Show A STUBBORN CASE Impounding of Catte Cattle Causes legal Contest Which May Reach Supreme Court Cour CourTe Te The fact that some cows of Henry HenrJ Lar ser s en or of broke into the feld field of at Peter Agren of that place lat last July uly and damaged the crops to the amount of oC 5 Is i s r for a hotly contested case cage in i n toe the district court for hoty the past two days and the same will likely be fought out in the he t supreme court Larsen and Agren are neighbors ad and when about fifteen ot of catte cattle got Into field th later l atter put the stock in the grens astray pound and had the damages appraised at 5 Agren refused to pay for the tho damage and demanded his stock stock The They we wese in the custody of William H 11 Lowder the con constable constable stable and when the officer refused to delver deliver the them Larsen sued for them and made the constable a party to the action He secured the stock on putting acton up a t bond and the case then came on for trial In i n the distrct district court Attorney T D Johnson represented the owner of the catle Cattle and N J Haris Harris the defendants Every Ery point In the case was contested as though thousands of dollars were In Involved involved Attorney Johnson attacked the constitutionality ot of the law under which the catte cattle were Impounded on the gro ground md that hat t I it was taking possession of property without due process of law After long argument arguments and the o numerous o authorities the judge ruled that the stock wa was taken legally legaU but that the appraise appraisement mont ment certificate assessing the 5 damages was defective and it wa thrown out However the mUse jude ruled that the de might hold the cattle under the common law and te the case went on After being submitted to the jur jury the jurors after a discussion of some time came Into court wih with a for In formation when the animals were first in i n distraint Judge answered that the queston question in thIs case was as one that the i jury Jun mUst mURt determine He gave gae however I Ia a definition of the word I conditIon of cOntrol assumed and exer exercised exercised Shorty Shortly afterward the ju jury brought In a verdict in favor of the of the stock No cause of acton action TE The case will probably go to the supreme court |