Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-10-22
The Weeks Euents
In The Circuit Court

After a week of hard work circuit
court adjourned Friday until Mon
day morning. Part of the proceed
ings were published in last week S
Herald. The subsequent work, or
ders, verdicts and judgments were as
follows:
These Attain Citizenship.
Walter A. Beck, Lancaster.
Jacob Young, Muscoda.
Anton Knapp, Lancaster.
JOS. Dresens, Louisburg
Michael Schmidt, Potosi
Geo. Recht, louisville.
Jacob Martin, Boscobel
Knud Anderson, Clifton.
Ernest Steinforth, Lancaster.
Carl Berhardt, Marion
David Baldwin, Bloomington.
Robert Schmidt, Cassville.
Andrew Huggler, Fennimore.
John HI. Simon, Livingston.
Richard F. Hintz, Platteville.
Richard Billy Falk, Blue River.
j. H. Kuepers, Dickeyville.
Leonard Nielsen, Dickeyyille.
Divorce Matters.
Stella Welsch VS. Frank Welsch,
dren to plaintiff.
Chas. N. Searles VS. Vadnais Searles,
judgment signed.
Judgment for Plaintiff.
The case of VIM. Pitzer VS. John
Cathman, west Grant parties, was de-
cided by jury. Cathman sold PITT
er five cows with the understanding
that they would come with calf on
May LIST following. Two did not
come with calf at ALL The jury took
$40 off the purchase price for this.
One COW came in August and the jury
thought $40 should come off the pur-
chase price for this.
Pays Heavy Fine.
The state VS. Ed Johnson, Platte
vile farmer charged with bastardy,
was settled by Johnson paying $500
fifne and $2120 costs on one count
and $3.50 fine on another count. The
money will be used as the court di-
reefs.
Henry Mankel Not Liable.
In the case of Estella Carroll VS. j.
H. Mankel. the action being a suit
brought to put first-class collateral
into some notes of $3.50, the court
held that Henry Mankel was not IL
able. Thru some deal or other VIM
Carroll of Prairie du Chen, obtained
John Mankel's notes back in 1915.
The notes were endorsed by John and
Kate Mankel. Carroll later wanted
his money or better security and new
notes were given bearing Henry Man
kel's name 1t later developed that
Henry Mankel had not signed these
notes and was ignorant of their ex-
istence John Mankel stated that he
had signed the notes thinking he had
been given the right to use his broth
er's name. The plaintiff thru his at
torneys, S. H. Taylor and Wolf e
Reid, agreed to submit a brief to the
court at a later date. Geo. B. Glenn
entson appeared for Henry Mankel
Kopp & Brunckhorst assisted him.
Jury Holds For PAYNE.
In the case of j. W. Anderson rep
resented by Blaine & Kemp, VS. Abe
Payne ct al, by Brennan & Carthew,
Mr.. Anderson, owner of a farm near
Woodman, was asking for about $500.
He alleged that Payne, tenant, owed
him that amount from a division of
earnings while Payne was on the
farm. Payne filed counter claim al
leging that instead of him owing An
derson the shoe was on the 9TH
er foot. The jury listened to a mass
of testimony some being that Payne
had allowed six COWS to die of star
walton and the opposite contention
that blackleg was on the place and
that the cattle had succumbed to in
fictitious disease. Other wrangles en-
sued over various items that Ander-
son had charged to Payne and that
Payne had fled against Anderson.
The jury found for Payne giving him
the sum of $18383