St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-18
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He further stated that when
Mrs Sherwood began questioning
him about the lease, he told her
II II were worrying her. he would
get one made for her, and asked
Mr.. Crane 10 max one up He fur
ther offered TO give the house
back 70 her. but she objected TO
that, according to him.
r Turner, upon cross examining
Williams, proceeded systematiCal-
gY to get at the bottom Of the rca-
son for the original purchases Of
the house.
Turner: Did you go see her Of
ten?
williams: II called.
Turner: When did she first call ?
Williams: don't recall.
II was testified that Mrs. Sher-
wood called around April l947,
that they looked at several houses
that month.
Turner: Did you ever receive
any other money from Mrs. Sher-
| wood
williams: No.
Turner: Think now, did you?
Williams: Well, yes, she made
me a note once.
When the court convened Mon
day at 2 o'clock, Turner brought
up the point OF the cost Of the
house. He established that II Mrs.
Sherwood paid 81 900 down on the
So, POO house, and the house had
a A,34O.83 mortgage, then the
balance due the persons from
whom they were buying the house
was S3,S59.17, which left $640.S3
coming from the $4,000.
Turner: What did you do with
that?
Williams: I put It in the bank.
Turner: And after that?
Williams: Well, left 1t there.
Turner: Is 1t there now?
Williams: No.
Turner: What did you do with
it?
williams: Inasmuch as / was
leaving town, did not want 1t
handled.
1t was established that on his
return, ne told Mrs. Sherwood
about the money and suggested
he keep 1t in the bank to pay for
possible repairs on the house. At
the end OF the year, he paid it on
the mortgage.
Turner questioned his payment
OF her money in this manner, but
Williams stated that as the $4,000
was a gift, he felt he could do
with it as he pleased.
West: Did you tell her about
the money?
Williams: Yes
West: Was it your intention to
pay half or the price Of the house?
Williams: No, to take up where
she left off.
Judge Parks, who rocked com
fOrtably in his chair, often squint-
ing his eyes at the light, asked
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his mind. Now he asked:
Judge: Did you assume the
Williams: I assumed it was to
go on the house.
Judge; And why did you save
1t to go on repairs. You had no
agreement on that.
Williams: When she gave me
the money, II was to be used as
saw fit. was to provide her with
a place to live, and II was with
that thought that I thought l had
the right to do as l did assumed
that could take the balance be-
cause II was a gift to me.
Turner, who continued the cross
examination, asked: She has made
out checks to you before?
Williams: Yes.
Turner: Then why did she not
make the checks to you instead
of Mr.. Sauer?
Williams: I don't know
Turner: Did 1t ever occur to you
that she made the checks to Sau-
er because she had the intentions
Of buying the house for herself?
Williams know she was buy
ing II for me.
Louis Saucr, 200 South Fair
view, f. N. Martin OF 927 St An
thony Ave, w. Kartak, 1903 Vir-
ginia and Mr.. Louis +. Lerman.
9S3 Goodrich Ave. were all called
to testify.
Mr.. Lcrman testified that nc
acted upon the request Of Mrs.
Sherwood, that nc drew up the
joint tenancy in her interest
Mrs. Sherwood. called to the
stand again. testified that she
never stated that she was giving
Williams anything, that she never
told Lcrman to draw up a joint
tenancy, and that II she had in
tended Williams TO have the $4,000
she would have made the checks
she was not told that any money
from the $4,000 was returned to
Williams.
Near the end Of the hearings,
Judge Parks asked Mrs. Sher-
wood: Do you feel you can live
happily there?
Sherwood: No. do not.
West, in his pleadings, asked a
denial of the partition on the ba-
sis that the money was gift.
Turner, on the other hand, asked
the Judge that partition be grant
ed. How, he asked, could Mrs.
Sherwood give Williams the mon
ey II the checks were not made
out to him, and how could she
give him property that she never
really had?
The Judge made a passionate
plea to both parties, and to such
persons who have taken sides
with them, to forgive and forget,
in the interest OF the community
and their own interests, He asked
that they not carry a feud into
the community.
He stated also, that II he had
to make findings In the matter.
neither party would be at fault,
The purpose OF the court" he
stated, is to determine what the
agreements actually were. The
parties have tried TO disclose TO
the court what thew understood