The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-24
BUSY SESSION
DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE CHURCH OPENS COURT AT DENISON
NEXT MONDAY
MANY CASES CALLED FOR TRIAL
Criminal Cases, Divorce Suits, Claims for Dam.
ages, Probate Settlements VIII Come Up
For Action


court which begins at Denison Mon
day, March 20, promises to be one of
business from start to finish. lit
tie trial work was done in the Jan
.uary session, owing to the illness of
attorneys, but the way seems open for
the petit jury to keep busy. Judge
Church will preside. The docket has
eighty law cases, thirty of equity, five
criminal and thirty probate. Thirty
two trial notices nave been filed.
Among these thus to be tried are
those against the Denison Clothing
Co. and Mr.. Sonksen; those of Mary
A. Butler Mary Evans, L. c. Butler
and H. C. Peterson against the Mil
/ waukee road for damages to land
( about Arion; and case of Nellie Bur-
nett against Mrs. Lenora Lang. The
latter case is for alternating the affec-
| tions of Mr.. Burnett from his wife.
A new case which might be called
an old one, relates to the trouble be-
tween Thos. ]. Muenster and George
Sciford Sr.. 1t will be remembered
that this case came to trial last No
vember and that Sciford secured a
verdict of $1,500 from Muenster. 1t
would appear that Muenster claimed
damages in that Sciford had said he
had immoral relations with his wife.
At the trial Mrs. Sciford went on the
stand and said if her husband said
this, it was true, giving dates. The
jury gave Sciford $1,5OO damages on
| account of what Muenster had done.
His attorneys now claim that they
have newly discovered evidence that
Mrs. Sciford swore falsely and SO ask
that the verdict be set aside and a
new trial granted
The G. & N. W. Ry. is sued by three
men who claim their stock was not
taken to market as soon as it should
have been. They are Henry Bockel-
man, Henry Plagge and VIM. Gosler.
These men loaded stock at Berne in
this county on Feb. 17,19OS and had
reason they say to expect the same
to reach Chicago on February 19 for
early market They say the cattle
did not reach market until Friday,
February 20, having been seventy
hours on the road SO they were in
bad condition and there was loss.
Claus Gottburg, a resident of Schles-
wig is aggrieved by having to pay S126
to the county treasurer This ar,e,,a4
was assessed against his property fcl
construction of a sidewalk. He claims
there was a mistake in the matter.
Another new case is that of Hoefer
& Mains against w. ]. SERVER. The
firm We're land agents and made a
verbal agreement, they claim, with
Mr.. SERVER for pay for selling land.
Mr.. SERVER was the owner of the
Patrick land in Boyer and the firm
says it found for him a buyer in Peter
Weber who paid $4S,OOO. He gave in
part payment some land in Monona
county worth $4,000. The firm says
it found buyer for that land in Gus
tav Rabe. 1t now sues for commits
sions amounting to $337.S7.
The principal criminal cases are as
follows: The State of Iowa VS.. John
Hill for rape; Herman Haggdorn for
assault; Albert Ahart for seduction;
and o. c. Ormour for seduction.
New Law Cases.
The new law cases are as follows:
Thomas j. Muenster VS. George Sci
ford Sr.
William G. Wilson VS.. Patrick Col
Inns.
Jurgen Schroeder VS.. William r. and
Mrs. VIM F. Schmidt
Stewart Lumber Co. VS.. w. S. and
Anna Rae.
w. j. Peters VS.. T. w. and James
Clarking.
Bryan O'Donnell vs. James Mitchell
with e. B. Spottswood.
Henry Brockelman VS.. G. & N. w
Ry.
Claus Gottburg VS.. Town of Schles
wig and Crawford county.
Mary E. Habinck VS. Farmers State
Bank of Charter Oak.
F. C. Book VS.. William Rohde.
Hoefer G Mains VS.. w. j. SERVER.
New Equity Cases.
Archibald Cook VS.. Sam'l Reed e
al.
Clara B. Wilder vs.. Harry G. Wilde
divorce. .3,.-..s