Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-07-01
JUNE Term
DISTRICT COURT
IMPORTANT JUNE TERM CON-
MENcED MONDAY, JUDGE GRIN.
DELAND PRESIDING,

0I.&INO Tnc0IOlN0.
The June term of district court for
Marshall County convened Monday
with Judge Grindeland occupying the
judges chair. w. o. Braggans, steno.
grapher and Alfred c. >Swandby, clerk
| of court, VIM. Forsberg, sheriff, and
county attorney Brown, were on hand
ready for their duties as officers of the
court.
The grand jury was set to work but
after short session it concluded that
in this peaceful and law-abiding coun-
ty, there was no work for it to do,
hence the jurors were discharged with
the thanks OF the court and allowed
to return to their respective homes.
The civil calendar is lengthy one,
containing not less than 26 cases,
many Of them Of considerable import
ance. 4E%#
The following are some of the more
important cases disposed of at the
time of going to press:
Fred Tiedt VS.. John E. StrandQuist
as administrator of the estate of Fred
Hanson, deceased. G. R. Chaplin at
torney for plaintiff. julius J. Olson
for defendant. Action involves fore
closure of a real estate mortgage. To
be tried by the court on day to be
agreed upon later.
L. G. Erbes and Abraham Rinken-
berger VS.. Louis Reopell. P. A. MI.
Clernan attorney for plaintiff, B. B.
Brett for defendant. Dismissed by
motion of plaintiff.
Crystal G. Noyes and James H.
Clark as executors of the estate of
Bolivar G. Gill, deceased and L. Lamb
erson, co-partner's as the Bank of
Warren VS.. John. E. Ostrom and Aug.
Lundgren. Brown & Eckstrom ap-
peared as attorneys for the plaintitr
and JuliusaJ.4 Olson as attorney for
the defendant. Charles Lorlng and
Martin O'Brien, Of Crookston, assist
ed at the trial, lie iormer for the
plaintiff and the latter for the defen-
dant. Action on note growing out of
A. c. Rhinehart ditch contract, Ditch
| No. 81 The amount involved was
about $l400. L. or'hors"n Tobn e.
Ostrom and Aug Lundgren were the
sureties for the contractor who failed
to finish the ditch, whereupon the
sureties took hold and completed the
contract. Defendants set up the claim
that the note was given without con.
sideration. The case was hotly con-
tested on both sides and occupied the
attention of the court nearly all Tues
day and Wednesday. The jury re-
turned a verdict in favor of the de-
PENDANTS, John Z. Ostrom and Aug.
Lundgren.
John E. Ostrom VS.. L. Lamberson.
Julius J. Olson attorney for plaintiff,
Brown & Eckstrom for defendants.
Action brought to recover value Of
Ostroni's services as overseer of ditch
after bondsmen took hold of it. Val
ne of plaintiffs services to be deter
mined by the court. Verdict in the
case above established the fact that
Lamberson had agreed to save Ostrom
from loss on account of signing Rhine
hart's bond.
Lima Johansson VS.. C. A. Westberg.
Brown & Eckstrom for plaintiff, c. A.
Westberg for defendant Continued
by consent.
Rasmus Hage VS.. Thomas N. Stay.
julius j. Olson for plaintiff, Brown &
Eckstrom for defendant Settled.
J. H. Zemmerman VS.. Burchard HUI.
burt Investment Co. Charles Loring
and John J. Sutton for plaintiffs, P. A.
McClernan and Morphy, Ewing &
Bradford for defendant. This case is
on trial to-day and is an action to set
aside transfer of land and for dam.
ages. Plaintiff claims he was de-
frauded out of 120 acres Of land in
Wisconsin and got land west of Ste.
phen full of foul weeds, etc. This is
also a hard fought case on both sides.
Otto Stoltz, of Argyle, A. J. Hflden,
of Oslo, and J. L. Olson, of McCrea,
are officiating as deputy sheriffs at
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