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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1922)
THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. AfRIU 7. 1922 Old College Mates of Crete. Fight in Court Over Auto Omaha Attorney and Auto O Open Saturday Evening ' Open Saturday Evening , 5 mobile Woman, Student! Together 20 Yean Ago, in Legal Battle. 14 , Mrmorif o( rollrg d)t apnt lo jftlifr t Cm. Nb, nearly 20 tr ago, (UhH through the mind. " of V. M. Burton and Mn. Io! W. Muff hfit tliry apprarH in munici. pal court yfiterdiy afternoon plaintiff and defendant, reipctiveljr, in damage action over an auto mobile. Mr. Rurton, a member of the Omal'a bar, appeared at counsel for hiuielf, and during the hearing of the case before judge A. fc. Bald in be referred regretlully to the intu mental coloration of the aituation, Mm. Muff lui operated an auto mobile estahlikliment it Crete for aix year. She appeared in moduh aitire and underwent, a aevere examination by ber former college mate. Attorney Seeki 1300." Attorney Burton aought to re enter $300 and Mm. Muff Jiled a rounter-rlaim of $5o58l. Plaintiff alleged that during May lat year he drove bia Ford aedaii. to Crete and traded that machine for a larger car, paying defendant $J25 in cal'. Bur- ton testified that the car he received wa not a represented and the Crete woman testified that the car ahe re ceived wa encumbered with a mort gage which was not made known by Burton. The mortgage and various owner liip of the Ford, car furnished an interesting sidelight to the case. Mr. Burton did not know until recently that the car , had been mortgaged. Jfe bought the car from Robert Mar met, who said he acquired it from F.arl O'Brien. A previoua owner was referred to as W. W. Sanborn, who gave a mortgage of $375 to B T.. Fflug of Springfield. Neb. Mr. Tflug was in court. The counter claim of Mrs. Muff included the amount of the mortgage. Burton Givea Testimony. Mr. Burton testified that he went to Crete and entered into the trans action Vith a feeling of confidence in :" the integrity of his former college mate, to which statement counsel for Mrs. Muff -repjied that the old rule of law, "CaVeat emptor," meaning Let the buyer beware, " was applic able when Burton accepted the other car from Mrs. Muff. Leonard During, shopman ' for Mrs. Muff, testified: "Mr. Burton and his mechanician tried her out m every way, shape and manner. He had her in low, intermediate and high. Then Mr. Burton wanted a guarantee on the car, but Mrs. Muff told him that she would not guaran tee sccond-handacars." . The questioning of Mrs. Muff by Burton inctuded this: "Where were you after 8 p. m. on ftuv as, mi? ine A-rete- automobile woman glared and then smilingly replied mat sne was in her garage, adding that she is always in her place of business on Saturday, nights. . Judge Baldwin has reserved his decision until next Thursday. , ... . Dr. Goodell Talks on Man's Service Declares: We . Are Bound ' by Bonds of Necessity at Services. "'''It is necessary to nave many dif , fcrent kinds of business in order to satisfy, the needs of mankind.", said Dr. Charles L, Goodell, speaking at the noon .hour services at the Bran dets theater yesterday. "We are bound together in the common bonds of necessity. We live by our service to others and by others service to us.. and we could not live if ithere were not men who are willing to do the things that we do not like to do. "A man's vocation is said to be his caning, ana every nonest man wno is engaged In doing "the.;, work for which he ' fitted and for which he had an appetite, can lift up his head and liy that God called him, whether .he is.ma.king fishhooks. or violins. Special singing by the Y. M.; C A. quartet at yesterday's meeting- was led by Georsre W. Campbell. - Rev. Howard C; Whitcomb, chairman of the committee, is in charge of the pre-faster. ervice$. . ' . Dr. Goodell spoke last night at . North Side -Presbyterian church. Officer Who Captured Slayer to Retire From Police Force . Otto Lickert. police sergeant, promoted, following' his capture of Otto. .Cole, .slayer of Harry. Hahn, will retire April 20, 1923,-on half pay t become a-truck gardner. "Gardening, not sleuthing, is in , our blood". Lickart said. "You bet 'I will retire." William Lickert, 80. now retired, Sergeant Lickert's father, wrested a competency from two acigs of land at Fort and Cedar" streets. William Lickert, jr., the sergeant's brother, is . clearincr $1,000 a year above all expenses from the same tract. .'.-. Sergeant Lickert plans to own a 10-acre . farm npt y& selected and to farm on a scale not quite so in tensive .as his relatives pursued. ", Lijuor Charges Filed Against Fiv$ (I reely County Farmers Liquor complaints against five Greeley county farmers were filed yesterday , by Prohibition Enforce ment Officer Rohrer in federal court. ., Thew gre Timothy G. 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