Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-04-26
THE DISTRICT COURT
Judge L. f. Fellows Rapidly Dispos-
ing of Cases Before
Him.
PETIT JURY is DISCHARGED.
Remainder of Term Will be Devoted
to Equity Matters. Qualley-
Carolan Contest Case
to be Tried.

ouUSS rSllOWS HSIu court mere all
last week, and it was a busy ses-
sion, for the he kept things moving
right along, and disposed of large
amount of business. He went home
to Lansing for Sunday, reopening
again Monday.
The McMillen will case from He's
per occupied the attention of the
court several days last week, the
jury being empanelled and a num-
Der of witnesses examined, but the
case was settled before it went to
the jury. Then came the case of
Henry Palzer VS.. John Stendall, in
which the jury found for the de-
fendant; judgment and verdict for
the defendant. Monday jury was
drawn and the case of T. F. Ruddy
vs.. Ed. Easier, a suit over a hay
loader sold to the defendant which
was claimed to be defective, occu-
| pied the attention of the court and
yesterday morning the jury found
for the plaintiff After this a jury
was empannelled for the Carter VS..
Bullard case and the rest of
the jurors discharged for the term.
The grand jury ignored the
charges against Frank Limbeck,
Torger Christopherson, Archie Lewis
and Dwight Stiles, and all were dis
charged from custody.
Defendants were declared of un-
sound mind in the cases of Nicholas
Wagner VS.. Sebastian Wallentine,
sale ordered as prayed; and in the
case of M. A. Olson VS.. R. B., Bur-
chill. M. J. Klein beirfg appointed
guardian.
The following were withdrawn
with judgments against plaintiffs
for costs: P. Bullard VS.. L. j. Orke,
Dubuque Star Brewing Co., garni-
shee; Mullaney & McManus VS.. l.. j.
Orke, Dubuque Star Brewing Co.; j.
w. Wells VS.. Frank Limbeck; Mary
Jane Schoonmaker VS.. Nelson
Schoonmaker vs.. Nelson Schoon-
maker.
Defaults were entered in the fol-
lowing, with DEGREES as prayed: T..
H. Orvella VS.. Julia Flakne ct al;
Lewis w. Meyer VS.. VIM. Joshua
Barney ct al; Hauge & Jones vs.. AL
fred Olson; Samuel Stepp VS.. Mary
E. Bigelow ct al; Mary Brockamp
VS.. Caleb Z. Brooks ct al; Frank C.
Smith VS.. Mat Duclos ct al; Eugene
hast VS.. Christopher Christensen ct
al; Roy A. Hunter VS.. John Sinclair
ct al; Anton G. Fisher VS.. Alvin
Davis; Elma Crabtree VS.. Arlow
Crabtree; A. Fl. lima, admr. VS..
Matthias Brickner ct al; Della Moran
VS.. John l Moran; Gunder Helgeson
vs.. Richard Madden ct al; N. ID.
Snyder VS.. John Keyson ct al; Theo-
dore Anderson VS.. Jerome Ellis ct
al; Theodore Skor ct al VS.. William
Joshua Barney ct al; The White
Star Coffee Co, VS.. Geo. p. Ode;
Adam Bender VS.. John Bender ct al;
John Ernsdorff Iron Co. VS.. George
w. Hunson; Ole j. Ness ct al VS..
William F. Kimball ct al; John A..
Murphy VS.. A. w. Oxley; Thomas F..
Connor VS.. H. H. Horton eft al.
The following were settled as per
stipulations: John Wirshing VS.. L..
j. Orke; Ole Tangen VS.. L. j. Orke;
The Frudden Lumber Co. VS.. j. B..
Gress; J. D. Becker. admr. VS.. c. NJ.
& st. p. Ry.; O'Meara Miller Co. VS..
Miss X. F. Sheehan; L. F. Schmitz
VS.. Frank Limbeck; The Frudden
VS.. John |. Moran; Gunder Helgeson
Schoonmaker.
Final reports of guardians were
approved in the following: Ellen
Mahar VS.. Mary Mahar Ammon M.
Borsheim VS.. Linus Bulmer.
Sales were approved and deeds
ordered executed in the following:
Geo. E. Yarwood VS.. Charles F. Var
wood ct al Mary Gonvik VS.. c. c.
sheldon ct al; Herman L. Barthell
VS.. Anna Eva Tfllotson.
In the case of r. C. elise VS.. VIM.
i G. McLain, Judgment was given de-
fendant for costs; in j. j Walenta
VS.. FIR. Krall, after the jury was
lempanelled, by consent judgment
was rendered in favor OF defendant
for costs; Roman Bros. VS.. c. Nj. &
st. p. Ry., Judgment as per stipula
tion on file; Joe Anderson VS.. E. p
Johnson, withdrawn by plaintiff
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