New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-01-14
DISTRICT y TlCOU.RT
JURY DISMISSED
NEW JURY WILL BE DRAWN IN
CASE WYE is TRIED IN
THIS COUNTY.
GEORGE VOICES WINS DAMAGE
SUIT FOR 1865 FROM
STANDARD OIL CO.

The jurymen for the present winter
term Of the District Court were dis
missed by Judge Frank Clague, Monday,
January IL, in the afternoon at o'clock.
They were paid off and excused from any
further duties for this term. The court
took a recess until Tuesday morning at
9 o'clock when Judge Clague announced
another recess until January 20. The:
court will reconvene on that day to hear.
a report on the Vye-Cutting extortion
case as far as their request for change.
of venue is concerned The argument
for a change Of venue in that case will
be heard at Benson, January IT and in
case the requests not granted the trial
will be held in the local court.
Wins Damage Suit.
One of the last cases called for trial
was that of George Voges VS.. the Stand
ard Oil Company Of Indiana. Leonard
Voges, son of George Voges, was run
over by a truck of the Oil company on
the state road near the Kronholz farm in
CORTLAND township, on September %
asst and. the plaintiff claimed that the
Standard Oil Company was to blame
for the injuries sustained by his son..
He sued the company for doctor and
hospital bills to the aggregate Of $665
and for damages to cover the loss of
earning power in the sum of $4,000.
The case went to the jury at 5:45 p. M
on Friday, January 9, and a verdict was
returned at 8 o'clock the same evening
in favor of the plaintiff upholding his
claim for the full amount of S2,665. A
stay Of sixty days was asked for and
granted.
Several Cases Dismissed. .ssa1
When the case of Josephine BIGGER
VS. Joseph Bernerl was called for trial
the attorneys for the plaintiff moved
to dismiss it. The case 1 Of John b.
Young vs.aEdward F. Berkner also was;
settled and dismissed. IF.
After a recess from Friday evening
to Monday morning at 10 a. m. the
court reconvened and it was reported
that the case Of the Brown County Bank
VS.. Emil G. Hage had been settled.
Then the four cases of the Farmers
Cooperative Packing Co.,.of Owatonna,
MINI, VS.. Otto Orth, M. H. Aftermath,
Mat Bertrand and HI. F. Dohrmann were
ordered stricken from the COURTS cal,
endar. The case of the State Of Mime
sofa VS.. Edwin Fischer was continued
to the next term Of court the defendant
having been unable to appear in court
on account of sickness.
To Be Heard Jan. II.
The argument in the Vye-Cutting
extortion case for change Of Venue
will be heard before Judge G. E. Qvale
of Willnar at Benson, January II,
at 10 a. m. Judge Qvale was appointed
by Governor Burnquist to preside at
this trial which had been set for January
6, the date Of the re-opening Of the
present court term. But the Judge
found it impossible to come to New
Ulm on that day and he changed The
date to Saturday, January II.
No Cause Of Action.
A verdict Of no cause of action was
pronounced by the foreman of the jury
in two cases tried during the course of
last week. The first case called for trial
after the courts recovering on January
6, was that Of Anton zangl Of New Ulm
VS.. Leo Srock, farmer Of Linden town.
ship. The plaintiff claimed that part
of his wages had not been paid him by
his employer stating that his work had
been worth about $50 month, while
he was paid only SIS month. Con-
tradicting this claim, the defendant as
serted that prior to the employing Of
Of Mr.. Zangl an agreement had been
made STIMULATING that he was to receive
SIS month from April / to December /,
besides room and board, and that during
the four remaining months he was to be
satisfied with room and board. The
plaintiff did not know anything Of this
agreement, he stated. The verdict Of
the jury was mo cause Of action" The
presentation Of the case was concluded
Tuesday evening and the verdict was
returned Wednesday noon.
The same verdict was returned in the.
next case, that s. n Faas VS.. julius.
Kuehn. The latter had farm in Mil
ford township, where the plaintiff drilled
q well for him during the summer 1915.
but on account Of an alleged insuficiency
Of water in the well the work was not
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