Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-06-10
DISTRICT COURT
IN EDDY COUNTY
May Term Held at New Rock
ford and Important Cases
Disposed Of.

on the bench, Stickney
back at the clerks desk and Mr..
Davies, the new sheriff, and Mr..
Manly as states attorney. No
criminal cases being reported, the
civil calendar was at once called and
found among. the attorneys from
abroad present and interested in i'm
portant litigation, Mr.. Turner Of
Fargo, Mr.. WARDROBE of Leeds, Mr..
Yonngblood Of Fessenden, Mr.. Kelly
Of Darlington, Mr.. McCue Of CARING
ton, Mr.. Carr of Kensal and John
Knauf Of Jamestown. Judge Burke
presided with unusual dignity, CIV.
ing great attention to the entire con-.
duct Of the cases, litigants, jurors
and attorneys.
The action of Mpls. T. Machine
Co. vs.. M. T. Nash, was tried BY At,
torney Turner for the plaintiff and
Maddux for the defendant ana result
ed in verdict for the plaintiff. The
case Of Riggle VS.. Fugina resulted In
. verdict for full amount In favor Of
the plaintiff, Attorney Manly repre-
senting the plaintiff and Maddux the
defendant The case of White and
Hopes against Mattson & Stickney
was decided for defendants with
costs, Messrs Manly and Knauf repre-
senting the defendants and j. W.
White the plaintiffs. In Davidson &,
Thorn against Farmer HOlmer, the
jury disagreed. Maddux represented
the plaintiff and Manly the defen-
dant, and involved an action in which
the defendant claimed that the plain
tiff's. thresher lien was false and fled
too late. The case Of + Delaaeld
Smith vs.. Willoughby was continued;
over the term.
The important case Of the term was
that of Fred Hanson VS.. Bengta Mat
tson, an action sued out for the sum
Of twelve thousand dollars for slander
Of the plaintiff, the defense was that
the alleged words were not really
spoken and that even II Mrs. Mattson
did say the plaintiff chad taken her
oats,' she was justified under all the
in saying so. The jury
received the case on Friday p. m. last
after . two days trial and after de-
liberation and the first vote was
it was found that the jury
stood IL to 0 in favor of the defen-
dant and now it Is said, the defen.
dant is being urged to sue Mr.. Han
son for the value of the same oats,
which she may possibly do. The
plaintiff was represented in the case
by Maddux & Rinker Of New Rock
ford and Joseph Youngblood, the
Wells county orator and literary law
yer, while J. A. Manly and John
Knauf represented Mrs. Mattson.
The decision In Mrs. Mattson's favor
was very gratifying to her attorneys,
family and friends.
In the case Of Walton vs.. Warner,
brought for the recovery of certain
horses and machinery, the court caus-
ed three paragraphs Of the defen-
danr's answer to be striken therefrom
and at the close of all the evidence
directed . verdict for the plaintiff
Maddux s. Rinker. represented the
and J. A. Manly and John
Knauf represented the plaintiff. II
In the case Of Mattson vs. Hanson.
over the recovery of the landlords
grain, the jury disagreed standing 10.
to 2 In favor of the plaintiff, neces-
stating = re.trtal at the next term
Of court. ]. AZ. Manly and John
Knauf represented the plaintiff and
Maddux 3 Rinker, the defendants.
Some 48 cases were on the calendar
and with the utmost diligence, but
"a were disposed Of. This fact evil
dences the strong necessity Of two.
districts Instead Of one the Fifth
judicial District. Another legisla-
ture will awaken to the strong need.
doubtless, and grant : division.
The many friends Of States Attor-
nav Manly Are extending conRratula- z.