The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-23
Plaintiff Wins in Suit Over
Rhubarb Roots.
w.
Mrs. Harris Seeks Damages
From Thomas Spencer.
There Were Not Too Many Jurors
in Attendance on the Court.


,leas division CT the Supreme Court be-
ian today and Judge Wilbur and Judge
Rogers were both busy.
In Judge Wilbur's court the suit OF
Charles Halstsad Cranston again st George
H. johnson 10 recover a balance of S22o,
alleged to be due for the sale hy the for
mer to the latter OF some rhubarb, was
tried. Mr.. Halstead, who according to the
testimony introduced at the trial, culti-
waited one OF the best varieties OF rhubarb
known 10 the garden trade, claimed that
Mr. johnson agreed TO purchase 1000
stools of rhubarb from n i'm at the rate OF
S25 a hundred. Mr.. Halstead was, at the
time The sale was made, disposing OF his
farm where the rhubarb was raised, and
a number OF seedsnen testified that the
price was a fsir one. 1t was admitted that
the defendant paid s25 on account. In
the eighth distric, court Mr. Halstead got
a decision for S225 and costs and the de-
fendant claimeo a jury trial.
Mr.. johnson, the defendant, now claims
that he understood that i25 was the
price for the whole quantity sold to him
10y the plaintiff, and when be founo such
not to be the case ne informed MIR. Hal
stead that he could not afford to invest so
large sum in rhubart. The plaintiff
said that tho defendant never offered to
return the rhubarb delivered to him, but
simply told the plaintiff IL he was not sat-
isfieo with the s25 paid for 1t, he might
come and take 1t away.
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Tlsintiff and A. w. Little6eld OF Stiness,
Littlsfleld d Stiness, attorney for the de-
fendant.
DAMAGES FOR A HIGHWAY ACCIDENT.
The second trial OF the suit of Georgi-
ana Harris against Thomas Spencer OF
Warwick took place before Judge Rogers
and jury this morning. At the previous
trial of the case. which was ons brought
reason Of the alleged negligence OF the
defendants servants, the jury disagreed.
Mrs. Harris claims hat on Feb. II, 1895,
at about $3.50 y. M, she was driving
along a highway In Warwick near the
Sand pond in q sleigh owned by Mrs.
ABBY ID. Young and a span OF horses used
by the defendant In hosting Ice from
the pond named into an Ice house got so
her horse as to scare 1t, causing the
animal TO run up on q snow bank that
was near the highway. Mrs.. Harris was
thrown from the sleigh and had one arm
broken and received other injuries from
which she claims she has not nor ever
will fully recover. The horses of the de-
fendant were, it is claimed, being driven
across the highway in careless manner
when the accident occurred.
The man who had charge of the horses
on the day of the accident testified that
the horses used In raising the Ice were
not driven on the highway in a ca areless
manner and were In no way responsible
for the acciden, but that the horse
attached to the sleigh in which the plain
tiff was riding became unmapaRea BILE
after the pond mad been passed and that
the accident was In noway due to the ac-
tions of the defendants horses. II was
impossible at today's trial to get IL men
for the jury SO the case by agreement of
counsel was tried with jury of II mem
bers.
Walter Is. Vincent was counsel for the
plaintiff and Cooke Il Angel represented
abe defendant.
VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF.
The jury in the case OF Charles Halstead
VS.. George III. Johnston this afternoon
brought in verdict for the plaintiff for
S22o and costs.