The Somerset reporter., 1890-04-03

Umsiay, Uarch, 27-Chas. b. Look
w Amos S. Hinckley.
Attys. Walton and Walton,
j. j. pAtlin
Troyer 10 recover pay for " tons OF
hay valued at $50 Conversion, March,
"A, ls-3
Date Of writ, Aug. %, 1888.
Pin. claimed title " hay by purchase
from, Trasks who said all the farm
whore hay was cut, In Industry.
Pm. testified that 1t was taken OF the
said Trasks, In exchange for hay borrow
ed Of Trasks In March 1888, that which he
went 10 barn on the premises TO remove
this hay, the barn was locked, barn was In
possession Of deft. who lived In Farm
iDgton that he went 70 Pennington, saw
the deft and demanded the hay.
Def. claimed 10 own the hay and re-
fused to give 1t up. The farm on which
hay was cut was owned by deft and
Trasks were occupying under forfeited
bond. The defence was opened TO the
jury, when the PIN became non suit. and
the case was no. submitted 10 the Jury.
Judgment for the deft.
Petetion Of William II. Powell Of Dan.
forth for admission to the Bar a. Atty
and Counsellor at Law. Examination by
the Court and ID. ID. Steward, s. j. Wal
ton and j J. Parlin, Examining Commit
tee
Admitted and oath administered.
Samuel Bunker w John W. Mace.
Atty's Parlin.
Walton Il Walton.
Assumpsit, on a witnessed promisory
note for sl32 81 dated Feb. /, 1863, in
dorsed by book account Jan. %, 1870,
$3.50.
Defence, statutes OF limitations and
payment, pr testified 10 payment OF the
amount indorsed upon the note, at the
date af Endorsement. as appears on the
note, and that no other payment has ever
been made on the note.
Deft testified that he had paid the note
In full that when he paid II, plf did not
have the note al hand, but promised 10
send 1t TO him. but never did that he had
seen the pln several times since the note
was paid and he promised TO send him
the note. Plff denies the payment Of the
note. and the circumstances and manner
Of payment, stated by the delft.
Submitted to the jury. Verdict for the
def.
F,diay, March, 2S, Thomas A. Hus-
ton appellant from Insolvency Court. VI
Lucinda r. Worthy.
Atty's Wright.
Walton 4 Walton.
This Is an appeal taken In the insolyen-
cy proceedings Of Warren Worthy, an in
solvent debtor, from the allowance Of the
claim OF the deft. against her husband,
the sad Warren Worthy.
The papers In the case show that the |
claim Is filed under the provision for |
Composition. Section G2 Chapter 20 OF |
the Revised Statutes.
The Court TO whom the appeal was
taken ruled rs matter Of law, that no |
appeal lies in this case; that the pln-s |
remedy IL by suit against the Insolvent,
as provided by Revised Statutes, Section,
90 Chap. 10.
Exceptions filed by plf's. Atty.
Case marked Law on Exceptions.
limits. Of Athens vs. limits. OF Brighton.
Atty's Steward & Holman.
Walton & Walton.
Action for supplies furnished by the |
town Of Athens to Asa futile and Olive
futile his wife, brought for the purpose
Of establishing the pauper settlement OF
Asa futile. Case now on trial.
In this case, the evidence tends to
Asa and Olive futile, as
'chronic' paupers, and to show them TO
nave oecH IcbIVcUtS VI DTtkuJOu, tOC-
casionally failing into distress" In that
town until they moved into Athens in
1875.
Then, there seems to have commenced
an adverse rivalry, between the author
tiles Of the contending towns, as to
whose paupers they should be. Brighton
was striving to shake them of, and
Athens resisting the effort Of Brighton to
unload" It's burden.
The supplies sued for, were furnished
by the Pin. town, as the law provides, but
Brighton resists the effect and attempts
to show, that the aid was for the purpose
Of avoiding the consummation Of legal
settlement 10 the town Of Athens.
In turn, the PHI. town introduces testl-
mony tending to prove that defts. had
furnished aid, from private sources, TO
enable the paupers TO gain . settlement
In the town Of Athens.
II 10 fierce contest and every point IL
worked for ell It Ii worth, and bringing
ito the front" the authorities Of both
towns. leading their respective forces,
including the Inhabitants Of West Athens
and oil Of "Tuttleboro"-Th end II still |
In the future.