Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1914-05-28
A. Y. MORE LOST CASE
--HEAVY DAMAGES
Jury Decides For Plaintiff in
Courier-NeWs Suit.

DIR. Lewis T. Guild, editor and con-
trolling, stockholder of the Courier
News, Of this city, in the famous case
of LIT. Guild, Plaintiff v. A. Y. More,
Defendant, the amount being an
nounced by. Judge Pollock in the dis
trict court this morning. DR.. Guild
was sustained in every point in his
damage suit against Mr.. More, mi
nority stockholder and former owner
of the paper, by the jury which re-
turned a sealed verdict Tuesday
morning. The judgment was de-
termined by. the court upon the find
ings in the Jury's verdict of the valu-
alton of The Courier-News plant and
the amount of it's worth alleged as
represented by the plaintiff.
The case has attracted wide
spread interest because of the prom
inence of the contestants and sensa-
tional developments. The plaintiff
brought suit for $4,000; the case
was commenced April 9, 1914. The
jury was dismissed twice during the
trial-an unusual feature.
When the verdict was brought in
the courtroom was fairly we'll filled
with spectators interested in the suit.
Present during the reading of the
verdict were DR.. Guild, winner of
the case, and his chief counselor,
Judge N. G. Young. The defendant,
Mr.. More, and his counsel, r. M. Pol
lock, A. w. Fowler and John Pollock,
were also present.
Counselors Fowler and Pollock i'm
mediately asked for a stay of sixty
days in which to prepare motion for
new trial. Judge Pollock an
nourced he would consider the mat
ter this afternoon when he an
nounced the amount Of the judgment
to be granted the plaintiff. Besides
Judge. Young, counsel for the de-
fendant, sitting in this noteworthy
case, have been John s. Watson, Ed
ward c. .Conmy and Horace Young.
The case developed from alleged
Misrepresentation of the valuation
of the Courier-News plant by it's for
mer owner, Mr.. More, in the sale to
the present owner, DR.. Guild. An al
legged fictitious entry of $1,000 in the
cash account created considerable
furore during the trial.
More Will Appeal.
Regarding the results of this case
will say" said A. Y. More to repre-
sentative, "that l consider the judg-
ment unjust, and l will appeal the
case to the supreme court. BY this
l do not mean to cast any reflection
upon the jury.
The plaintiff in this case, by the
guidance of his attorney, introduced
volumes of evidence which, in my
judgment, I do not think had any
bearing on the real issues at stake
and it would appear from the evil
dence introduced that politics has
entered into the case very largely.
'Dr. Guild came to North Dakota
and investigated The Courier-News
plant, interviewed a number of citi-
zens, and was told, not only by them
and by myself, that the paper was
not paying, but according to his own
letters and our books, which he ex-
amined, is absolute proof that he
knew that the paper was not paying
when he purchased it.
with full knowledge of all Of
these facts, he entered into a writ
ten contract which was fulfilled in
every particular by myself and II
transactions of this character are
to be disregarded in the state Of
North Dakota, we will certainly have
to be extremely careful whom we do
business with. a4
II will fight this out in the courts
until it is settled on evidence bear
ing on the real issues, If it takes the
rest of my life to do IT,