Show MAN MN SAYS I ilE HE DID NOT GIVE CI TO NURSE She Sues and Gets Verdict I C Case se Then Is A Ap ftp- p- p pealed DOISE Ida Tda Nov 0 D Declaring that thata a check foi tOI or If it given at all all was v se secured secured se- se cured curc b by bIr Ir Mrs Hose flose E. E Coe Coo whose Christian Chris Chlis- tian Uan name Is Nellie W W. Cue Coe In some fraudulent scheming coercing and de designing de- de signing manner when It was believed he lie was wa on his deathbed and in a n. semiconscious semiconscious semi semi- conscious condition Phil PhU McGran McCran a prominent pioneer awl anil WealthY rc resident of Boise sets up a defense defence In the su supreme su- su preme court In this state In opo 10 of ot the tho ino t sensational l cases esses of oC record Mrs Coe wa was given I a decision In the tho district court of Ada count county for foi the amount of tho the check she claims Issued to her and Interest on It amount- amount In to McGran is attempting to I have this decision set sel aside his appeal The rho check Is alleged d to ha have hae e been heen what was vas IS supposed at nt the time Lime to b be hi- hia a deathbed d c transfer of b bj ba a dying man man to the woman who had lud shown him e every 1 Kindness s In the nursing and ami care foi fOl or him Cant Can't Remember He lie Says I Mrs Coe made her In the dIstrict district district dis dIs- dis- dis court on the tho grounds that the check Wa wai a legitimate sift by McCran of his own tree free will iII and with full knowledge e of the act McGran declares ho he had hall no memory of ever issuing uch uchi a check and that If It ho he did lid attach his signature to It coercion mus must t have ha been used usell for fOl he ho would never have e done s sp If In his 1119 right ml mind rid Prior to December 10 1 1911 1011 McGran was a n. very ery sick man nian H Ho He admits that Without near relatives and when discovering dis- dis dis lis coveting covering he ho was hardly able to take caro care of or himself It Is claimed McGran l ill dc arrangements with Mrs lira Coe to nurse him Sho She performed these duties to the the- best of her ability t but McGran gradually became became be- be came worse until on tho night of December De De- cember oember 13 19 1911 it w was wai believed cd he lie was dying and assistance was summoned i I How Check Was Signed Directing Mrs Coe Cae to bring him pen and Ink together with A a blank check and to prop him up In a sitting position against his pillow v. McGran It Is alleged by Mrs Coe Cae declared he proposed to give sWe i her before ho he passed He directed her to fill 1111 o it the check for that amount and then she declares declare he at attached attached at- at his own signature Sinking back In his bed McGran l Is claimed to have havo prepared to die cUe But the unexpected h happened McGran did not die He lived throughout the night and the next morning showed a n. decided improvement His physicians express hopes of oC his iI recovery reCo Ills strength came back baek the day an and 1 his hits health improved Within a few days day he ho was vas a different rent man Payment Is Refused Mrs Coo Coe admitted during the trial that she lost no time In presenting the check checkor for tor or payment The day duy after aCter she alleges cs It 1 was as signed Ah she presented It ft to the bank on op which It was was' drawn the Boise City National but payment was as refused She Sho declares res she sho demanded to know why payment had bC been n refused and could se secure so- so cure ur no satisfaction The Tho check chock was presenter presented several times time's afterwards afterward and still payment was re refused refused refused re- re fused so ISO sho brought suit to recover un uri under under der It She alleges during the trial that the rC been stopped on the check was waa because McGran n when he lie found he was going to live called In one ono of his friend explaining to him that he lie had Issued tho check and requested him himI to telephone tho the bank and stop payment on It ft Verdict for tho the Nurse The Tho jury that heard ard the evidence c In fn tho the district court here hore decided that the check had heen been issued In good faith and that Mrs Hrs Irs Coo was entitled to recover under It IL The Tho jury went further and gave her ber Interest in addition In of his claim that the tho verdict Is unjust and should bo be set aside McGran McGran Mc- Mc Gran declares that on tho date tho check bears beAls ho had bad but In the bank an and therefore payment could not be made He asserts ho knew this was waa the total amount of hi his balance and he he therefore would not issue a 1000 check checkon on It He lIe further alleges es fraudulent I scheming to secure the check The su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme court and court of 1 la 1 t resort will pass palS upon the validity of or th tho check McGran Is reputed to bo ho worth thousands of at dollars |