Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-19

the reservation being long held rs States
lands and sf>eswards as towns land, there
bein9 but little. individual interest to
urstect the property. lawless individuals
uithout rishtjnraded over, cut,ploughed.
spotfed trees and exercised such acts Of
ownsrshipwithous light & as trespassers.
No question IS made as TO title by posses
sion; each party relies upon the chain OF
his record title. and the question for -the
Jury to find is, whether that the dividing
line from its apex at the North, swings
easterly far enough to make lots number
ID and IL contain 100 acres each, or
whether II swingsto the West, according
to plaintiffs deeds and monuments.
The jury returned n verdict for plaintiff
for $500. finding the dividing line as
plaintiff claims.
Defendant carries the case to Law
Court on exceptions and motion.
Black Andrews, Bisbee.
Haley Pulsfer vs.. Inhabitants of Paris
This is an action 10 recover damages
for injuries from defect in the highway.
II is case Of snow. The injury was re-
ceived on the highway leading from Paris
Hill TO Jackson Village. about D miles
from the HIM. The plaintiffs statement
is this THAT he left his home In Poland
at o'clock in the afternoon Of February
9Th, 1866, to meet his wife, then visiting
at a relatives in Sumner, that the evening
was overcast aud dark, and that about
O'Clock he found his horse plunging in
deep snow; and after Intellectual efforts 20
proceed. he undertook TO unharness and
free him from tho sleigh; that while doing
this he sprained hisknec. lie finally sue
ceeded in reaching the house of u relative
near by, where he stopped for the night,
and ON the next morning, returning To
the place OF the injury, it was found that
the turnpike road had been abandoned
for the distance Of about 20 rods, and that
n temporary road was made within the
4 rod limits running along by the side OF
the fence and returning again to the turn
pike some 90 rods further on. That the
plaintiffs horse, instead OF turning out on
the new road had kept the turnpike straight
on. That ut first the snow was not deep,
but after proceeding some 10 rods II was
drifted so as 10 stop further progress.
The evidence showed that the turnpike
here was apt to drift; that temporary
road had been broken out for years be-
fore and after ut this same place, and that
for the most part pole was placed acros:
TO warn travellers from taking the turn
pike. At this time no such warning was
there.
The plaintiffs counsel contended that
the neglect to fence up the way to pre-
vent horses from going forward IN the
night was n negligence on the part of the
town. for which. rs the plaintiff was with
out fault, he was entitled TO recover.
The defendants counsel coDtended thai
the defendant town, having broken out
one way within the rods, had done al
that could be reasonably required OF them
That they were not bound TO fence up The
turnpike. and that when the plaintif
found that his horse had left the trave lleo
road instead Of going forward, he should
have at once retraced his steps.
Verdict for plaintiif-damages $4,000
The damages claimed were s25oo.-
The case was ably presented by A. NJ
Pulcifer, Esq, of Auburn. for Plff. II
turned upon the point Of putting up poles
or some notice TO travellers that the old
road was not travelled The road had
been barred some winters, and was not
the winter when the accident occurred.
The case could not have been settled, be-
fore trial, for $4,000, and the town es'
capes very well.
Pulsifer. Shaw & kimball.
Virgin.
The Grand Jury came in ut 10 O'Clock
Saturday morning, and reported twenty
five bills, rs follows:
State vs.. AIvah NJ. Coolidge. of Upton,
for Assault with attempt to kill.
State vs. James II. Ridlon, Of Hiram,
for Assault and Battery.
State vs.. Dexter ID. W. Abbott, Dix.
field. Lottery.
State VS.. Vim. w. Whitmarsh, OF
Norway, two indictments, as Common
Seller, and Tipping Shop.
State VS.. VIM. A. Marston, of Norway,
two indictments, as Common Seller and
Tipping Shop.
State VS.. Rodolphus Young, ofNorway,
two indictments, rs Common Seller and
Tipping Shop.
State vs.. Joseph Holt, Norway, Com.
mon Seller.
State VS.. Charles r. Bartlett, Newry,
two indictments, rs Common Seller and
Tipping Shop.
State VS.. Freeman +. Goodnow, Newry,
two indictments, as Common Seller and
Tipping Shop. S.-s~
State VS.. Reward Bryant, Norway,
Common Seller. ts. .FtN
State VS.. Barnard l.. Marble, Dixtield,
two indictments, as Common Seller and
Tipping Shop.
State vs. VIM. W. Smith, Dixfield, two
indictments, rs Common Seller and Tip
ping Shop.
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