The Somerset reporter., 1892-04-07
Somerset 8. J. Court.

MARCH TERM, 1892.
FOSTER J. Presiding,
n. w. BRAINBRD, Clerk,
F. W. HovEy, Comfy attorney.
MINTA S. POWERS, Stenogrdpher.
G.. II. PIsHoS, ShcJiF
]. II. Mitchell, Lyman Grant, C. +. yeazie,
c. W. Dyer, DePHt,cs.
Dana S. Pishon, Messenger
SATURDAY dprU %, John +. Pollard VS.
Maine Central X. X. Company on trial
when we went to press last week. Judge
Foster after an exhaustive and able charge
committed The case to the jury at 10 30
A. NJ. In about 80 minutes verdict was
returned for the plh for $2750. The case
will be taken to the Law Court on motion
and exceptions by the defendant Corpor-
alton.
In the case of State VS. Samuel Bunker.
which came before this court on dft's
motion for a new trial, on the ground Of
newly discovered evidence, the presiding
u-tice at some length detailed his reasons
for granting new trial; remarkiug that
he though the evidence presented at this
time, while not being in the strctest sense
newly discovered yet was such as
ought to have been presented to the jury
at the trial of the cause, and believing
luht tut dt ludt tlt1c uStu leu
sonable diligence in attempting to secure
the evidence, but failed to secure it, he
had decided that he demands of ju-ticc
required that the deit should have sn op-
portunity of presenting all his evidence to
jury
Monday ipI1l 4th. The four cases OF
| Turner w Shepherd, Ford VS. Same, Turn
er vs. Same, and Estes vs Some. assigned
for to-day were settled by d. u agreeing
to be defsulted for certain 5, m
| A divorce was decreed to George Webb
from Matilda Webb for the cause of deser-
| ton.
IS, Albert G. Wade. Hearing by Court on de
murrer Decision reserved. j. j. Parin, ). $.
| Brown for pitt. u. u. Stewart for defendant.
| TUESDAY, April 5.-Wm. X. Lanccy Us. y. b.
| Ruuncls X Trs; action ON account for gro
| ccres. This action after being in ten years
has been amicably adjusted and is entered
"nclther party
Benj f. Ycaton vs.. Owen q. Corson and ais;
action ON q replevin bond for damages for de
tention of goods and for non return of same,
The report of referees filed at this term gives
the plaintiff the sum of $50 for the non return
of part of the goods replevcd and in ease the
Court should find that the question of dam
ages WAS not decided at the irialin the rnrle-
vim suit, then they award a further sum of so,
for the detention of the goods repleYied. Up
on hearing by the Court upon this report,
the Count gave judgment for pitt for slO5. j.
j. Pnrlin for pitt $. 5. Brown for dcft.
Lucius l.. Morrison vs.. Geo Wentworth;
action for damages for injuries received by
pitt Nov. 20, 1890. Pitt alleges that deft. was
erecting building ON the north side of Water
street in Skowhegan and that the stagings
projected over the sidewalk; that pltf was
passing under the staging when II board fell
or was thrown from the staging striking pltft
ON the head Telling him scnselcss to the
ground, from the effects of which pltff has suf-
tered and still suffers great pain and incon-
venience.
pitts injuries are much less than pitt alleges
them to be. PITT sues for Sl0,000.
ID. ID. Stewart Forrest Goodwin for pitt
Walton n Walton and Danforth n Gould foi
dcft.