Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-06-30
Twenty Cases
AT June Term
Adjourned Friday to Meet in
Chambers ON August 1st
Was Busy Term.

of district court for Cavalier county.
to an adjournment on Saturday at
noon after having been in session for
nearly two weeks. The order of the
court being that it would reconvene
on Monday, August 1st, at which
time the argument will be presented
by counsel in number of court cases
that remain on the calendar of the
June term.
Upwards of twenty of the more
impor tant cases on the civil calendar
have been disposed of, in a number
of which the litigants, reached set.
Element after partial trial Of the
case had been given. Fully three
days of the court, after it had
got down to business, were taken up
by the testimony and lengthy argu-
ment in the test case which involved
the legal obligation of note signers in
a reorganization of the Northern
Live Stock Company, the affairs Of
which many Of the people around here
already have knowledge of
Below is brief outline of the
disposition made Of cases on both the
civil and criminal calendar that have
30 far been finally diaposed of at
the term which adjourned Saturday ::
Far. Sec. Bank of Park River vs.
Alex. Mcdonald Verdict directed
for the plaintiff.
/ Far. Sec. Bank of Park River VS..
William Moore. Settled.
Cava. Co. Natl Bank vs. Sarah
McGauvran. Settled.
i ], f. Ramage va. D. Heibert and
10. II. Spenst. Verdict for defendant
First Natl Bank Of Osnabrock VS..
j. B.kBeauchaInp. Settled.
4 Y First Natl Bank of Osnabrock va.
Louis Chaput. Verdict for plaintiff.
State Bank of Milton vs.. T. De.
vaney, A. Benoit, G. N. Marcot, j.
B. Beauchamp and M. L. Sullivan.
Verdict for defendants. This was q
test case there being three others in.
volving the same parties in which
4 judgment for the defendants was or.
dered entered by the court.
State Bank of Milton va. Northern
Live Stock Co. Verdict for plaintiff
i E, G. Dedrick vs.. John Howitz and
Joseph Howitz. Settled.
4 ], B. Boyd We. Ed. Losee. Settled
! Con. Jordan We. Ed. /. Donovan
Settled
!. Pic, Mch. & Hdw. Co. vs.. E. l.
Donovan and Lars Gvesrud. Verdict
for plaintiff.
/ E. L. Gordon We. Iona Grain Co.
Settled.
4 Albert He'll vs.. Cargill Elevate,
Co. Settled
/ Alma Carlson John G. Stewart
Settled.
William Boyer We. Wells & King.
Settled.
i 7. l.. Thompson vs. H. A. Helge
son. Settled.
In the case Of the State vs.. VIM.
Dewitt and Joseph Murray, who hao
been put under arrest since the las
| term upon a charge of boot logging,
both entered a plea of guilty wher
arraigned and were given sentenc,
4 of year in the state penitentiary
4 which can be reduced to eight an,
one half months by good behaviour
4 The three remaining immoralit,
| c.ses in which the defendants, witt
q half dozen others, had been r0unde,
i up when information had been file.
last winter. were brought into cour
and upon entering a plea of gull
we're fined and given suspended
a Jail sentence conditional upon tbei
good behavior.
. The case of J. L. Richardson
whose arrest some little time ago ol
a statutory charge created somewha
). Eof . Rensation, was given an acquitta
when the evidence was placed befor,
], a jury in ,district court last Thursda,
The case took part of two days o
4 the courts time, bnl the evidenc,
failed entirely to convince either hi
the jury or the spectators who crowd
i cd the court room that Richardson
WAS gnllty 40 charged. He was rep
resented by Attorney Bergeson b
Fargo. 40 counsel, who after til,
state had rested its case, decide
flit wac entirely unnecessary that hi
Silent take the stand in his own be
, half. Richardson upon his arres
demanded trial and when the esi
denee agaiDst him was placed befsF
jury, that had heen aelected Wit
great care. waa given ysrdiet 9
not guilty. The ilnal djapaaition d
ship case wonid appear so ID laas