The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1921-01-28
Adjourned Term Cir.
cult Court Completed

convened IN kadoka on tuesday o
last week completed its work Wed
nesday morning in so far as tn
need of a jury was concerned, an
the jurors were discharged at tina
time by Judge Williamson.
The calendar of causes was pret
ty we'll cleaned up and but only
very few of the causes were car
ried over until the next term. A
the time of isuing the last paper
all the criminal cases on the cal
endar had been taken care of ant
disposed of for the term, and th'
Court was taking up the trial o.
the civil cases.
The first of these, cases to b.
taken up was the one wherein A
L. Mercer was the plaintiff ant
Roy Simcox defendant, and the
damages resulting from the sal,
Of a piece of land was involved il
this action. Attorney Flagg p
Carlisle appeared for the plaintiff
and default Judgment was rem
dered on account of the failure o:
the defendant to apepar. Attor
ney A. G. Granger however appear
ed for, Mr.. Simcox to argue the
motion for reduction in the am
cunt of the judgment under tha'
of the amount asked for in the
complaint.
Following the hearing Of this
case Judge williamson pronounced
sentence upon C. J. York of Forf
Pierre. York had pleaded guilty
to the charge of transporting Ii
quor, he having been found witt
the gods at the Interior Roundup
and was fned$l50.O0 and sentenced
to six months in the penitentiary
with the latter part of the senten
ce suspended during his future
good behovior.
The case of Frank Emry VS. Gil
bert Dock was called for trial, ant
after a hard fought battle was gi
ven to the jury. This case was
the out growth of the defendant.
cattle trespassing upon the lane
of the plaintiff. Attorney M. X
Easthouse appeared for Mr.. Emry
and Bangs and Wood and T. E
Eastman of Rapid City, for the de
fendant. The jury found for tho
plaintiff in this case and awarded
damages in the sum of forty one
dollars.
The case of A. S. Murphy VS. o. L
Skotvold, invonved the payment
for an eighty acres of land in Mis-
souri,, decided by plaintiff to de
fendant. Flagg P. Carlisle of thi.
place and T. E. Eastman of Rapit
City, appeared for Mr.. Murphy ant
M. X. Easthouse of this place fo,
the defendant. The jury foount
for the plaintiff in the amoun'
claimed in the complaint and aw.
arded him a judgement of $500.
In the action of o. L. Skotvolt
VS. T. c. Blackney, involving dam
ages arising from defendant tax
ing up plaintiffs cattle. the actor
was dismissed by the plaintiff ant
a confession of judgment made by
him in the sum of twenty dollars
M. X. Easthouse represented Mr.
Skotvold and Flagg p. Carlisle ap
peared for Mr.. Blackney.
The jury in the action brough'
by d. d. Collins against Henry
Weller on a claim for damage:
doneby the latter's cattle while KEPT
on theplaintiff's property in the
south part of kadoka, found fol
the plaintiff. Mr.. Collins was re
presented by Flagg P. Carlisle ant
Mr.. WelleE by M. K. Easthouse.
, The action of the State Bank o
Wanewac, Of Wanewac, Wis, ag
ainst F. p Schrieber and Eliza
beth Schrieber, was for the secur
ing of deficiency Judgment on {
foreclosure sale Of property in tha
! state. After the completion o
the evidence offered in the case
. Attorney Carlisle, who appeared fo
/ the plaintiff requested an instruct
1 ed verdic which the court granite,
I. and the plaintiff was awarded
& judgement of $9O5.OO against tn
/, defendants. M. X. Easthouse wa
J the attorney for the defense.
The trespass case of George II
Decker against H. E. kaufman. J
z H. Fryberger, Louis Determsnr
: Otto C. Sharon, w. ]. Sauser, II
/. Gelino, w. J. Sauser, and j., E
Buckmaster, was settled out o
court and not brought to trial.
( L. G. Conlee brought an actor
against Amos Shook for damage
resulting from the trespassing o
the latter's sheep over the land q
the plaintiff. and after hearing I'll