Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-24
To the Voters Of
Billings County
Well Known Golden Valley Farmer
Has Important Matter to Lay Be-
fore the voters---Read Il

In this article desire to call
your attention to Paul w. Lebo,
present clerk of the district court.
l do so that the voters may have
a chance to learn his record,
character and his mode of doing
business and then if they vote for
him l can say that l did my duty
to the community in informing
them of his disreputable official
conduct. This is not "cam-
paign lie," but are facts backed up
by certified copy of the record
which l now have in my possess
sion, and as the transaction happen
ed but few days ago, it was i'm
possible for me to inform the peo-
pie Of it sooner. It is not my duty
to injure any man and if the facts
herein stated are not true l am
financially able to respond in dam
ages for publishing this article.
Sometime in 1906 the Northwes-
tern Improvement Co. commenced
an action against me, claiming that
they were the owners of quarter
section Of land l had purchased
some time prior to 1906. The
case was tried in 1906, but moth
ing further done in the matter un-
til the 31st day of January, 1908,
when Judge Winchester's term
Of Office was about to expire in
this circuit and another judge was
to take his place, at which time he
signed an order to dispossess me
of the land. This order was filed
on the 22d day of February. 1909,
in the Office of the clerk of court
for this county, Paul w. Lebo be-
ing at that time clerk of court.
Tie judgment was upon that
day, to.wit: the 22d day of Feb
ruary, 1909. entered against me.
Some time later l found this out
and called the attention of my at
torneys to it and was informed by
them that if the judgment was
entered on the 22d of Febru-
airy. legal holiday, it was alb.
solutely void. Lebo, not having
dated the judgment, it was nec-
essary to procure his affidavit as
to when the entry of judgment
was actually made, which affidavit
is here set forth in full:
State Of North Dakota, County of
Billings, In district court,
Tenth Judicial District.
Missouri Slope and Investment
Co., &C orporation, Ptff.
VS..
j. D. Halstead, Deft.
State of North Dakota, County of
Billings. l, Paul w. Lebo, the
duly elected, qualified and acting
clerk of the district court in and
for Billings county, N. D., hereby
certify that the order for judg-
ment, the judgment and the find
ing Of fact in the above entitled
action, were recorded at length in
Judgment Book GA" a record
Of my Office, on the twenty-second
day of February, A. D. 1909. That
upon said date l personally en-
tered and recorded the above
named papers in said Judgment
Book ga" and on the date afore-
said, February 22d, 1909.
Paul w. Lebo,
Clerk of Dist. Court.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 9th day Of June, A. D..
1909.
(SEAL) j. A. McGregor.
County Auditor in and
for Billings Co., N. D..
L. A. Simpson of Dickinson,
attorney for plaintiff and one of
the Missouri Slope Corporation,
realizing the fact that the judg-
ment was nullity as entered. saw
Lebo and he, Lebo. after having
"been seen" by Simpson, swore
on the 18th day of June of the
present year that he did not enter
it on the 22d day of February, IS
set forth in his affidavit above, but
on the 23d day of February. AS
l had relied upon his first affida-
Wit, and as | was present when he
made it, and knowing that
he made it with the full
knowledge of the facts, and stated
upon oath that it was the truth,
and altar my tinoa for annoal bod