Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-02
AWARDED S2458.33.
pIa'ntf Wins 10 Graft II.
Ksnreb.e Pbie Go. Suit.
lilas PedisesasS At Ponaid...l fiis
al East j.fisol
The kennebee Still In Bad shape for n
Permanent Freeze.
Especial 10 the Krssrsso JouRsAL.

Especial 10 the KxssEsEo JouRsAL.l
sxowaKGAs, Jsn. i.-In the a,,srnoon
thursday IN the case es Gran. Va Ksnneose |
flb,s Company DR.. w. A. Bumss Of
Otx;er ssstihsd. My opiBicn 10 thss shs |
lss received sone refvinus sasck 10 heF |
ysten without any mstsrisl Gsmsse to her |
general hes.lh. Fild plaintiff sppeafs q
rfs stror ger than shs did sht T. x.mined |
1sr. / wcald say ,hAs The local trouo!e vi Ia |
xhieh .he has beea trt aoIed would Great.
toe pfeseas condition. Thss nndsr proper |
eAsmens che seuld attain fair degree Of
asaiib, would expect ms efnsl life would |
cancel condition OF prsssns time.
1 sa0a!i say that che had reesived q |
ervous shock at some time. Did noi
.scertsin that sac had been obliged to take |
1ourisLment BY artificial means. Found
eDdernsss ST The small Of the back; did
.ot .strlouts it to any cause, Think Il pcs |
..b thIE she II ght be In eresent coudiiion
si.hout soy shock CT sccltent. II. up u
the time OF the seeiient, she was = healthy |
-onsD, and sfterwa.d vas cor faed to her
bed for weeks. 4. might be caused By dis
fNsA"P3 "GAA%'ehSS ~ NAN
accident.
Dr. tendle,or, Portland. examined Mrs |
Grsns Jaiy l7Lh Did NOT corsiier her IS
offering from sh ,ck Sbe complained
& general soreness all ever her body,
Fhoustt her blood uss out of couoiuon
more than could b. attributed tn lack Of
oart.hmeDs for TWO weeks foilo~irg the |
cctd.nt found ut tha, time about the |
pelvic region nothing thst could BE- chArg d |
20 the accident. found g copdiiion of the |
rgaa tha, l conc udrd bad existed for
several ears; found NJ disease about the
Stmsn except what was found in
he pelvis and which exists today.
consider that .hs had got over the shocs
and collapse received al the accident No
usrk whsiever Of aay blows or vioIe' ce.
Limbs were moved BY herself at the time
At my request. She had 10 injury 70 ths
pine and was satisfied that her spine was
N IS good condition - before the acci
eut Motion Of the eye vas perfec.
Concluded that the woman bad received
-hock to her nervous system, that with
meai Ailmant that had existed for
years, had produced her condition,
,houg BIT that she with proper care and
rest would become we'll Saw her Wednes
t.y night last With DR.. Gordo. and Others.
+ and her some sbst charged. She wac
'siriy we'll nourithed but there 10 q poor
condition Of the blood from faulty nutti
nen.. Doe not now make any complain. of
general soreness as before. Never Kpew
u an ulcer being produced in stomach by
aa /. jary. Her condition is not one this
can be produced by an accident. IL the
somsn had received no irjury she would
asve become sn invalid before now. I
Her present condition i, not the result OF 10
I. Jury. Exercise At this time would con 4
/. .ue her -eseut trouble and ssgrAvate 1t
An operaaon might be performed so tina
she an get some relief. Thick the acct
dent would not have caused the present
trouble. | thiuk The woman could nGi have d
continued for many years without this c
rs suit If the accident had not occurred.
rlaialjff called Mr.. Martin, who helped 8
,ui d up The road July 9th. There were ,
.oeks tlied 10 the road 10 or 20 feet from
he calvert. Doble and Judkins werr b
present. Libby dumped after l got out Of
he way.
Cross exsminstion-Mr. Doble WAS not
1t that time iakiog charge Of the work. !
Jumped that load whtrs | thought it vas
,e eded without any instructions from the
electmsn. l dumped as near the ce aire Of
ne road A. could. made al estimate
Il the distance from the cuiveit to the spoi d
:. here dumped the losd. made the es
innate ss drove over 1t. spoke to Mr.
Iudgins about the hole the same day thst !
,eg.n work there | took Gtsnt aoi vile d
iome; bad conversation with them; did
rot tell them thN gJt into big hole
here.
The Arguments.
Mr.. Baker in his argument yesterday
morning put up the aim that lt WAS a Z
piece of rzshness or the part OF tha plsinuh
y i her hrsosrd to drive INFO the wstss
81 b a young horse after dark The fosd
sas reason ably safe IN the day time, but I
ras tt safe for Grant to drive Into thai
.ster win young and high spirited horse
lie vas goiliy of extreme rashness, sothlnR
% ore, nothing less. According to the evi-
ieuc.s outside OF the plaiatf and her hus
,snd. there vas no hole in snst road on the
h day of July.
WITNESSES ~ho pretend that they ssw .
role th,re on the 5th day OF July have 10 b
Instinct r. cole cuou Of Just here that hole
Gas, but evidently fix il at that point a.
indicated by the pisinIff herself. W.
tain that the hole they saw vas on a. I
arlier date, ard. which evidence for the
iefence, shows wss repaired Ore of $
isiut G. ~itne sses says there WAS q no c
md sivss the dims nsions Of !. as best he
iould Another witness ~ho passed t~e
lours lsEsr, called il, not hole, but I
lu4gsy, miry place.
The D ain ifs Witnesses sre oonf,u,ded {
n their ssstem msuts and their evidence re
,tss 10 earlier date Dow, Bovse, J-I kin.
nd Judkins vent there 60 repair said rosd
seft over it time and time assio, but failed
% & ID this hole. n N,,hlug wss said Ihs, {
igut to sither Bradford or Martin ABOUT
lie, Even in the pIslnnf's notice To th.
town, nuIhii g is sad about hole. W.
aim also that il vas noE the acc dent thai
orudacei the ~omsns present condition
Is r. msined fer DR. Gordon with bis depth
Of Iovledss TO get af the root OF the
case. II
tie told you Of the wonlsn's trouble sod
nat improper treatment was more account
BILE for the ~om.n's condition Than the
,ccideut He tells you that even now the
somsn may regain life and strength II
,roperly uess.d This woman can be vel.
Mr. Merriil-This is al action in which
the plaintiff alleges that she received soms
I iuty by the illegsi act Of the drfendsnl
q ffvorstion. She comes here in action,
setting forh the cause aod Ihs reason, and
presents the claim tbas defendant bad no
legal right TO overflow the road. The de
re ICE somits that there was . highway,
Ia, il was overt wed and that the over
DIV was csu.td by the defendsnts dam
Nv brother Baker says that II the plsinnf
rsshl, d,ove into tais vsfer, knowing N
cunsi.i,n of the road, then the COTE PAW Is
not liable. DJes aDyeody deny ihtt Mi