The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05
SUPREME COURT AT OXFORD.
Some Cases of Sensational Nature
Marked For Trial.
ESPECIAL TO THE pREss.1

ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1
Paris, May 4-Ihe May term of the
Oxford County Supreme judicial court
opened today with good prospect for n
long and important session notwlthssand-
ing the fact that no grand jury will be
summoned or criminal business con-
sidered at this term. Among the cases
the session are the following:
A rs-trial of the famous alienation
suit of Brown against Seavey. The
parties live at Bethel. William FL.
Brown, q farmer wants James M. Seavey,
wealthy bachelor to pay him $500 for
the alleged alienation of his wife's
affections. According to the story told by
the plaintiff at the previous trial of this
suit Mr.. Seavey came to his door sick.
Mr.. Brown took him in and cared for
him during the winter. But while the
farmer was toiling in the cold out of
doors the eiok bachelor was comfortably
making love to Mr.. Brown with SO good
success that he finally induced her to
leave her home and husband. Before her
departure Mr.. Brown, as he alleged, gave
his wife deed of the farm on the con-
dition that she remain with him. This
property she soon after conveyed to Mr..
Seavey in manner that Mr.. Brown was
not quite satisfied with. The plaintiff
alleged that he had lost both wife and
home through the influence of the plain
tiff.
Mr.. Seavey, the defendant, denied that
he had ever Influenced in the slightest
degree his cousin. Mrs. Brown, to leave
her husband or to dispose of her property.
He said he went to board at Mr.. Browns
at his request and remained there at the
plaintiff g repeated solicitations. Mrs.
Brown he asserted left her husband when
she could endure his abusive treatment
no longer. She had left her home on a
previous occasion for the same reason.
Mrs. Brown wanted to sell her property
and he pai6 her fair price for it. The
suit which was full Of sensational feat
ures occupied three days of the February
term and attracted SO much public in
terest that the street car sarvice WAS
doubled In capacity. The jury disagreed.
1t is said new and ever more sensational
evidence will be presented at the second
trial.
The Hazelton divorce suit which has
attracted wide interest from the wenlth
and social prominence of the parties, is
also expe,tod to coma before this court
and will be stu ub5ornly contested by the
best attorneys money can procure. At
the hearing relative to the custody of the
adopted child before Judge Foster at the
February torn a part of the story of their
unoongenial marital relations was de-
veloped. A few years ago DIR. George W.
Hazelton married one of the societybelles
of Manchester, N. H. She was also an
heiress. The young people locatsd at
Norway. On the pleasant slope of a
beautiful hill near romantic lake PEN
nessewassee, about two miles from the
village they constructed to suit their
cultivated tastes one of the finest private
residences in the county and furnished
their new home with all the oonveniences
and luxuries Of the best city homes.
Jealousy appeared in this model resi-
dence. After several sensational episodes
the beautiful young wife fed at midnight
from her elegant home and later began
proceedings for divorce.
Several suits are pending against the
Rumford Falls Power company for
alleged damages caused by the construo-
tior of dam across the Androsooggin at
Rumford Falls. AS alleged, this dam has
caused the water to rise in the river for
h long distance and submerged at least
part of the year valuable farming lands.
These suits which are said to involva
new points at law and which will more
clearly define the legal rights and penal
ties of corporations that construct dams
across large rivers win be of wide in
terest wherever rivers flow and dams are
built.