Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-10-20
PLAINTIFF WON OUT
IN MUSGODA CASE
Jury Awarded Rogers Thirteen
Thousand Dollars Damages
Issues of Fact for Court and Jury are Be-
ing Disposed of This Week, in
the Circuit Court.

A case in which considerable in
terest was manifested last week was
that of T. Y. Rogers VS.. F. @.
Rodolph. 1t was a suit for damages
the charge brought by the plaintiff
being alienation of his wife's affec
tiOns. The people involved are all
we'll known in Muscoda, Boscobel and
that section the defendant being a
prominent citizen of Muscoda.
The case opened Wednesday morn
ing and went to the jury Friday
morning at about IL O'Clock There
were many witnesses to be examined
md the final presentation of the case
to the jury occupied much more time
than was expected.
At half past two the jury brought
in their verdict in favor of the
plaintiff Mr.. Rogers the amount of
damages awarded him being $13, 900.
This verdict seemed favorable to those
who heard the testimony in the case.
The attorneys engaged were John
Cunningham and G. e. Pierce for
the plaintiff and F. ". Burnham
and John j. Blaine for the defendant.
The jury in this case was composed
OF the following: Chas. Barnes, Will
Adams. Chris West, Albert Brande-
muehl, Wesley Watson. Orlando
Mutt, Joseph Bernhard, P. ". Glass,
Abe Woffenden, Lewis Taylor Jr.,
NJ. NJ. Rice and Paul Wiseman. The
following witnesses testified: Thomas
Y. Rogers, Walter Rogers. L. 81.
Rice, Mrs. Sarah Rice, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark, W. Miller, Della Rice, Odessa
Elder. Veta Miller, Martin Elliot,
Mrs. Mamie Vincent. Gladys Rogers,
Carroll Elder, John Miller, Alice E.
Rogers, F. G. Rodolph and Frank
Adauntz.
The case of Harry McGraw VS.. R.
P. Green as administrator of the
estate of Warren E Gates, deceased.
which was in progress as our last
week s issue went to press, was de-
cided in favor of the plaintiff the
jury assessing his damages at 81, 500.
This suit was an appeal FROM county
court. Brown & Brennan and q. B.
Clementson were the attorneys for the
complainant. Ed NJ. Lowry guardian
ad litem of the minors. John J.
Seaman for administrator, Watkins 81
Moses for adult heirs for defendant.
A certain trade or sale in which
were concerned stock of hardware
and a hotel was the under
lying cause for the action for damages
of Warren J. Ring VS.. Albert B.
Andrews and r. B. Cunningham.
Green & Temple and Geo. B. Clement
son appeared for the plaintiff and s.
E. Smalley for defendant. The testi
mony clUsed saturday noon and on
Monday the case went to the jury
composed of the following: Geo. W.
HoadIey, John Neubauer B. +.
Monroe, VIM. Hickok. Henry Kasper,
Fred Weinberger, VIM. Wilkinson,
W. B. Bollard, Henry Schneider,
John ". Kreul, Chas. Roschi, and
Fred Mertz
The jury brought in verdict Mon
day evening in favor of the plaintiff.
At this writing the damage suit
of Joseph Adkins VS.. the Homestead
Mining Company is undecided. I.
L. Cleary was the attorney for the
plaintiff and j. w. Murphy for the
defendant. The damage suit of Austin
Rollins VS.. John W. Martin ct al has
not yet gone to the jury.
The following minor matters were
decided last week:
d. Grant Ballantyne ct al VS..
Frank Lynett ct al. Judgement of
foreclosure and sale signed.
Chas E. Wolfe ct al VS.. Mrs. NJ.
]. Bugbee eft al. Judgment signed.
John W. House VS.. Inffre Arneson
ct al. Order dismissing cross COM
plant of defendants Henry and
Victora Noring signed.