The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
Supreme judicial Court.

+. +. Webb, admr. in equity, vs.. +. A. and $. X.
Fuller. This case was on trial when the Journal
went to press last week, and occupied the attcn-
ton of the court from Tuesday to Friday noon.
Ann S. Fuller, then the widow Of Edmund Fuller,
of Freedom, died in 1888 possessed of property
estimated to be worth nearly $4,000. She had
three sons then liVing-William $, Edmund A.
and seldom X. Fuller. one son, Christopher, and
a daughter Mrs. L. IL. Banton, were dead, the
latter leaving three children. Thirteen years ago
William 5. Fuller, who was conducting his moth
er's business, fell and has since been a cripple,
being parayzed from the waist downward When
lie became disabled he turned over the manage
ment of the estate, then valued at $50 900, to his
brother Edmund. Mrs. Fuller made several wills
but they We're destroyed In the wills she made
ample provision for William $, and also rcmem-
bcrcd the children of Mrs. Banton In 1888 Mrs.
Fuller died Edmund claned that ON the 10Th Of
March 1873, his mother, unsolicited on his part,
turned over all the property to himself and his
brother seldom H., the defendant in the suit The
property included stock in the Belfast and Water
willie Banks, Maine Telegraph CO., etc, amounting
to nearly $4,000, which Edmund claims his mother
assigned to him, It Mrs Kelsey, the housekceler
witnessing the transfer. William attempted 70
mtnd F. Webb, Of Water,iIle administrator. The
ease went to the law court, which decided
that plaintiff had case, and hence the present
suit which i to force administration uron the cs
tate. Some time before the date Of tic transfer
Mrs. Fuller was stricken down by apoplcNy
which LETT her mind impaired. The pin. sought IN
establish that in lS7s Mrs. Fuller was not of Il
sound and disposinS mind and that ting property
was obtained from her by undue influence on the
mart of Eonuad A. The aefts claimci tnat she
was Of sound mind and that the ACT was voluntary
On her part Tho rla. claimed that the a--t-l.-
mcnt Of stocks was forgery alu made Sine, THE
deaths Of Mr.. Fuller and Mrs Kelsey, tle witness.
A large number OF Witnesses We're examined.
nearly all tcstifyn4 to tte impairment Of the mimi
Of Mr. FuiI,". The case Wa- ul)y conducted by
the PIN himself on hill p&yJ And Ivy F,gicr And
Thompson on the part ur Tic defcnjauJ=. H..
jury were asked ~ answer questions submitted
whether Mr.. tulipr yes NJ Sound ni t'i-io-iu-
Njod OH March 20, ~ aud uuyt..e, j.J -il. wa-
obtained uy undue influence. To tut H:-t thrjnr!
answered .'No," AMI ID tlc -yevuJ a1c-" h u,h
cr words the verdict was f,r the pIN
Inhabitants Of E.ibyljy ~ Inhabitants Nj Paler-
mo. Al action to recover 80. raupcr supplies
furnished one Ialr, Bailey Who FIJI in distress n
the PIN. town. About nineteen wears a-o Bailey
and wife lived i'll Palermo where daughter, Lily
May, was born. Before the birth of the child the
parties separated and ~ub~eQ were divorced.
The child became lauPcl On the town of Faler-
me- The PIN. town claims that the child being a
paurer the father did not gain legal residence in
Liberty The dclts. town says that Bailey 0baNon-
ed The child and it thereby beca"c cmancpated
and he could gain Ie-Hl residence elscW here