Daily Republican., 1885-05-27
Superior Court.
An INTRRHsTfNu y CAsE-TMEsUIT
OF ANTHONY REYBel.D VS..
TINE EbTEAMBOAT COMPANY.
A ENGTHY CASE

Court resumed proceedings at
O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon with al
the Judges present. Anthony Reybold
who was on the stand when Cours tool
the noon recess, WAS recalled and sub
jected to q long and searching Cross.
Denomination BY Mr.. Spruance, which
continued until 4.3O O'Clock.
Calvin Taggart WAS sworn, and
testified that he resides In Camden, N
H., and has been o stockholder in the
steamboat company fthe defendant fol
20 yearf, and dirccbr for IL years. Hi
was present at the Meeting when the
matter OF the money for the pilotage Of
OF the steamer Swan was brought up
but no action was taken at that time
After the matter had been fully con
sidered the directors catne to the con
Iclusion that 1t was not worth while tC
spend time or money on 1t.
The government had settled for the
use OF the boat some Il or Is years pre-.
vfously, and II WAS not thought that
ReybOld then made the proposition to
take the claim and colleetit for his own
| use, and this was agreed to by the di
rectors. Afterwards there was letter
/ received from Mr.. Rey bold, asking II
| they still intended to stand by their
agreement. The witness was present
At the meeting when this letter was re.
cetved and acted upon, and it was
unanimously agreed to stand by the
agreement and let Mr.. Rey bold have all
| the money he could get.
There was no objection made to this
arrangement until new director came
In but 1t was the opinion of the witness
that majority of the board were and
still are in favor Of allowing Mr.. Rey-
bold the money.
On eross-examinati0n by Mr.. Hig-
gins, one Of the attorneys for the
defense, 1t transpired that Mr. Higgins
himself was the director who objected
to allowing Mr.. Reybold to have the
money.
The examination and CROSS examina.
tion of this witness lasted nearly an hour,
but Mt last Mr.. Higgins let go his mer-
ciless grasp, and he was permitted to
take his seat.
Philip Reybold testified that he is a
son of Anthony Reybold, the plaintiff
in this case. He rememb bers when the
box came tn their house containing the
books and papers relative to this claim,
and he assisted in examining them to
ascertain the name of the pilot of the
steamer Swan.
George Rue was sworn, and testified
that be is acquainted with Anthony
Rey bold and was in his employ from
1860 to 1881 on his farm. He had gone
several times with papers from Antho-
ny Reybold to Barney Reybold. In the
| latter part of the summer of 1880 he
took paper to Barney Reybold for
him to sign, and be said he would
sign 1t when he found notary.
In about ten days afterwards the
witness called on Barney Rey bold, aud
he said that lie had not yet signed the
paper, 40 he had been unable to find a
notary. He again called on him In
about two weeks, and he said that upon
consideration he had concluded not to
sign the paper, but would name man
to call on Anthony Reybold and tell
him what his conditions were. The
| witness was aware that Anthony and
Barney were not on speaking terms,
and also knew that this paper which he
wanted Barney to sign was An order for
| the money.
james 3. Henry was sworn, and tes-
titled that he was sent by Anthony
Rey bold to sec if he would sign the
paper, and he returned word that he
would if Anthony would apply the
money to taking up certain notes in the
Farmers bank, which he, Barney, had
endorsed for him. About one year af
terwards the witness went to him again
to tell him that Anthony would accedf
to this, when he said that he had made
up his mind not to have anything fur
| ther to do with it.
At 3. 55 o'clock Court took recess
until 10 O'clock this morning.
An inquisition was held in the Law
Library, in the case of Herman Meyers
vs.. Charles Shearer, adm illustrator, and
S81. .94 awarded the plaintiff. Also il
the case of Rice & Mote VS.. Moses Geb-
hart, in which S13l.3l was awarded tn,
/ plaintiff