Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-25
Term Of District Court
Completes Calendar Wed.

The two W eks term Of district
court adjourned Wednesday after.
noon, shortly after all the jurors
had heen discharged. The two
cases that occupied he major por-
ton of the session were that of
Peter Marion and William Ator
against the Great Northern Railway
Company involving damages for
hay destroyed by fire.
The case was about the burning of
hay on Pete Marron's meadow, ad-
Joining the Great Northern right of
way, which the plaintiff alleged was
caused by sparks from the defend
ants locomotives. Several witnesses
were examined by plaintiff to show
the extent of the damage and the
value of the hay while the Great
Northern had whole army of wit
nesses to prove the contrary. Mr..
Cliff of the Great Northern legal
staff, assisted Attorney Howard Lew
is in presenting the case for the rail-
road while Attorneys Babcock and
Greer represented Pete Marion. There
was much evidence introduced to de-
termine the price of hay and when
the jury and spectators were asked
by townspeople how the case was
progressing they invariably replied
They are still chewing the hay"
After the case was over Pete Marion
said the railroad company was
chewing the cud."
The Ator Case.
The jury in the case of Ator
against the Great Northern reported
Thursday night of last week, bring
iny in a verdict for $1235.00 He had
asked for $25O000. The following
report on this case was too late fol
publication last week:
Two days were spent in selecting
jury to serve in the suit filed in
! district court here by Mr.. Ator
against the Great Northern railway
FOR $500 damages he alleged to be
his due as the result of hay destroy
ed by fire on his ranch in this coun-
ty.
Mr.. Ator claimed the fire was
started through negligence of the
railway company. The railway com
pany acknowledged that the hay was
destroyed by fire, but it refused to
pay for it at the rate Of $25 ton.
The jury for the term included AL
fred Bake, Outlook; Will Parker,
Plentywood; John M. N. Mouritsen,
Dagmar; Ole Risa, 500; Jerry Stanek,
Homestead; Fred Kjerrumgaard, Ar
cher; Ole Helm, Westby; Peter West
arlund, Dagmar; Eng Torstenson,
plentywood; Axel Nielsen, Coalridge;
G. g. Christianson, Plentywood; Joe
Wagner Daleview; Ben Luebke, Plen-
tywood; Ted Lindell, Antelope; Mich
olas Lochen, Raymond; Gilbert Oh
son, Dagmar; Philip Bourassa, Plen-
syNyood A. I, Larsen, Antelope;
Adam Weidner, Plentywood; Carl
Sorenson, Westby; Nels A. Nelson,
Westby; L. E. Helm, Plentywood;
Tarl West, Plentywood; Ole Walden,
Antelope; Martin Bjerke, Outlook; J.
J. Mcintosh, Plentywood; James Mi
chels, Medicine Lake; Carl Hovdey,
Outlook; Henry Fransen, Comertown;
George Nielsen, Comertown; A. f.
Johnson, Homestead; Albert Lee, An
telope; Hans Hellum, Outlook; o. L.
Ingell, Redstone; Melvin E. Granrud,
Raymond.
Those serving on the Ator-Great
Northern case were Ole Rise, Fred
kjerrumgaard, Peter Westerlund.
Eng Torstenson, Ted Lindell, Gilber'
Olson, A. t. Larsen, Adam Deidner,
Ole Walden, Martin Bjerke, James
Michels and Carl Hovdey.
j. j. McElroy of Plentywood and
George Bell Of Dagmar acted as bail
ifs for this term of court.