The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-07-16
DISTRICT COURT
HAS ADJOURNED
Several Important and interest
ing Cases Tried and Dis
posed of.
THURSDAY A BUSY DAY
Court Ordered Clerk to Draw Twenty
five More Jurors to Report, on
the Morning Of July
18th.

In the case of the state VS.. Charles
Parent, the evidence was all in and
| arguments made to the jury Friday
afternoon. The jury returned into
court after celebrating about four
hours with verdict of guilty, and left
the punishment to be fixed by the
court. The court set July 10th as
the time for passing sentence and the
defendant was remanded to the GUS
tody of the sheriff.
In the case of Jacob Freisen against
the Hart-Parr company, which was
called Friday afternoon, the plaintiff
was represented by C. H. Roberts and
the defendant by Messrs. Mckenzie
& Mckenzie of Great Falls. This is
case in which the plaintiff was su-
ing the defendant for breach of war
ranty. This case grew out of the
sale by the Hart-Parr company to the
plaintiff of rebuilt Hart-Parr en-
gine, which the plaintiff claims was
not as warranted and was never made
to work, though the company experts
worked with the same for week or
ten days after he received it. The
| plaintiff asked for damages of about
$4,000, and the defendant set up a
counter claim and damages in the sum
of about 100000. The evidence in
this case was all in Saturday evening,
and the same was argued to the jury
Monday morning. After being out all
afternoon the jury returned into court
with a verdict of $4,000 in favor of
the plaintiff.
In the case of w. E. Rhodes VS..
Printers Supply company, the setting
was vacated. This case will probably
be settled and dismissed before COM
ing to trial
The case of John Detchman VS.. Mrs.
Frank Jurek and Frank Jurek was
called Monday afternoon. C. D. Bor-
ton represented the plaintiff and Lin
coin Working represented the defen-
dants. This is an action in which the
defendant was suing the plaintiff on
an alleged oral contract for $500 as
the price of breaking sixty acres of
land for the defendants. Defendants
deny any such contract and alleged
that the plaintiff damaged the land
by going upon same when he did, and
asked for damages in the sum of $500.
The jury returned into court after
about two hours deliberation and re-
turned verdict for the plaintiff for
$3.50 and interest. All parties in this
action live southwest of Glasgow about
ten miles.
In the case of George R. Smith vs..
R. M. Trafton, motion for new trial
was denied.
The case of H. A. Yotter VS.. WAL
ter Clark was called Tuesday after
noon. Messrs. Slattery & Kline rep
resented the plaintiff and Messrs.
Dignan & Shea the defendant. This
is an action in which the plaintiff is
suing on check given in payment for
an automobile. The defendant alleges
a RECESSION of the contract, or pur-
chase, soon after it was made and
stopped payment on the check. The
amount. involved is $3.50 and interest
since May 21st, 1919. The evidence
was all in and the case went to the
jury Wednesday evening.
All jurors except the ones sitting
in the Yotter-C Clark case were excused
Wednesday morning until 9:3O on the
morning of the 10Th, due to the fact
that the court has a naturalization
day set for Glasgow for July 18th,
and one at Malta for July II. The
court also ordered the clerk to draw
twenty-five more jurors to report on
the 10th, from jury box No. 3.
The jury in the Yotter VS.. Clark
case returned into court about p.
m. Wednesday evening with a verdict
in favor of the plaintiff for $3.50 and
interest since May 21st, 1919.