Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-09-29
Jury Finds for the Plaintiff and
Assesses the Damages at the
Sum Of $3.50
ACCIDENT HAPPENS BETWEEN
ABLEMAN AND REEDSBURC
Decision Is Made By Eleven Jury
men, One of the Twelve Being
Excused
From Thursday,s Daily

From Thursdays Daily
| Joseph Ganser OF Hillsboro pHr-
chased a car of Charles Staley of that
place and on the night of July 20,
1920, the machine struck the exposed
end of culvert, the car going into
the ditch. The accident happened
between Ableman and Reedsburg--
between the subway beneath the rail-
road and the bridge over the Baraboo
river to the north. The machine was
going north and another car sounded
the horn to go by. The Ganser car
| was pulled few inches to the right
onto the grass and soon the crash
came. The car stopped bottom side
! up the windshield and top broken,
the people struggling in some stag
nant water. No one was seriously
hurt. Mr.. Ganser claimed the county
was at fault because the weeds hid
the culvert from view and brought an
action to recover $3.50. The testimony
showed the road used at this point
is more than Is feet wide. A cut will
low and pictures were introduced aus
evidence.
The witnesses: A. o. Sorge, Henry
Heine, Heney Schultz, Joseph Ganser,
Mrs. Mary Ganser, john Ganser,
Eric H. Groth, county highway com
missioner, r. B. Griggs, chairman of
the highway committee, Charles BOIL,
Mrs. Martha BOIL, Edward Meyer,
William Halbersleben, member Of the
highway committee, H. Grotophorst,
and Charles Staley
County to Pay Damages
YThe jury empaneled to try the
issues in the case formed for the
plaintiff and against the defendant,
and assessed the plaintiffs damages
at the sum of $3.50. e
The Jury: Louis Bergin, H. H. Pot
ter, Walter Rodewald, W. E. Hazel
tine, w. A. Darrow, Roy Mather, Rob
ert Nachreiner, Albert Koerth, Paul
Cahoon, George Borchers and George
Egerer.
After the jury had been drawn and
the case opened Frank McCune dis
covered that this claim had been dis
allowed by the Sauk County Board Of
supervisors of which board he Is a
member. He was excused by the
court and this accounts for there
being but eleven jurors.
Foreclosure Case
In the case OF Lyman T. Crossman
John T. Ritter and others, judgment
was granted
(From Fridays Daily
The sale of the Bunker Hill farm ia
the town of Delton some time ago pro
duced tangie which resulted in an
interesting trial in circuit court be-
fore Judge O'Neill.
The farm contains 100 acres and is
located in the town of Delton. Before
the sale the owner, Frank S. Bunker,
listed the place with the Roberts
Bros. land agency of Portage. 1t was
agreed that if Mr. Bunker sold the
farm the agency was to have a mini
mum amount, 81 per acre, or $3.50. In
case the agency sold the farm, how
ever, the commission was to be IS
per acre and one-half in excess of $13s
an acre. The farm was sold by anoth-
er person for $50 an acre or $4,000.
After the place was listed with the
Portage firm Mr.. Bunker remarked
to Harley r. Bement of Kilbourn, it
was claimed, that his place was for
sale. Later Mr. Bement took Charles
Van Schoyck to the farm and the place
was sold to him for $4,000. 1t was
claimed the sale was accidental,
that Van Schoyck went to the farm to
look at some cattle. Be that as it
may Bement was paid $500 by Mr..
Bunker, according to the testimony at
the trial.
1t was also held that in the past
the Portage firm and the Kilboura
agent have had business relations and
that in this case the Kilbourn agent
was really part of the Portage firm.
Be all that as it may the Roberts
Bros. land agency claimed that Mr..
Bunker was trying to avoid the terms
OF the contract and brought an &C.
ton to recover s2,400, the sum includ
ing the following items:
Commission at $500 pes acre $500.
One-half in excess of $50 per
acre or onehalf OF
$4,000 ----- - 800.
Total - - = --------$2,4O0.