The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-03-01
IN DISTRICT COURT
Justice Mill Ground Out a Lot OF un-
Interesting Cases This Week
VALUE OF FLAX STRAW IN ISSUE
Jury Stayed Out all Tuesday Night
Debating Over q Nineteen
Cent Verdict

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Judge, jury and attorneys
have worked diligently this
week disposing of a big grist
of cases of varying Importance.
Some interesting questions
were adjudicated but there
were no suits of a character to
enlist general public interest.
In the case of Raab VS.. Flem-
ing, which was being tried
when we went to press last
week, the plaintiff asked $2,-
500 for damages sustained in a
fight with the defendant ON
February 18, 1911, in which
Fleming kicked and seriously
injured the plaintiff. The jury
awarded the plaintiff a verdict
for ST, 900. ...
Holz VS.. Collins Bros. was a
suit for the recovery of money
paid on Colorado land, and one
of the allegations was that de-
PENDANTS found they could not
give clear title. Verdict was
given for the plaintiff in the
amount of 81, 800 and costs and
interest. ...........
Collins Bros. VS.. Phalin Fin
negan was a suit for the value
of goods sold to the defendant.
The latter alleged a counter
claim of $500 as commission on
the sale of threshing rig. The
jury allowed the counter-claim
and off-setting this against the
claim of the plaintiffs resulted
in a judgment for SOL against
said plaintiffs. : .-
Livingstone va. Hidden was
dismissed, plaintiff r1eglecting
to press the suit. :
McCann vs.. Setnes, four suits,
between the same parties, in
volving the termination of a
land contract, the recovery of
horses, cattle, grain and furni-
ture presented interesting
questions. The parties live
near Overly. McCann won in
the principal suit, that for the
termination of the land, con-
tract, but lost in the others on
the ground that he had actual
possession of the personal
property in question.
In Alliance Hail association
vs.. John Bake, to collect a.
premium note, a directed ver-
dict was given for plaintiff.
In ]. G. Grovendyke Co. VS..
Charles Cleveland, suit on a
twine bill, a verdict was direct
ed for plaintiff in the amount
claimed.
Rohrabacker VS.. Knox was a
suit involving the value of ten
loads of flax straw. The jury
found that the straw had no
value and gave a verdict for
the defendant. #e
In Desoe VS.. McAleer, a suit
for a threshing bill amounting
to 5000, a verdict was given for
the plaintiff in the amount of
$163, the amount rendered by
plaintiff since suit was begun.
Costs were assessed against the
plaintiff.
4 Three cases in which Lille
Bros. appealed from the deci-
sion of the justice court, the
respondents being ElmerSmith,
Andrew Hjorth and N. w.
Carlson, were tried together.
These cases involved ques-.
ton of damage done by cattle
to stacks of flax straw owned
by Lille Bros. After wrestl-
ing with the question all night
the jury gave the respondents
possession of the cattle and
awarded damages as follows:
Against Smith, five cents;
against Hjorth, seven cents;
against Carlson, seven cents.
In ]. j. Stephens VS.. Alex
Johnson. involving a buggy,
defendant was given a verdict.
In Morton & Nohr VS.. Clara
Grover and Louis Grover, a
suit for attorney fees, verdict
was given for the plaintiff.