New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-12-13
DISTRICT COURT
GRIND HAS BEGUN
DISPOSITION OF CASES MADE
IN PRELIMINARY CALL OF
CALENDAR.
SETTLEMENT OF MANY SUITS
SEEMS LIKELY TO CUT
TERM.

From present indications it would
hardly seem that the December term
Of Court which was opened Monday
with Judge I. M. Olsen presiding, will
last as long as the formidable array of
cases on the civil calendar would indi-
cate. Quite number of the cases were
settled, in others settlement was re-
ported pending and a large number
of the court cases will be tried by the
court during vacation.
Grand Jury Reports
The grand jury reported Monday
morning at II o'clock and they were all
reported present except Henry Ben
dixen Of Springfield and Frank Crun1-
lett. The former was excused by the
Court and the latter put in his appear
pearance during the course of the after
noon. Alfred Schlumberger is acting
as Deputy Clerk of Court, John Schape-
kahn as baliff Of the grand jury, and
Jos. Weisenborn and Anton T. Wiesner
are in duty as bailiffs of the petit jury
Joseph M. Arbes was appointed fore
man OF the grand jury by the Court
and P. J. Soukup was by them selected
as clerk.
Monday evening the grand jury re-
turned indictments against Art Hender-
son, alias James Murphy, and James
Burnes, each in two counts, one for
grand larceny and the other for burg
larry; also indictments against Clifford
Henry and Robert Lotus, charged with
the same offenses. The four men were
arralgned on the opening of court yester-
day morning and were given until this
morning to make their pleas. The
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for Henry and Lotus.
Tuesday noon indictments were re-
turned against Thomas Kennedy, alias
Jack Kallen, Robert Campbell, and
William Smith, alias John Long, and
Anton Manderfeld. The two former
are charged by the grand jury with
grand larceny and burglary Mander-
field is accused OF grand larceny in the
first degree.
The first civil case for the term was
called yesterday morning, and is now
under way before jury It is one in
which Carl J. Holman, a physician of
Sleepy Eye, is suing Thomas Peterson
for professional services in having per-
formed surgical operation upon Peter
sons son. The physician claims $500.
-Four petit jurors were excused yester-
day for various reasons, most of them
because Of illness A new panel was
drawn yesterday afternoon.
In the case of Holman VS.. Thomas
Peterson the Court permitted the plain
tiff to amend his complaint. In the
case Andrew Steinmetz against Fischer
T. YOungman the Court overru!ed the
plaintiffs demurrer. In the Leo Drusch
will case the Court ordered that the
question Of the mental capacity of the
testator and the question of undue in
| filence be submitted to the jury. In the
case of Abner NJ. Parker and Edith A.
Parker VS.. Henry Mech ct al, the motion
made by defendants to have the case
sent to Becker County was denied by
the Court and the same will be tried here
At the preliminary call of the civil
calendar the following disposition was
made:
Jury Trial
| State Of Minnesota VS.. Alex Deinken.
Albert A. Paffrath VS.. Herman F.
Wenzel.
David Adler & Sons Clothing Co. VS..
Gehrke & Evans.
The Commonwealth Shoe & Leather
Co. VS.. Gehrke & Evans.
Carl J: Holman VS.. Thomas Peterson.
Fred Mie!ke vs. Charles Deutsch-
mann.
Casey Land Company VS.. H. C.
Schultz.
Anna Petersun VS.. The Mystic Work
ers of the World.
George Kraus, Jrs VS.. Joseph Kraus.
Irwin Zieske, on behalf of Margaret
Zieske, Minor, VS.. Peter Hansen.
Edward Blomeke VS.. William Prahl.
Edward Wolf VS.. Mike Ranweiler and
Kansas Casualty & Surety Co.
Irwin Zieske VS.. Peter Hansen.
Nick L. JuJz VS.. Albert Guth.
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