Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-25
WHY THE UDGERWOOD BROADAXE
BELIEVES IN The ELECTION Of
SUPREME JUDGE ANDREW A. BRUCE

where he looked up Blesset, got from
him a quit.clalm deed to the land for
$4,000 or 30, and came back and
Robinson started suit. And what did
he ask? He only asked to be given
the land, which by now was worth
$500 an acre; he only wanted high
rental from Turcotte for the years
that Turcotte had farmed it; and IN
addition he merely asked for dam
ages because Turcotte went on the
land and farmed and improved it!
And all this, merely because Galloway
had not gone through the formality
OF a foreclosure.
He lost In the district court, did
Robinson. He appealed to the Su.
preme Court and 1t sent the case back
to the district court. Again the DIS
trict court decided against him. Again
he appealed and this time the court,
through Judge Bruce, said: We are
afraid you a claim the land through
this technlcality; we think you are
even entitled to a rental from Tur-
cote; but you must pay back the
money for the original mortgage with
interest.
Was Robinson satisfied? Not on
your moving pictured! Bruce wrote
the decision-and right there Robin
son became a candidate for Supreme
Court-gushing forth reforms as the
rock gushed forth waters in the des.
ert. He was out to do this farmer.
Turcotte; he had led him a merry
chase through the courts-and the,
man was not well.to.do and hiring
lawyers IS an expensive diversion.
Robinson was his own lawyer-it cost
him nothing. What he wanted was
that land and 81, 1000 damages and G II
tai. What he got was the land. some
rental and the right to pay 81 900 and
interest.
This is the STORY Of a Simple Case"
as ] read it in the records. A story
of the shark and his prey. And the
shark is now playing in the role OF a
cod and just oozing oil on the waters.
Just Another Sample.
The gentleman with the hirsute
transformation has left his trial ali
through tho records, and It's some
easy one to follow. But I can't write
all night-we's both get tried. How.
ever, | have another one in mind that
Is decidedly good.
It's another taX.title case, with
Robinson finding the. flaw and trying
to get the land away on the strength
OF it. Only town lots this time. But
notice how he complains of the laws
Expense. the laws delays and the ter.
rors of the laws t~echnicalties, and
this shows how his practice and his
preaching jibe.
Maynard Crane, Of Cooperstown
Unjust have been the senator) had a
bunch Of town lots and doubtless
through some oversight failed to pay
taxes. A man by the name Of Ode
gard bought them in by paying the
taxes. Finding some flaw in the deal,
Robinson brought suit 1or Crane In
1898. Case was decided in district
court awarding some Of the lots to
crane and some to Odegard.
Robinson appealed to the Supreme
Court. Now in appealing it Is neces'
sary to prepare a Statement Of the
case" which must BIZ approved by the
district judge, as it purports to SET
forth the facts of the case, from which
the Supreme Court is to judge. Rob-
inson prepared his statement; the op'
posing lawyers were allowed to move
amendments, some of which the judge
allowed, and then instructed Robin
son to "engross" write out) the
statement as amended. This was in
Nov. 1900. Now the law allows 70
days in which to make out this state
ment. But the time was extended
until January 1901.
Did Robinson make out the state
ment as ordered? He did not. In.
stead, he offered an entirely different
and false statement, and the district
Judge refused to allow it. &
In April, 1901, Robinson appealed
to the Supreme Court to take a HAND
and let him have his statement his
own way. The Supreme Court said,
no, that is the affair of the district
court. .. -... ... ~.
In August, 1901-note how time ls
fying-he asked for an extension or
| time and offered a still different state