Legal motions and rulings on new trial notices and demurrers
Judge Lynch ruled on multiple cases including Wakeman Sutton v Silas King establishing notice of appeal timing under the new law. Sutton may again seek a new trial, while Switzer versus Stapleton allowed setting aside judgment upon cost payment. Other actions include demurrer sustained against Hight Fairfield, and responses required within 20 days for amended complaints and answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
Wakeman Sutton
Silas King
Sutton-King
Sutton
Robert McBride
George W. Stapleton
Guy Stapleton
William 8. Switzer
Clancy
Switzer
Joseph Richards
Morris Meyer
Justices
West Park Street
Meyer
Bank receiver seeks to undo stock payments at Aetna Trust
Lyons, appointed receiver for the failed Aetna Banking and Trust, asks Judge Lynch to rescind notes and stock swaps used to pay capital. He seeks return of 462 and 538 shares of Aetna Savings and Trust, plus any value from F Augustus Heinze and Abner B Clem ents, and cash equal to unpaid stock with interest. The judge granted the order directing rescission and cash repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Augustus Heinze
Abner B. Clements
Robert Lyons
Aetna Banking and Trust Company
Heinze
Simeltermen'’S Union
W. D. Tracey
Lynch
William Scailon
Clements
Julia H. Clements
Aetna Savings and Trust Company
Lyons
Aetna Savines and Trust Company
Theodore G. Risley
Augustus Heinze
Mayor Opposes Steam Fire Engine Purchase In Butte
City debates a steam fire engine bid as Mayor Corby questions the outlay while Fire Chief Sanger supports the project. Bids for a 600 gallon per minute steamer are due February 19, with estimates around six thousand dollars. Contemporaneously, the city grapples with police pay disputes, annexation tests, and pending taxation for newly added territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corby
Butte
Sanger
Symons
Pyramid Pile Cure free trial offer ad
An old fashioned classified style notice promotes Pyramid Pile Cure. Readers are urged to send name and address to Pyramid Drug Co. for a free trial package and later buy 50 cent boxes. The ad cites cured cases from Emma Bodenhamer and George Braneigh and warns against operations while promising quick relief.
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Emma Bodenhamer
Bedford
Ind
George Braneigh
Schellbureg
Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Lovable Character Goes to His Reward
Sullivan W. Waugh died Friday night after a long life begun in Maine on May 7 1831. His wife of 40 years survives them as neighbors and the Ever True Girls Club aided them after years of hardship. The funeral was held Sunday at Mrs. Bakers home on 32 Platinum street with many friends expressing regret.
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Sullivan W. Waugh
Platinum Street
Federal bill boosts witness pay in eight western states
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports that a firm of eastern lawyers says Congress has passed a bill increasing witness pay in federal courts across Montana Wyoming Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho Colorado New Mexico and Arizona from 1.50 to 3 dollars per day. The act also allows mileage at 15 cents per mile for overland travel and 5 cents by rail, though no official notification has been received yet.
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Standard
Helena
Federal Court
Sproule
Congress
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Idaho
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
The Modesty of Women and City Council Jokes
An article blends a health ad for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with a satirical note on local governance. It discusses medical endorsements and a pamphlet offer, then shifts to a monthly city council routine, naming mayoral selections for police commissioners and the monthly joke of reappointing them, followed by City Employment Agent I F Dobson's January report on job applications and positions filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Parlin
Parlin
Council
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Harry Blumkin
Thomas Driscoll
George C. Fitschen
I. F. Dobson
Bravery Of Bile In A Buffalo Dinner Tale
A Buffalo Enquirer piece recalls Patrick Jones saying corporal punishment is ended in schools and notes a pupil named Bill who, in a geometry recitation, faced a savage question about the square of the hypotenuse and replied that it equaled a butt whoop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Buffalo Enquirer
Patrick Jones
New York
Bill
Judge Lynch Seeks Return of Lost Session Laws
A Butte judge reports the missing 1907 session laws, left in the district court room two weeks earlier, and posts a court notice urging their return as the county owns the volume. The incident sparked speculation a busy attorney may have mistakenly taken the book with his own.
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Lynch
Butte
District Court
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King
Judg
Heinze and Clements
Judge Lynch
Trnatiza
Order of the Court
Partin
United States
Mayor Corby
Vel
Hennessy
White Fox
Fleetrie
Imi
Astrakhan
Philadelphia Ledger
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