New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-24
COURT IN SESSION
LESS THAN WEEK
ONLY FOUR CASES TRIED BY
JURY. THREE CONTINUED,
TWO SETTLED.
PLAINTIFFS IN JURY CASES ARE
GIVEN VERDICT IN EACH
INSTANCE.

Only four cases were tried by jury
during the May term of the District
court and all the work was cleaned up
Saturday afternoon, so that the jurors
could be dismissed. Court then ad-
journed until next Thursday at which
time the case of the State Bank of New
Ulm VS.. the Minnesota Flint Rock Co.,
will be heard by Judge Olsen.
The first case to come up for jury trial
was that of N. C. Hoffman, VS.. S. A.
Wooldrick. It was dispute over
wages to be paid the plaintiff, the de-
PENDANT being the owner of garage in
Sleepy Eye and Hoffman, one of the
employees. Plaintiff sued for balance
of $1,450 alleged to be still due him,
claiming that he had been hired at a
salary Of $50 per month. There was no
dispute upon the point of time of en-
ployment, but the defendant alleged
that there had been no agreement as to
wages. The jury found for the plaintiff
and awarded him the sum Of $96S.32.
The Sleepy Eye hotel case, Franceska
Sellner VS.. Mary Conley, was tried be-
fore a jury Thursday and Friday. It
seems that the defendant in the action
is the owner Of a hotel, which she leased
last fall to L. L. Mechanics, who short
time later turned the house over to VIM.
Bruckbauer, son-in-law Of the plaintiff.
Mrs. Conley was away at the time of the
transfer, but upon her return dispossessed
the occupants. The latter claimed that
they had refurnished the hotel and
claimed $500 due them on this account.
The defendant on the other hand claimed
that part of the original furnishings had
been removed by the plaintiff, reducing
the amount considerably. The jury re-
turned a verdict in the case late Friday
afternoon in favor of the plaintiff in the
sum of $146.88.
Questions of quality and value of seed
corn came up in the case of the Farmers
Seed & Nursery Co. Of Mortified VS..
the Springfield Farmers Elevator Co.,
the plaintiffs suing for the purchase
price of seed corn shipped upon order Of
the defendant. To this was added the
amount of the freight and interest on
the full amount. A great amount of
testimony was introduced by both sides.
The jury found in favor of the plaintiff
for the full amount, totaling $685.
The final case to come up for jury trial
was that Of Henry Schriefer VS. Ferdinand
Hofsehild~ The former is: a carpenter
and worked Oh the premises, of the de-
PENDANT during the past winter on
various structures. Although the de-
PENDANT had given the plaintiff money
from time to- time, Schriefer claimed a
balance Of about $106 still due him. The
defense brought i'm several counterclain1s
among them an item for board. The
jury returned a verdict about 6 o'clock
Saturday night, awarding the plaintiff
the sum Of $53.40-
The case of: August A. Petrich VS.
George Foster also had been set for trial
by jury, but Just. before the time set for
the hearing Of the evidence the. parties
to- the suit decided to avoid further ex-
penses and settled the case out of court
Of the twelve cases on the calendar
three were continued to the next term
of court; two were settled out of court;
four were tried by jury; demurrers were
filed in two, and one will be heard by the
court next Thursday.
Although all Of the jurors; summoned
to appear for duty were present at the
opening of court Tuesday morning, the
following were excused for various
reasons: Hermann ADAM, Cottonwood;
M. J. Eichten,. Mulligan; Jos. Everling,
New Ulm; John Kiefer, Sleepy Eye; J.
N. Schmitz, Home.