Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-09-24
rwENTY-FIvE CASES HAVE 80
FAR BEEN DISPOSED OF
TO DATE.
NEXT week WILL END Term
Mrs. Edd Price Gets 500 Verdict
Against Insurance Company-One
Case Settled and One Dismissed.

District Court has been in session
for four week today, the jury being
called Monday the Sth day of Sep
tember. On account Of the dates set
when the court must convene at Nez-
perce in Lewis county and at Orofino
in Clearwater county the jury term
will end next Saturday and next week
will be devoted to court matters. The
following Monday. court will convene
for short term at Nezperce.
Two weeks more than the allotted
time has been given to the term in
Idaho county. All of the time Of the
court for next week has been taken by
cases already set. A habeas corpus case
from Orofino is one of the cases which
will be tried next week.
The primary election and Border
Days broke into the jury term here at
Grangeville and unavoidably consumed
some time from the regular work in
trying cases. A large number have
been disposed or however, nothwith-
standing the setbacks, and Judge
Steele has taken care OF a considerable
amount of work with his characteris-
tic vigor and resourcefulness.
While the Judge, as he promised,
gave the jurors summoned at this term
two days off for Border Days, he went
ahead with the consideration and dis
posing of matters which required his
own individual attention, hearing
equity cases and setting cases for trial,
so that the two days given to the jur-
ors were in no way wasted, and were
utilized in facilitating the handling of
the civil and criminal cases when they
should come to trial.
The Work Of the Term.
The record at present shows that one
suit for anullment of marriage and five
divorce cases were granted at this
term. Fourteen other civil cases were
tried and disposed of. One criminal
case, that of the State VS.. Pendell and
Fagan was continued for the term.
Three others were tried. Two more
remain to be tried, State VS.. Deering
and State VS.. Pete Bies ct al. They are
Set for trial and will be disposed of on
Friday and Saturday. The greater part
Oh the other jury cases on the docket
were continued for the term by agree
ment of the attorneys. Besides this
work eight aliens have been made citi-
zens OF the United States.
This makes total of 25 cases dis
posed SO far this term in a little more
'nan four weeks time, showing the
great ability of Judge Steele in dis
posing of work. His large district
piaces more work on his shoulders than
'ne ordinary judge could carry.
Gases Recently Tried.
since last Thursday Price VS.. North
american Accident Insurance Co., was
'fied on Friday and Saturday. the jury
bringing in a verdict of $500 for the
p'aintlff. The suit was brought on the
insurance policy of Floyd Price who
was drowned in Salmon river last
spring. A good deal of interest was
..ahlfested in the case on account of
lne ~ party plaintiff being resident of
'iangevllle. In the case of Kuhnen
Vs. huhnen, a divorce case, the court
naae an order Saturday granting the
piaintiff $75 attorneys fees, $50 for
0os's and $25 month for maintain
an.e' pending litigation, to be paid on
ana after October s, 1914.
Inc case of Davis Bros. VS.. Pierce
" appeal from the justice court of
aainiah precinct, was called for trial
naay morning at nine O'Clock and
ai.er jury was impanelled and some
..ence .:s. had geen put in by the plain.
~ on motion of the attorney for the
ueiendant the case was dismissed on
'ne ground that the justice court had
not had Jurisdiction and that there.
.ore the district court would not have
Jurisdiction.
= :. L. Morris VS.. Q. L. Morris, suit
e ea a promissory note, was next called
W 'fiai Monday forenoon after the