The Somerset reporter., 1888-09-20

The pill is the driver of the stage line
between here and bingham. The day
this exchange was made the horse WAS
drives with another horse on the stage
from Bingham 10 SkoShegan; the driver
noticed that the horse was di>charging
very freely al the nose and his mate
worked away from him; the next day he .
WAS driven back and it was noticed that /
this discharge continued and increased. /
Dn the report Of the hostlcr a. 10 the con .
ditiou Of the horse he was sent back 10
SkowhegAn and put in stall away from .
the other horses. Two veterinary sur
gcuns examined him aud one pronounced
the trouble as CHAMBERS, said that in all
probability the trouble had been OF SOME
months standing. Immediately the pill.
went mp 90 Scion TO see the dcft and
told him that the horse he had of him had
the chambers, and he must take him of
hi, hands aud make him whole lie re-
fused 10 take his horse back, a he had
stood in the same stall in deftS. stable
and he feared that he might have taken
the disease. Deft. agreed # pill would
send the horse to Scion he would take
him back pay him the 500, the balance
of the value of the horse he had OF PIN
and the expense he had been to. The
i horse was sent to Scion, the deft. refus-
ed to accept him, PIN. had the horse kill
ed and brings this action to recover what
the deft. agreed to pay him, the ndred
dollars and the expense lac was TO in
keeping the horse, having him examined
and killed.
Defense. had the horse I let pin
have only -four weeks He had some run
ming at The nose during the time / hdd
him. told pin that with the exception
Of that he wa, all right 50 far As knew.
The arst veterinary surgeon that plli call
ed to examine the horse said that he had
not the CHAMBERS, but had a ca'arrhal
trouble that could be cured. Pr. told
him he did not want him cured that he
had rot beaten in the trade and he want
ed it pronounced case of 9andcrs that
he might have him Killed and make the
dcft smart for it. 1t was not possible
hat the trouble WAS CHAMBERS as other
horses who worked beside him have
shown no symptoms of CHAMBERS. At the
time pill. came to see me and told me the
horse had CHAMBERS, told him | had had
.he horse only four weeks, that he had
thi- same trouble when bought him of
one Redman. and that did agree If Red
man would take the horse back of me |
would take him OFF his hands Redman
agreed to do 50, but when the horse was
returned rufused to take him and so |
refused.
Verdict for pill sl2l.oG.
Colin J.. l.. Walton, BusweH
Albert Lcayitt admr. of estate of Sarah
Lcayitt vs. jarvis f. Baker, Rebecca At.
wood and Eliza A. Baker.
Action on Il promissory note for $500,
dated March 10Th, 1850, on three years
time, given by the defendants to Sarah
Lcayitt
The defendant jarvis +. Baker, was
1efaulted. The other defendants offered
to prove by Mr.. Bakers deposition that
lhey only signed as surctles and that
whru the note became due he went to pay
it, but Mrs Leavitt asked him to keep
the money longer. He consented to keep
5000 of it Il year or more longer, paying
her $500. That arrangement was not
made known to the sureties and they
claim that discharged them.
The court excluded the deposition on
the ground that he being Il party and the
other party an administrator, it was not
competent for him to testify. The court
directed verdict for .he plaintiff for
S253.9S.
Lowe. Baker.
lSatpday, Sept. Ism John l.. Sterry
vs.. Anthony Bracket ct ais
) In lssG there was u tax assessed against
| the plaintiff by the defendants assessors
of Starks. In the spring Of 1887 the col
lcctor requested plaintiff to pay the tax
which he refused to do. The collector
notified him if he did not pay it he SHOULD
c be Obliged to arrest him. The plaintiff
n still refused and he was arrested, carried
to Jail at Norrdgewock where he wa
(.
brought to recover damages for that ar
rest and Imprisonment, the plaintiff claim
c ing that the tax was not properly az
a scssed, as on April lst, 1856, he was a
, resident of Lowell Mass
Defense. The tax was legally assess
ed The plaintiff had always been Il res
r lent of Starks till that time; he went
March 9TH of that year to Lowell to work
for a limited time; he stated to several
, that he was going there to get work to
pay for some land in Starks on which he
had been living his family did not go to
Lowell till the middle Of May. They re-
manned in Lowell only about year Yer
dict for defendants.
Whitcomb, willard. Simmons.
Uriah +. Trip vs.. Jacob Perkins and
trustee
Account annexed for groceries $3.50. 10.
Plaintiff says that Dec 18th, 1855, he and
he defendant looked over his books and
found that there was his due Si5 and
some costs. After that he furnished
him to the amount of about $500 The
books containing the most of the items
covered by the $40 were burned in Au-
gust, lSs6. Defense, payment Verdict
for defendant.
Bradbury. Merr Ii.
"Wednesday Sept, I9tb.-Pcrmelia b. Free
man vs.. Henry j. Fogg.
Action on account annexed as follows -
July. 1856. To ten years labor in your family at
your request, at $500 per week, 81, 600
July, 1873, to cash lent 100
October, 1870, to bonds, 1000
| Interest on two last items, 800
October, 1889, to consideration for my convey
ance to you Of l.6 interest in your farm in Corn.
Vile, 900
The plaintiffs case, az stated by herself is
that in January, 1865, the def. married her
daughter. At that time she was living in Law
renee. The deft. and his wife lived in New
York in the fall of 1868 she went there and
opened "A boarding house, and the def. and his
| wife came tn board with her. Later on she and
the deft. kept boarding house together. In Feb
ruary 1872, there were lost from the secretary in
her room two bonds worth 81 200 each. She
claims 10 recover for the bonds in this suit on
the ground that she gave them to Mr.. Fogg to
care for, and that he was the one who took
them, and there was no other thief.
About that time the def. and his wife gave
her an agreement to support her during her life
time. In May, 1876, not being well, she came
to Consille to the deft's. farm and lived there
ten years taking care OF his three children.
Sometime before going there She loaned the
def. S00. In 1889 the def. and his wife were
divorced. just prior to that he had decided her
| l-6 Of his farm When the divorce was granted
he wished her to give deed of the sixth Of the
] farm to his father. At first she declined to do