lancas-
ter.
The famous damage suit Of Emma
S. Sarles, as administrative of the
estate of f. B. Sarles, VS. the Chi
cago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul R'y.
growing out of train on that road
running over and killing said E. B..
Sarles at Boscobel, in the summer
of 1906, is on trial. This same case
was tried in the October term OF
court last year, in which the jury
disagreed. W. q. Palmer, Lowry
& Carthew and j. j. Blaine appear
for the plaintiff and Howe and Gill
man and Chas. E Woman for the
defendant railroad company. A
large number of witnesses are I res
ent for both sides and the case is
being holly contested, inch by inch
The contention of the complainant,
is that the train was running at a
much faster than ordinary speed
and was ahead of time. The de-
Tense acknowledges the unlawful
speed of the train but alleges con-
tributOry negligence.
The following are serving as jury
men in this case:
Edgar Ransom. VIM. Schuppener,
Del Morrissey, Geo. Muender, J. A.
Dossert, Henry Earning, George
Petersen, VIM. NIemer, o. b.
Martin o. A. Hinman, v. FL Kinney,
Samuel Nero.
Railroad men and citizens gener-
ally from BOscobel are present at
the trial which is now in progress,
and which is attracting much at
tention locally. Among those in at
tendance at the trial yesterday
afternoon were noticed the veneer
able Thomas Torney, of Fennlmore;
Thomas Lawless, of Patch Grove.
and a number of prominent at
torneys from various parts of the
county.