The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-09-26
Somerset y. j. Court.

WALTON j. Presiding.
N. w. BRAiNRRp Clerk,
BEN S. COLLINS ,.6ounty Attorney
{. W. SMALL Stenoqra pher.
E. P. V1LEs Sheriff.
BLAINE s. YILEs, Messenger.
Deputies Joseph Atkinson, Charles +.
Ham, Ruel $. Williams, John smith, Tailor.
Thursday, Sept 10. Frank |. Shaw
VS.. j. b. Dow. Action on account for
supplies furnished defendant 10y the firm
of Shaw u son, which account was
afterward assigned To the plaintiff.
After the evidence was nearly all taken
| out Judgment was ordered for the
plaintiff by COZ nsel for the amount
sued for. Manson X Morse for plaintiff,
Walton X Walton fol defendant
Friday, Sept 20: c. Almon Paul VS.
| Sylvanus A. Morse. Action on account.
At previous term defendant had re-
covered Judgment against the plaintiff
on default for S113. The plaintiff, who
was the defendant in the lower action,
physician, was unable to be present
when the case was assigned for trial,
and was therefore defaulted. He now
brings suit to recover his side of their
mutual accounts. Jury returned yer-
dict for the plaintiff for S49.02. Walton
d Walton for plaintiff, Danforth X Gould
for defendant.
James S. Spaulding VS.. the Keeley In
stitute Association. Plaintiff claims
that he was employed by defendant to
solicit patents, to secure agents, and do
other business for the institution, at
salary of $50 per month and expenses.
! Defendant relies upon written contract
for the months of June and July, and
claims that whatever labor the plaintiff
performed after that time was for the
purpose of discharging his Indebtedness
to the association, and that the plaintiff
had actually received more money than
was due him, according to the contract.
Plaintiff claims that the terms of the
written contract were subsequently
waived and that a parole contract WAS
made, by which he was to receive $50
per month and expenses, and that he
was actually paid that for the month of
August. lie now sues for salary for the
months of September and October.
Saturday noon verdict was rendered
for the defendant. S. b. futile for
plaintiff, Walton X Walton for defend
ant
SATURDAY, Sept. II: The grand jury
reported and was discharged for the
term. Forty indictments were found,
33 of them being for violations of the
prohibitory law; ] adultery: l larceny;
l cheating by false pretences l incest.
Asa Brown and Abel Brown, indicted
for larceny, were arraigned, their cases
were continued and they were allowed
to depart on promises of good behavior,
John Y. Brown becoming surety for
their appearance at court when called
| for. These are the so-ealled "wild men,
who have been in Norridgewock Jail SO
long
Fred Walker and Ansel D. Skillings
held in Jail in default of bail awaiting
the action of the grand jury were order
ed released. The jury did not indict
them.
Monday, Sept 23-Ellas Milliken ct al
in review vs.. Oliver Moulton. Verdict
for the defendant in review for SsS.5 80.
This is $l50 less than Moulton recover
ed in the original action. o, ID. Bake.
for Miliken, 5. S. Brown for Moulton.
$. w. Lawton ct al VS.. Abraham King.
Action on promissoly note signed by
defendant and his father. Deft. pleads
minority. Verdict for defendant. Dan
forth & Gould for plaintiff, Merrill u
Cover for defendant.
7ueSday, Sept. 24-Cascade Savings
Bank VS.. Benz. f. Yeaton. Action of
trespass qtdre cldUsam. PHI. charges
deft. with wilful and malicious trespass
by allowing deft's. cattle to feed
upon the grass in the pltf7s. field repeat
edly during the month of September
last. Deft. admits the technical trespass
but denies that it was wilful and malici-
Gus or that the plaintiffs property was
injured Their, by. Verdict for the plff.
for $3.50. c. A. Harrington for plif.,
Henry L. Croswell for deft.
Benz. f. leaton VS.. Cascade Savings
Bank trespass qudre clauSum. The trial
was opened before the same jury as in
above case but was afterward entered
''Neither Party by agreement as was al
SO the third case of the same nature of
Bank VS.. leaton.
Stllman b. Tuttle VS. William Tucker,
action on account for services of plain
| tiff as attorney in the collection of GER
ton accounts due defendant. Defendant
denies the general employment and
claimed that plaintiff was to have ten
per cent of amounts collected, that plain
tiff had in fact collected 500, but had
turned over but 81, to defendant. Yer
dict for defendant. ). b. futile for
plaintiff, i, rrest Goodwin for defendant.
lc CouIl IOOill was uiltd iihS h1ltl-
noon in expectation of hearing an inter
esting divorce case, but the matter was
arranged between the parties so that no
contest was made.
Wednesday. Sept. 2j-Dvorces were
granted: lere Is. Garland from Mabel
C.. Garland, cruel and abusive treatment.
Melora ID. Lander from Harris Z.
Lander, cruel and abusive treatment.
Augusta A. Pushor VS.. Frank Bryant
and Charles &. Woodruff. Action for
damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff
claimed that in the fall of 1893 she went
to the defendants mill in Pittsfield for
the purpose of purchasing some lumber,
that she passed into the mill over the
slip $50 called and that in returning or
passing down the slip her dress caught
on one of the cleats and threw her to the
ground, a distance of about IL feet,
bruising and iniuring her severely. She
claimed that the stairway was filled
with lumber so that she could not pass
out that way and that by permission of
one of the defendants went out by this
slip. That great many people passed
over the slip from day to day and that
the defendants were negligent in not
making it safe and convenient. The de-
PENDANTS claimed that the stairway and
entrance were not ohatr uptpd that the