Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-02-20
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Sumner l.. stone % Waterford aud
seymour \. Harrington Of fryeburs
vere excused, and Andrew =. lIapgooi
~ Waterford Was excused from service
on the grand jury on account Of sickness
In his family.
The docket MS called and twenty-five
ease. werc placed on the trial dccket.
A. usual, no case MAS tried the fir.t day.
Clarinds y. iIuck We. l.. D.. Wood.
Plaintiff formerly owned stand In
iuckheld, from which sbe removed
some years ago, aud of which .he nov
seeks Ia regain po..c.slon by this suit
from the defendant, Who has possession
ofit. The title through which defend.
snt holds the premises originates In .
mortgage purportlng Ia De- given by Ciar-
inds :. wood to Adns 4. Cushmsn, nov
deceased. HI. mortgage Was assigned
by Cu.hmsn Ia David y. True, and 10y
him "a Robinson bean, Who for-clossd.
The property WAS then transferred by
two CONVEYANCE. by means of warranty
deeds Ia the defendant In this suit. TIL.
make. Robinson Dean the virtual de
febdant.
A against TIL. statement 81 title the
plaintiff claims that the mortgage Vas
signed by her without reading and With
out knowing what IL WAS; that the note
which II was given to SECURE was return
Ell Ia her by Cu.hnsn, st her request,
within an hour from the time II Vas
made, aud that u Ia. ever since been In
her possession, and she produced u In
court. The note produced by the de-
fence q. The ope secured by the mort
gage III. pronounce. forgery. Further
more. tii. plsiuiiff maintains that there
ws. never any legal foreclosure OF the
mortgage.
Dcf.nc. maintain. that even u the
note Was q forgery, Mrs. Buck had as
.umed the liability for IL by making a
number ~ payments on u. which had
been endorsed upon the note. Mrs. Hack
admit. the payments, but says she did
20, make them as payment. on . note;
she knew ~ no note. She MAS request
Ell by Mr.. Cushman to pay certain sum.
70 money for him. lie had got Into
trouble on account % some forged notes,
and needed money. ~ she went To Mr.
Brlighsm'. Office and paid those suns OF
money for Mr.. Cushmsn's bcnefit.
II VA. very spparen, from the e,idencc
that there had been some crooked bu.i-
nee. Somewhere In connection with the
matter. II Ia. been tried once before,
carried "a IN. law court aud new trial
ordered. III. Jury retlrpei verdict for
ia. defendant. McGilllcuddy for plaint-
In. Jersey for defendant.
stephen =. Packard W. Inhabitants of
Paris. An action for damages for In
lurie. alleged Ia have been received by
the plaintiff on account of q defective
highway Ia the town of Paris. On the
ajth ~ March, is92, the plaintiff and
another man, on = load of hay, vent
over the railroad crossing on Gothic
street, south Paris. When they passed
under the semaphore wire plaintiff Was
struck by u across the forehead aud Que
eve, aud MAS thrown back upon the load.
II. claims that as result 81 bis Injuries
his eye.lght VAS permanently Injured,
and that he also suffered permanent in-
iurie. In his neck. The height Of the
.emsphore wire wss aftsrward meas
ured aud found 10 be ~ feet and lnche.
above the wheel rut. The defence adj.
United the existence of the highway 10
substantially the same condition as At
the time 81 the accident for more than
twenty-four hours previous, aud also
admitted that the selectmen of the town
had notice Of the condition az II existed.
They introduced evidence To show that
plaintiffs troubles existed before the ac-
cideut, and were not q result Of u.
Four physicians testified In the case. two
beiug summoned by each party. The
Judge Instructed the jury With regard 10
the wire that whether IL constituted q
defect MAS entirely 4 question for their
decision. Verdict for plaintiff, sis0J.
Noble 4 Crockett for plaintiff. Wright
for defendant. The verdict il practi.
caiiy against the Grand Trunk Railway,
which assumed the defence Of the case.
The jury Ia the case Of Packard W..
Pari. sealed their verdict Friday even
Ing and reported saturday morning.
There being nothing further ready,
the juries were excused until III o'clock
Monday morning, and saturday Was an
easy day In court.
ms WEEKS BUSINESS.
a :. - Al. A.