Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-05

vernon and M1llDury streets. the water
of Mill brook was diverted from the
Blackstone river above the mill, and en-
tered again just below the mill. Rice,
King and Rice for the plaintiff.
The Inhabitants of the town ofaClinton
VS.. Eleanor NJ. O'Toole, Martin Murphy,
James Mahan, John w. Corcoran and
Michael Fox $75 900, in an action of con-
tract, The plaintiff alleges that at the
annual town meeting, in March, 1894,
William f. Heagney was elected treas
urer and collector of taxes. He gave a
duties, and the defendants are his sure
ties. The treasurer, Heagney, failed to
perform his duties faithfully, and the
suit is to recover on account of his in
debtedness. C. G. Bancroft for the plain
tiff.
John OMalley of Clinton VS.. Nelson
Obershaw, $4,000, in an action of tort.
The plaintiff alleges an assault ON his
daughter, as a result of which child
was born. The daughter has since died.
T. F. Larl1in for plaintiff,
Caroline A. Streeter VS.. Charles e.
Neale, both of this city, $4,000, in an ac-
ton of contract, to recover judgment OF
$231I awarded by the superior court. H.
H. Parker for the plaintiff
]. S. Bigelow of Northboro vs. the city
of Worcester, $4,000, in an action of tort.
The plaintiff says he was injured Whlle
travelling on Shrewsbury street. Feb. ",
1895, on account of defect in the street.
Herbert Parker for the plaintiff.
Catherine NJ. Delaney of this city VS..
the CITY of Marlboro $4,000, in an action
of tort The plaintiff alleged that she
was injured by a fall in a culvert in
Marlboro, opposite the cemetery Sulli-
van & O'Connell for the plaintiff.
Clara NJ. Gault of West Boylston VS..
the Worcester Consolidated Street Rail-
way. $4,000, in an action of tort This
is to recover for injuries by being run
into by an electric car on Grove street,
Oct. 16, 1897. w. J. Merriam for the
plaintiff.
Leonard Harrington of this city VS..
Illc.e A. .Rawson of Oxford, $3000 in an
action of contract. This is to recover
for a bond which the plaintiff signed for
Charles I. Rawson, and on which he had
to pay w. B. Harding and c. R. john
son for the plaintiff.
Albert D. Downing VS.. James Oliver,
both of Athol, $4,000, in an action Of
tort. The defendant is a physician, and
it is alleged that he was employed to set
the bone in the left arm of Lulu NJ.
Downing, daughter of the plaintiff,
and that he did the work unskilfully.
Col. ], A. Titus for the plaintiff.
Worcester Safe Deposit and Trust
Company y. =.
Cook, $2500, in an action Of contract to
recover on a promissory note. H. #.
Harris for the plaintiff.
Bridget A. Conlin VS.. the Worcester
and Suburban Street Railway, $4,000, in
an action of tort. The plaintiff was
riding on a Spencer car, Nov. 26, 1897,
when she was thrown from the car by
a sudden lurch and was injured. H. E.
e. Hill and t. c. Carrigan for the
plaintiff
James McGarr VS.. Charles F. McGarr,
both of this city, $4,000, in an action of
contract, to recover on a promissory
note. P. ]. O'Connell for the plaintiff.
Timothy J. Hurley VS.. Thomas J.
Martin both of this city, a bill in
equity, asking for a dissolution of part
ship.
Lyman P. Kendall of West Boylston
VS.. E. D. Smith & Co. of Berlin, $780,
in an action of tort. The plaintiff al
leges that the defendant broke and en-
tered an enclosure and allowed horses,
mules and hogs to run wild in a now
ing and in fields. The plaintiff alleged
that great damage was done to grass
and shade trees. w. E. Sibley for the
plaintiff.
Horace f. Cleveland of Millbury VS..
John F. Mcdonald Of this city, $500 in
an action of tort. The defendant
OWuSN d SilOOllHS SdilSIy DIT IL
street. The adjoining room was Allen
& Regan's saloon. The plaintiff says
he was in the saloon on Oct 30, and
lin the exercise of due care and dill
gence," and was shot by person in the
gallery. The shot went through the
partition from the shooting gallery. G.
S. Webster for the plaintiff.
Annie M. Hayes, Administrative of
the estate of John ]. Hayes, VS.. Thos.
In IF u I,.;J s,,
ton of contract to recover money due
the estate. Haggerty & Kane for the
plaintiff
David Gessner VS.. the Lakeside Man
ufacturing Company of Leicester, $1,000
in an action of contract to recover for
machinery. E, F. Thompson for the
plaintiff.
Howard, Cutler & Lamb VS.. Willzin-
son Crossley Of Maynard, $1,000 in an
action of tort or contract. 1t is to re-
cover for goods. David Manning for
the plaintiff.
Thomas F. Healey of Fitchburg VS..
Martin Cannon of Clinton. The plain
tiff says the defendant induced him 20
take out an insurance policy on the life
of Bridget Callahan, and said he was
named as the beneficiary, when as a
matter of fact, it was not true, as the
estate of Bridget Callahan was named
$137 in premiums, and sues to get his
money back.
THE KETTLE BROOK CASES.
In the matter of the settlement of the
Kettle brook cases, Henry w. King,
who appears for the petitioners who
brought suit against the city, has been
in conference with City Solicitor Arthur
P. Rugg in regard to arranging for a
hearing Thursday to determine what
course will be pursued in the matter
since the death Of Judge Bennett, who
was chairman of the commission before
whom the cases were heard. Each one
of the counsel interested has received a
rough draft of the decree, but as some
portions of the decree are said to be
obscure and vague, the matter of its
acceptance as the decree of the commits
sion is unsettled. The advance draft
of the decree, which gives no figures,
was sent to each counsel by joint re-
quest to the board of auditors.
CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT, Ut
LEY, THURSDAY, JAN. A.
The central district court hardly OPP
ened Tuesday morning when it adj
journed. But one case was on the dock,
ct for the consideration Ct the judge
That was a drunk. Frank Wilson was
the defendant. He is the man who at
Mondays session of the court charged
two men with highway robbery but
failed to identify either of them. The
investigation led to Wilson's arrest on
the charge of drunkenness. He was SEN
fenced to the state farm at Bridgewater
for term of six months
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