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TAIX DAMAGE SUIT DROPPED Plaintiff Moves For Dismissal in View of Recent High Court Decision Dismissal of the case of Josephine Taix, Bismarck, suing the Northern Pacific railway for $50,000 damages as a result of the death of her husband some time ago in a crossing accident in Bismarck, on motion of the plaintiff's attorney, was granted by Judge Andrew Miller in the fall term of the federal district court Tuesday. It is understood that dismissal of the case was asked for by the plaintiff as a result of a recent ruling of the supreme court of the United States holding the driver of an automobile responsible in accidents on railway crossings. Law Violators Fined Four violators of the liquor laws entered pleas of guilty and were sentenced by Judge Miller today. Roy Dietrich, Fort Yates, N. D., was fined $1,000 for manufacturing liquor on an Indian reservation. Bert Wells and L. J. Seidel, both of Fort Yates, were fined $250 each for having liquor in their possession on an Indian reservation, and Peter Geis, Bismarck, was fined $5 when he pleaded guilty to having liquor in his possession. Completion of the second case on the docket, that of the Northern Pacific railway vs. Barth and Hummel, in which the plaintiffs allege an undercharge on a fruit shipment to Gackle, N. D., was expected this afternoon. The third case. that has been called is that of R. E. Schumacker, receiver of the First National Bank of Delano, Minn., vs. C. N. Lee, involving payment of a note. It is expected that the federal district court will be in session for the next 10 days.
