Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-02-26
DISTRICT COURT IN SESSION
SEVEN NATURALIZATION PETI-
TIONS GRANTED-CASES ARE
SET FOR TRIAL

District court convened Monday for
the regular February term. No work
was done on that day, however, it be-
ing legal holiday and the regular
court work was begun the next morn
ing.
From present indications the term
will be about the usual length, al
though the calendar contains but Al
eases and several Of these have been
stricken out. Others have been settled
out of court and a few have been con-
tinued to the next term Of court. Prob
ably the biggest case On the calendar
is the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Oravetz
VS.. The Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault
Ste. Marie Railway company, an ac-
tion for $500 damages for the death
Of the plaintiffs husband, Andrew
Oravetz, who was killed by 500 train
near Bowlus. The horses were also
killed and the wagon destroyed and
the action for damages also covers
this loss.
Petitions for naturalization were
taken up Tuesday, representative
from the state immigration bureau ex-
amining the applicants. John Bires,
Richard Somner, Carl J. Bergquist,
Peter Ploof, Gusta1 Anderson, Carl
Hallberg and Carl 0. Hultgren were
granted naturalization papers and the
applications Of Nels P. Magnusen,
John Biaellaes, Sigismond B. B. Sus-
zczyuski, Knute Todahl and Daniel Ha-
tala were continued.
Late yesterday afternoon the jury
returned a verdict Of $50 for the plain
tiff in the case Of A. NJ. Strom VS..
George Goebel. This was the first case
to be taken up. It was an action for
damages which the plaintiff claimed
was done to his land by a fire which
was set by Mr.. Goebel. Goebel held
that the fire started from an opposite
direction.
The case of Joe Leblanc VS.. John
Carlson, ct al, was also finished yester-
day afternoon and verdict returned
for $147.S5 for the plaintiff. The ac-
ton was for the recovery of money
due the plaintiff for horse which he
sold to the defendant.
The case Of 3" N; Cafnest $: FerJi-'
nand Sauer was taken up last eve
ming and continued to this morn::44z.
In this action the plaintiff sues for
the price Of n cream separator which
he alleges he sold to Mr.. Sauer. The
defendant claims that he did not pur
chase the separator but that he had
arranged to purchase another grade Of
separator from Mr.. Carnes and that he
was allowed to use this machine until
he received the other.
The settled cases are Stanislaus JAS
koviak VS.. John Watzka, J. A. Beard
VS.. F. G. Noggle, Henry Winer vs..
Nick Meyer and Emma Martinsen VS..
Andrew Martinsen. The cases Of A..
B. Trebiatowski VS.. Frank Pietrus and
John Hammerstrom VS.. F. A. Sigmund
have been continued to the next term
of court.
The following cases have been set
for trial:
Feb. 27-Samuel Trebby, trustee,
ETC., VS.. Barney Burton, jury; R. W.
Mathews VS.. W. N. Daniels, jury;
Frank E. Nemec vs.. Edward Ludwig.
March 1-State Of Minnesota vs.. s..
schipero; Village of Royalton VS.. Chas.
Borash, ct al, jury.
March 2-Allen VS.. Kelly; Joseph
Otremba vs.. Chas. Van Hercke.
March 3-Elizabeth Oravetz VS.. Min
neapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Railway company, jury; Chas. Knud-
son VS.. Andrew Sauer, jury; C. A.
Sprandel vs.. Carl Gerspach, jury.
March 4-Erick Ecklund VS.. Charles
soderholm, ct al, jury; Joseph schuh
VS.. Kennedy Bros. Co., jury; Louis
Nelson VS.. Aaron A. Nelson, Jury;
Martin Lindwall VS.. Hedvig johnson,
ct al.