The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-12-08
Outlook Farmers Elevator Gets Judg-
ment for Ten Thousand Dollars.
LAWYERS FORGET INTEREST
Scotty Walker Case, In Which Walk
er Is Trying to Collect Wages for
Opening Up Coal Mine, Occupies
Attention of the Court All Week.
KELLY CASES NEXT MONDAY
Kelly Files Affidavit of Prejudice
Against Judge Conner and Judge
Green of Conrad Will Try Cases.
ART LIE SEUER CHEF
COUNSEL FOR KELLY

DISTRICT Court has been grinding all
of the week. and progress on the cal
endar is being slowly made. This jury
calendar was called two weeks ago
Monday, following the completion of
the court calendar, and the town has
been full of jurynnen waiting to serve
the people since A number of jury
men were excused for one excuse or
another last Saturday and several 9TH
ers have been excused during the
week.
The case of the Farmers Elevator
Company of Outlook VS.. Brown went
to the Jury Saturday, and early in the
evening, it brought in a verdict
against Brown in the sum of $4,000:
$4,000 of this against the bonding
house which bonded Brown. Judge
Felt Of Baker, who was trying the
case, instructed the jury to allow in
terest if a judgment was found for the
plaintiff, but it seems that when the
verdict was brought in, the attorneys
for the Outlook Farmers Elevator, ov-
erlooked the fact that the jury had not
figured interest in the verdict and the
jury was dismissed, thus leaving the
farmers in the lurch for about S110O
in interest which was about enough
to pay the lawyers. This interest es-
pecially should haves been allowed in
the judgment against the bonding
house and it's omission was costly
blunder for the farmers, for the judg-
ment against the bonding house is col
lectable while the one against Brown
is very questionable. The above ease
has been pending in the courts now for
about three years.
SCOTTY WALKER CASE
The next case called was the case
of Walker VS.. George Svorcum, both
of Antelope, in which Walker is at
tempting to collect wages for the dig
ging of an entry into a coal mine in
the vicinity Of the Richardson Mine
near Antelope. 1t seems that Svorcum
hired Walker and his boys to dig an
entry for a coal mine and they start
ed the entry, but after digging con-
siderable distance, did not find coal
and that entry was given up and an
other was dug and coal was found, and
that Svorcum does not want to pay
fer the building of the first entry.
The case has been occupying the at
tention of the courts all week VOL
ium and Paul are the attorneys for
Walker and Howard M. Lewis is ap-
pearing for Svorcum. The case is
expected to go to tie jury Saturday.
About $500 is invo.ved
KELLY CASES UP MONDAY
The kelly cases against the Slle:i-
dan County STATE Bank and c. J.
Beiseker were .set for Tuesday, out
kelly's attorney. Art LeSeuer. cnuld
not get here before Friday and
O'Leary of Great Falls, his other at.
torney could not get here either, so
Kelly asked for q continuance until
December the 3th, hut the Beisekers,
by their attorneys, George Hur( and
Onstad and Greer resisted the contin-
great expense and were ready for
trial. Kelly begged time and finally
the Beiseker5 MADE a proposition to
grant a few days time if Kelly would
pay $400 in cash to pay their ex-
penses, otherwise they would not
agree to an extension of time:' The
court was not inclined to grant. the
extension over the objection of the
so Kelly filed an affidavit of
prejudice against Judge Conner which
secured the continuance,
for another Judge could not be Sc
cured before Monday, when Judge
Green of Conrad will arrive, when the
cases will be called for trial. Le-
Seuer of St. Paul and O'Leary of
Great Falls will appear for Kelly and
George Hurd of Great Falls and On
stad and Greer Of Plentywod will ap-
pear for the Sheridan County State
Bank and Chester Beiseker The case
promises to be sensational, as it is
that Kelly has set up in his
suit, charges of fraud, forgery and
against the Sheridan
County State Bank and Chester Beis-
eker, and in view of the exposures Of
the conditions existing in the bank in
reference to Sheridan county at the
time of the failure of that institution,
great interest is being taken in the
case, when together with the promin-
ence of the attorneys, packed court
house is certain during the entire
trial.
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