The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-03-15
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The 6rst ttrlas,nsactionin District court
following our Int Issue was the cali
III otthe ease q Roy H laill| md y c !;
SHilly,rss5ffsC 1has. Oakley. On motion 2
Ithe defendant the ease was dismissed
~ thesC mort The case was originals
set 81 y Tuesday Of last weelkss but
lie plalinntinsui did5not appear and were
y iiyen sonae additional time. On cal
I'd TIE Court Thursday no one appear !.
,ed On b,shalf 5 fthe plaintiffs whaehSre-
suited in the dismissal q. the action.
Ia thu case Of Davis ". Jagow
which went to the jury at noon Thurs u g
,day, verdict Of 81 wa awarded a,Esu'd the q
defendant, and the second action Pc
tween TIE same parties was settled
without trial BY the awarding q $2o
70 the defendant.
The case Of Hugh Mcmillan q this
city, W. =. West was called Tor
ira. F.gTraynor defending, and Bren-
nan and Cowan handling the plain
tits case. This is an action in which
the plaintiff demands damages for IN.
iuies received while in the employ. Of
The defendant. They were lifting q
hay raclk; when in some way the
weight of the rack was shifted to MI.
Mcmillan, forcing him to his knees,
and causing a hernia to occur, which
has left him unfit for heavy work,
upon which he is dependent for 2 liv-
ing. This was a jury case and after
being out for several hours the jury
were unable to agree and were I dis u I
charged by the Judge.
The case Of Henry Lemke, VS.. Al
bert Thompson was called Monday
morning. with Judge Cole, of Fargo,
presiding in place Of Judge Buttz.
The Jury, was darwin and the case op-
ened at about 1000 o'clock. Both
parties to the action were residents OF
Brocket, this county, in 1909 when Mr.
Iemke owned and operated an imple-
ment business. This he sold to Mr.
Thompson, and nov seeks to recover
q balance due on the purchase price
The issues in the case yer whether OF
not there was q stated or agreed &C.
count between the parties, and If sc
what was the amount due and owing
thereon, it being a complex affair fol
the reason that Mi. Thompson in buy
ing this business a: eel to assume to
gether with other items, certain in
debtednneess against the plaintiff hell
b.. wholesale machinery houses. Con
;selsS made their talks to the jury Tues
day after supper IN order that Judg'
Cole could get an early train for Cas-
county where he has Important mat
tiers demanding his attention.
The defendant was represented b;
Attorney Kelly, o tine firm Of Fricl
& Kelly, o hakota, and the plaintiff
by Attorneys Cowan, Flood and AID
.amson Of this city.
After q short timeeNS.t fn15a,(
After being out but q short tim
yesterday morning the jury brough
in q verdict for the plaintiff in the SUI
Of $758.34, which was in substanc
the amount asked for and claimed t
be owing 5 ~.
Two prisoners were sentenced yes
terday to serve time in the penite1
tary. The first was 3. c. Shrev
who plead guilty some time ago I
grand larceny, who was given or
year and seven months. The secon
Avs William Burnette who drew
year on the charge Of bootlegging.
Yesterday morning the case Of ".
Burgess VS. Mary Rustom was take
up. Mr.. Burgess is the owner of
threshing rig in Morris township al
seeks to recover the amount Of
thresh bill which he claims is due hi
for threshing done for the defendan
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