Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1917-04-19
CIRCUIT COURT in SESSION

Circuit court convened Tuesday
morning at 10 O'Clock in the opera
house, Judge John F.. Hughes
presiding. On caM of the caHen-
dlar attorneys stated that tine
civil cases of Georgia Costello VS.
Fred Dannanbrock and J. K. Seohler
et al VS. M. A. Stanley had been
settled. A stipulatio ON had been
entered into in the case OF j. T.
0 Howell VS. S. E. Jordan and that
case will be settled without CON-
ing into court.
In the cases of the state VS..
MARTINI w. Peters and state VS..
Leslie Hawkey the defendants We re
arraiened and plead not guflty
On motion OF States Attorney
Whitney, these cases We're con-
tinued over THE term
Hearings on petit ons for film al
naturalization We're heard and the
following admitted to full citizen
ship: Heine Gort, Alex Makoski
all of MfidTamd. John Odesar'd, Of
Elton and Peter Stengl,
all of midland, and Peter Stengl,
of Hardingrove. The petition of
Christ Ruedd, of Nowlin, was de
nied, the witnesses not having
known him five years prior to the
date of filling the petition. The
government was represented i'm
these hearings by w. w. Kasper,
Of Owat onna, Mimi, who is con-
meet ed viii the naturaMz att on
bureau as examiner.
Tuesday afternoon the case of
Murray VS. F'itzeera'd was called
In this case c. e Murray, a Mid
land merchant, was sueing to re
cover ON a nfeErohanidt account.
The court announced that illdem emit
wou'd be aivem the plaintiff.
The case of ERNEST HelIekscn
vE J. c. Russeol. ns admi ntistr at or
of the estate of christopher Hell
lekson, decreased. was Called The
following were selected as jurors:
Frank Welfl Harry Smith, ElIbert
Halves, Edward Ferguson, J. r.
Smith, w. W. KELLOGG, Albert
O'Neill, Wa0tler O'Brien, c. F. All
len, Jos. Reymick, Harry Hule'tt.
G. E. Morgan. THIS was a suit for
wages while the plaintiff was in
the employ of his father, NOW
deceased, and for damages arising
from am illegal transfer cf land be-
longing to the sen by his father.
The hearing continm ed Tuesday af-
tenmoon and Wednesday morning.
A short session was held Tues
day evening when testimony was
given i'm the Idiivorce action Of
Fred H. Brown ag'a'nk. Edi h E.
Brown. Divorce was granted the
plaintiff
The jury in the Hellekson case
returned a verdict shortly after
the dinner fhour yester day, FINDING
for the plaintiff ON all the issues
of the case and gdvlnE him judg-
m emit for $3.50
Developments yesterday aftemIo ON
cut the court session short Set
tlement was reached In the cases
Of Zellmer VS. Urban and Anderson
IS Walpole and Wiser AN. affidavit
OF prejudice Was filed against the
pr esidinlg Judge by. the attorneys
for the defendant In the case OF
the State Wis William A. Hadden
and Judge Taylor was called from
Huron ito preside in that Cause At
It's CLOSE court WILL adjourn sine die
The ten cent law suit brought
by Ernest D. EIDE, of Huron, in am
to jew down the register
Of deeds fee "a couple OF jitneys,
FOR recording a mortgage, had
a funny ending when Judge Hugh es
found The Instrument in question
not entitled to record, the seal OF
he notary publ,ic not being ON the
instrument The case was dis
missed and costs taxed against the
plaintiff.