Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-05-12
suapaeMt JUDICIAL COURT.
Ma, Trns, issi.

Count o,~n-i With the usual formsli-
lite. TUESDAY morning. PRAYER wss Of
frr,d by I.cy. Thomas whiteslde ~
south Paris. The Jury was cmPsnelei
a. follows;
IIcnry VI. Colby, Eumiori, Foreman.
Encch Abbott, Upton.
Fletcher I. Bean, Mason.
woclmtn Charles. rryeburg.
Oti. :. Dudley, Woodstock.
Osro T.. Knight, Peru.
Milton i'cnlcy, Bethel.
Allah :. sampson, Hartford.
John Shas. Waterford.
Charlie. y. stanton, oxford.
jonathan \. >tsrblrd, Paris.
I. y. IiiCOmh, Norway.
Zeblna q. whitney, Denmark, super
numcrary.
The doc krt vas then called aud short
trial LIT made up. The work Tor the
lury bsgan Tue.ilay afternoon.
MelYina u. i'ingrvc V. Daniel Clark.
This Was an action ~ trrspass. The
plaintiff claimed that the defendant en-
tered upou her land aud cut and car
riei away thirty couis ~ poplar pulp
wool The defendant denied that the
scs-i cut ~. on the plaintiffs land.
The rial C,nienilon vas In relation "a
the dl,iiing line between lots II AMI y.
ngv ~. In the northeast corner ~ the
town ~ Waterford. II the lluc Sas
where the plsiniif claimed Il Ia D., the
defendant concclel tina; hr Sas guilty.
m thu line Wss vher, the defendant
conisntlel that u was, thru the cutting
Vas wholly GA the dcfrnlaut's lani aud
he was not guilty 10 the trcspts.. This
AS conrci~i Nv the plsluiif. The
| gh0le cpnieniinn. therefore. Was Ia ~
iation a. the true snl original lot line,
that l-lug The dividing line between th"
p,rtie. Gls di.tsncr h~tsc-u the line
rlaimel % tn plaiutln anl the llne
| ,laimcl hy IN defendant Was ahout
/ forty rhi. The cssc was ALLY argued
fof thu pl,lltin by judge Wll.on. hut
ih~ iurV came o. the conciusion that the
r,iirnc, prr,lominaici In favor 10 the
| defendant. ani rvtufne,l q Nvrii,t 10 not
guilty. Holt anl uil.on Zoe plaintiff.
John T. -Wssev tuf defendant.
Tlerrn,c II. Ming, appellant from d.
/ rr,e II Luigc - Probate ". George I.
lIolm-. sni Walter q. HOLMES.
The coniruliun. w this css", vas over
he will Il E'-nyg.r u. llolmes, Il ia
iori. whn iici In February, lNp0, lcay-
iug = Who's. thr,c sons anl two daugh-
ter. The provisions - the viii ar a.
follows. The cstttr 3. o. D. divided into
tao s-lusl parts. One-hslf l. Ia D. given
% trustee. Cor hls vile. The other half
I. o. o. di,ii.i Into IN equal ptrts, tso
psrts o. hc p,l 90 tulste~s Tor the ne
u his olir.i daughter l.nulse. one part
to trustee. fnr The u,s 20 l.ymn u, his
pl.le.t 600. tao parts a. hls spa Walter
o.. ous part a. al. 800. Gcorev D. AMER
he death IL t1ulsr ant 20 LYNN, such
lsmt, rym ala u their property In ths
hanl. - trl .tsss, IL % D. equally diSii-
"A amoug the other children. includ-
log the Vounsr.i daaghisr. florrncr,
ale 10 >ilas D.. Ming. ~ the dec~as"
Il the Nblns, shlteNef may r-m,in w
the hhui. - trustees Invested for her
-nehi IL O. - didributri In the same
manner e., thr other half ~ the ct de.
The trustee. ntmod in the Nill arr the
tao .ous. Gr1fgr =. anl walter D..
Thr viii uas admitted a. probate hy
tuirv wilson. frsm Who.. dorrr-' The
Youngest chiii. fiorvnce, appealed for
the foiloslng reasons flrst, that the
Instrument pprtoriing O. D. m" la.t Will
mi testament ~ sth EhensTvr u.
Holmes. l. NOT nj, will. bat a. the time
q ths cXruiiDn thereof b. va not In a
sonItion 20 mini unlcr,tauiingly ani
Intelligent, a. dlspo.e 20 hls csiai~.
~.-,uul. thttthe exegution ~ ali insiru.
meut. bv the ali alleged te.tator "a
| uruguf,-i by uuiu~ aui Improper In
fusncc, 80 that the provisions therein,
Il a. o L. I'D
often ~Nprrs.cl inieution. - the saii
EbcneIrr u. iIolmr..
The &c" vas opcnci Ia the Jury, ior
the proponents, by Richard Webb, %
Portland. rhrc- attc.ilng witnesses Ca
the will. llvnry It. John smith, Augustus
To- Mouliun AMI Richard Wcbb, al %
Portland. Nerr c,ilol, ani te.tlhsi that,
la their pplnion, The t~.taior, a the time
u executing what pupori' % D. Tie lat
all Ani testament, Was ~ snuni Mind
and Ia guoi health.
Mr. wright op-nel thr ease foT the
contestant. lIc caim-i that the nil
"a full - lnConsistsncrs that II prac-
tially gave o. G~orsr AMI walter ths
handbag ~ the whole estaie: that ihr
all "a. coutrary a. the PRIV iously eN-
pressed inirnti1ns - the al gentleman
rrgarling the disposition ~ his property /,
that the oil grnilcmn hhd expressly
.taici mtny time. that b. Intended 90
divide al. property clutlly among All
hi. children, that undue aud Improper
infusnc~s wcrr us~t hy George aud
walter o. procure the execution ~ The
gill: ani that the incuusl.tences 10 the
all harm pnlI.i With thu" Improper Ia
fucncc. which th-y Intended io prove.
tie Claim'vi that the causr of thee im-
proper infg~ncr. ou The part 20 George
ani " alter. Nas the hitter fr~llng which
thcy hal AZ ,iust florvnrr anil her hus-
hand, ari.ing cat 10 ba.incss difliculties.
florrnc- Ming. the conte'iant, >llas T..
Ming. her husband. 4. VI. Wormell, ani
Lyman u. Holmes, we're tie principal
sitnc..c, called. The court excluded
tll testimony Ia relation a. the business
iifilculiie. between Walter aud Mr..
King. also al testimony Ia relation to
threats made by George against FLOR
rnc- and her husband.
~ ihc conclusion % the evidence. the
court expressed the opinion that the
jury woald not D. Justified la finiins
that the testator Was % unsouni mind
AZ the time 10 the execution II the Will.
90 that the execution thereof was pro-
curri by undue inflencc; ani thervup-
on Instructed the jury that u would D.
their duty Ia flnd that. az the time ~
the execution of the viii, the te-tator
"a. ~ sound mind, aud that the eNecu-
ton thereof VAS not procured by undue
Influence, aud the jury, without leaving
their seats. returned such a verdict.
The ease now goes forward 20 the law
couri CA exceptions o. the ruling ~ the
presiding judge excluding evidence. aud
hl. Instructions to the jury.
Richard Webb aud George u. Blshee
for proponents.
Jtm~s :. wright aud John T.. ssasey
for contestant.
Divorces were granted In the follow
Ing cases
pss,a. u. Ahirish. hl<hst, -. Bsalamih
| AiiFtrh.
| frys sxa-y
JAas. ". IIosish. Hislan' -. Ll.. N. llol'ss
Jsha Asos, ut~lani ". Mar Asou.
hiuit1al A 40.
LlsIis q. raslAri. hl<lant ". fAhs :. Pal
tmss .. LUX. uisisnt. ". Martin NJ. iiiis
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