Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-10-17
DISTRICT court WLLLADJ0URN
WITH FINISH OF CASE TODAY
COURT ADJOURNS TO SOME
TIME IN NOVEMBER

After short rest on Thursday the
district court again took up work on
Fr;dav morning. The case of George
Palmerschein, as administrator Of the
/ cter Palmershein estate, VS.. John
Mischke, was taken up. In this case
the plaintiff sued Mischke for $4,000 as
damages for the death OF Peter Palmer
sheir, who the plaintiff held was killed
bv {, kick from stallion which belong
cd to Mischke. On Saturday morning
the case went to the jury and i'll less
Than an hour a verdict was returnc1
in favor Of the defendant.
Saturday afternoon the case OF
E. Trebiatowski VS.. Stanislaus An
drewzjewski was taken up. This case
is All action for the recovery OF $l,OOO
On {. note which the plaintiff claimed
was due on land contract. lhe &C.
fendant held that the contract had
never been received and that he wa
intoxicated at the time the note was
given.
A new law which was passed at the
last legislature, making 10 jurors a
Sufficient number to return a verdict
when the case has been out for -
hours, came into use in this county for
The first time in this case. The jury
he'd been out for over ~ hours and
Sunday morning 10 jurors finally
brought in verdict in favor OF the
defendant.
Judge Parsons returned to Fergus
Falls Sunday and Judge Roeser OF st.
Cloud was on the bench Monday morn
ing
The first case to come up Monday
morning was that Of John Schmolke
VS.. Elizabeth Ubl for $4,000 damages
for alleged SANDER. The defendant ad-
m;tted that she circulated the state
nent that he had forged note but
that she thought that it was true.
On Monday afternoon the jury re-
t,,rned a verdict in the sum OF ST. IN
favor of the plaintiff. The verdict for
the plaintiff was ordered by the court
ard the jury fixed the amount.
Tuesday morning the case OF Frank
Meneel VS.. Elizabeth Marsolek was
taken up. The plaintiff claimed that
his horse was killed by horse belong
inc to the defendant, through line
fence.
On Wednesday morning the case
went to the jury, which returned a
verdict in favor Of the defendant, MIS-
Marsolek, after being out but ten
minutes. -.
TIE Jury returned verdict in favor
cf the defendant in the case Of .. W.
I.ohrke VS. Emil Drews, both 6f Long
Prairie. Lohrke sued for $3.50 on a
note which was given him in part pay
1uent on the fixtures Of saloon by
I,rews. MI. Lohrke sold the saloon to
Erews in 1905 for 5000 and was paid
$500 cash and a note for $3.50 for the
lalance Of the license and $3.50 for the
balance. The defendant showed that
he had paid for goods which the
plaintiff had said were paid when the
deal was closed, which brought the
total amount paid by him to over 1886,
which left a balance of $14. The jury
returned verdict in favor Of the. de-
fcndaDt Wednesday evening after be-
ing out about half an hour.
The ease of David E Bennett VS.. the
Village Of Swanville is now on.
The plaintiff asks for $500 dam
ages fer injuries which he alleged he
sustained when he fell into an ex-
cavatien in the village. He holds that
the accident was due to negligence of
the village officers. This is the last
case to be taken up and it is expected
that the court will finish work today
and adjourn to next month.