Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-12
COURT CALENDAR.
A Big Verdict Against the j. ]
Warren Company.
A Petersham Grocery Firm Goes into In
soIvenoy- Other Items of Interest.

The case Of Joseph Cameron Of Wor-
cester VS.. the ]. J. Warren Company,
was given to the jury in the superior
civil court before Judge Bond, Friday
morning, on two counts in the PLAINTIFF S
declaration, the court having overruled
the motion of the defendant to take the
case from the jury. The final argu-
ments We're made, and during the after
noon the jury returned verdict for the
plaintiff, assessing damages in the sum
of $4500. The case was an action of
| tort, with an ad damnum of $4,000, to
recover for injuries received while in
the employ of the defendant, March 20,
! 1896 The plaintiff was employed on
a pressing machine at the company S
factory, s Washington square, and
| through a defect in the machine, he
received such injuries to his fingers dur
! ing its operation, that it was necessary
to amputate each digit. Herbert Par
( ker, Charles F. Stevens for the plain
tiff; Henry F. Harris for the defend
ant.
The next case was that of Edward A.
! Keevan vs. Melvin A Walker, all of
| Westboro, in an action of tort, with an
ad damnum of $4,000, to recover for per-
sonal injuries alleged to have been sus-
tanned while at work upon a leather
moulding machine in the defendants s
! factory, June 14th, 1897, the case being
4 brought under the employers liability
act. After the completion of the evil
! dence for the plaintiff, the defendant
made a motion that the case be taken
| from the jury on the ground that no
case had been made and the court sus-
tanned the motion, verdict for the de-
| fendant being returned by the jury as
ordered. John B. Ratigan for the plain
! tiff; Frank B. Smith, w. S. B. Hopkins,
Jr, for the defendant.
The two cases of Elizabeth T. Lin
coin ct ALI vs. the city of Worcester,
were then begun, and were only opened
when the court adjourned at o'clock
to 10 o'clock Monday morning, when the
! jury will view the property in question.
| The cases are petitions for the assess
ment of damages to the plaintiffs prop
erty by the taking Of land by the city
in the extension and widening of Bart
lett place and Vine street. George s..
Taft for the plaintiffs; City Solicitor Ar
thur P. Rugg for the defendant.
The civil docket in the superior court
| will be called Wednesday at 10 a. M.
and all suits which have remained on
the docket without action for year,
will be dismissed unless cause to the
/ y
The cases in order for Monday are as
| follows.
2446 Con triaD-Lineoln ct al. VS. city
of Worcester. George S. Taft; Rugg.
2455-Lincoln ct ais. VS.. city of Wor-
cester. George S. Taft; Rugg.
2656-Joyce VS.. Round. Sullivan &
| O'Connell; F. H. Kelley.
2697-Welsh vs. Welch. Thayer &
Rugg; Sullivan & O'Connell
493-Green VS.. city of Worcester F.
B. Smith; Rugg.
2637-Dwyer vs. Worcester and Subur-
! ban Street Railway Company. Thayer &
Cobb; Herbert Parker, Milton.
The case of ]. A. Kinds & Co. VS.. Jas.
Early has been assigned as the second
/ on the March list. Rice, King & Rice
/ for plaintiff; Thayer & Cobb for de-
/ fendant
A PETERSHAM INSOLVENT.
John D. Glasheen and Charles H.
Glasheen of Petersham, doing business
under the firm name of ]. D. & C. H.
! Glasheen Company, fled voluntary pc
/ tition in insolvency ycFriday. In addi-
/ ton is filed a petition by Roswell L.
! Doane, as messenger, for leave to carry
4 on the general country grocery business
of the Glasheen company which is
granted, The schedule of assets to the
value OF $4,000, comprised stock, meats,
| provisions, groceries, hardware, etc,
| valued at $500, with outstanding
| amounts amounting to $1,000, the stock
in trade being mortgaged. The prin-
| cipal creditors are j. A. Carter, Peters,
| ham, note, $540.2S; the Daniels Cornell
| Company, Worcester, $12S.32; Forbes &
| Wallace, Springfield, $194.19; Gillette &
! Hennigan, Boston, $10963; G. A. Gibbs
! Petersham, $606.16; Manning Shoe and
Rubber Co., Boston, $264.34; F. H. Rol-
/ Inns & Co., Plymouth, N. H.. $780, rs; F.
o. Squier & Co, Boston, $16S.S1; West,
Stone & Co, Springfield, $S15.16; White,
| PeVey & Dexter Worcester. 1854. %: f
/ w. Wilson, Bellows Falls, VT, $133. rs;
| c. D. Williams, Petersham, note $3.50:
| Viola D. Martin, Boston, note, $500,
| Athol Savings Bank, $1,000; Thomas
Glasheen, Gardner, note, $1400; Davis &
! Wheeler, Worcester, $99.04; total, about
i $6000 The date of the hearing upon the
| petition is set for Feb. 90. Thatcher B.
Dunn appears for the petitioner
TO SETTLE BY COMPROMISE.
Henry W. Aiken of Millbury, as ad-
ninistrator de bonis non, with will an
nexed, on the estate of Charles D.
Morse, has filed petition in the pro
] bate court to the effect that there is an
amount due the estate in the sum of
/ $3.50 for balance due on a contract for
1 $l2,56O for furnishings for the Y. M. C.
A. building in Springfield, made with
| J. r. Hosaner of Fitchburg, and that it
| Is probable that the same can be ad-
Justed by compromise, j. r. Hosmer t.,
pay $3.50. The petition was allowed by
Judge Forbes.
| WANTS TO TRANSFER TRUST
| William NJ Brigham in his capacity
as guardian of Louis E. Fay, Jr., of
Northboro, now of Chicago, has filed a
petition in the probate court, praying
permission to transfer to Louis E. Fay,
also OF Chicago, personal property in
| the sum of $25,071.S1. The petition
| states that as Louis E. Fay is by the
appointment of the probate court of
| Cook county, guardian Of Louis e. FAY,
Jr., and that it is for the interest of the
/ estate that the property be conveyed to
the guardian, no one being prejudiced
/ thereby The date for the hearing on
the petition is set for the 22d inst
DIVORCE LIBEL FILED.
j Mary A. Small, through her counsel,
Sullivan & OConnell has filed a petit
/ tion for divorce from her husband. HUI
! bert Small, all of Worcester, on statu-
| tory grounds. The libel is returnable
the first Monday in March
HEARING BEFORE REFEREE.
A hearing was held before William b.
Harding, as referee, in the case of Chas.
/ H. Morse VS.. Charles Baker and Thos.
/! H Sullivan, assignees Of the estate of
G. L. Morse, in the office of H. w. Aiken,
/ Walker building, Friday, the suit be-
/ ing to recover $628 for services alleged
to have been rendered the estate by the
plaintiff. After evidence had been sub