The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-24
MATTERS IN THE COURTS
U. S. Wind Engine and Pump Co.
Granted a New Trial.
A CASE OF FRAUD IN LINCOLN.
Young Man Charged With Getting HE
Father Drunk and Then Making Him
Sign Deed-Rescripts and Opinions
Handed Down-Common Pleas

In the Supreme Court this morning the
case brought by We're w. Beck against
the United States Wind Engine and
Pump Company was heard on the peti.
tion Of the defendants for new trial. AS
matter of fact this case has never
yet come TO trial on its inertia The II. s.
Wind Engine and Pump Company is an
Illinois corporation and an agent OF
theirs who was operating in this state
contracted bill with the plaintiff for
sll6 for construction work in connection
with the setting up of the apparatus OF
the Wind Engine Company, land referred
the said plaintiff to his principals for his
pay. A trustee process was served upon
the company to being them within the
Jurisdiction OF the Rhode Island courts.
The case first came up in the Sixth Dis
trict Court where the defendant corpo-
ration raised the. point that the process
Judge Cooke sustained and the case
was thrown out. An appeal was
taken To the Court of Common
Pleas where Judge Rogers ruled
that the process was properly served.
and as the defendants did not appear for
trial they were defaulted. They now
petitioned the Supreme Court for trial
OF the case on its merits. The court
granted the petition with the provision
that the case shall be tried on the issues.
The petition of Felix Gonsy for an in
Junction to restrain. his son, Napoleon
Gonsy, from disposing of certain real
estate in the town OF Lincoln which the
complainant AYERS was obtained by his
son from him by fraudulent means.
came up in the Supreme Court this
morning. The complainant alleges that
his son continued to get him under the
influence of liquor and then induced him
to sign warranty deed conveying his
house and lot TO the sou; that the COM
plainants wife, who is a stepmother to
his son, owned the land and con-
veyed it to him when she mar
ried him; that the son. upon obtain
ing this deed from the father, gave the
woman the value of the land in money.
about $500, and then induced her to leave
the country. The complainant upon de-
termining the state OF affairs, went and
found the woman aud induced her
to return and now brings this
action against his sou for the recovery of
the property. Lawyer p. j. Mccarthy
appeared for the petitioner and HUH J..
Carroll for the defendant, objected TO the
granting of the injunction on the ground
that there was nothing in the petition to
show that the defendant intended or had
attempted to convey away the property.
The case was left open for hearing.
An opinion was handed down in the
case of Nj. NJ Inman 81 Co. VS.. Asa h
Potter, ct al, in which the court says that
in its opinion it cannot say that the ver-
dict rendered was against the evidence.
on the ground that the plaintiff was
guilty of contributary negligence; but it
is OF the opinion that the damages
awarded were excessive, and will. there
fore, grant the defendants new trial on
that ground, unless the plaintiff will
consent to reduce the verdict. E~4
A rescript in the case of Robert Pa
terson VS.. Saint Thomas Church wa6
handed down, In which the court thi.i1ka
that the motion to amend the decree 70
recommit the report to the master for q
further hearing under such amended de-
cree should be granted. &4
In the case of John +. Bolger ct ux., ~.
Bridget Il. Mckenna, the court handGl
down arescript stating that in its opininn
the respondent cannot be allowed in TIN
proceeding the moneys which she alleRSQ
nave been expended for taxes, repairs aud
improvements and other expenses upon
or about the mortgaged estates.
Court OF Common Pleas.
In the court OF common pleas this
morning, before Judge Rogers, the trial
of the case brought by Joseph NJ. Ward
well against George A. jerks was con-
tinued. Pending the charge of the court
To the jury, the court was adjourned to
next Tuesday morning.
Before Judge Wilbur the case brought
by William B. Rhodes, ct ux, ct al,
against John Hart ct al, for rent, re-
pnirs, advertising, ETC., to the amount Of
s67, was heard in part and continued TO
allow the plaintiff to amend his declara-
tiou.
Edward Davis. indicted for breaking
and entering the residence Of Charles e.
jerks In Pawtucket in company with
Fred Gould, was arraigned, pleaded nolo,
aud sentence was deferred. Davis 10 q
little fellow, scarcely yet in his teens.
ana circumstances indicate that he was
led on by the other boy.