Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-08
COURT CALENDAR.
March Sitting Of Superior Civil
Court Opens.
New Jury Law applied for the First Time
Large Number of Gases
Continued.

criminal term, the previous sitting of the
superior civil court having begun in
December previous. After the jurors had
been called and sworn, Rev. Woodman
Bradbury, pastor of the pleasant street
Baptist Church, offered Z aver.
The docket was then called by Col.
Theodore S. Johnson, and large num-
Der of cases were continued as follows:
GENERALLY.
570-Curtis ct al VS.. GAINESVILLE Manu-
featuring Company.
CONTINUED.
S21-Richards vs. town of Athol
1056-Robinson VS.. Hall.
2169-Ballou vs. Elliott.
2062-Haynes VS.. Clinton Printing Co.
Harrington VS.. Rawson.
2S0S-Howard ct ali. VS.. Cross1ey.
2122-Union Drop Forging Company
VS.. Speirs.
MARCH 9.
2212-Newton vs.. city Of Worcester.
2591-Newton VS.. city of Worcester
MARCH 10.
24S1-Dugan VS.. N, E. Railroad Co.
MARCH IA.
269O-Holland, admr., VS.. Boston &
Maine Railroad Company.
MARCH 16.
24S2-Dewiug VS.. Norris.
MARCH 81.
25S6-Ekstedt vs. Hanson.
2392-Greenway vs. Shea.
2393-McKenna VS.. Shea.
2436-Cooney VS.. O'Brien.
2491--O' Brien VS.. city of Worcester.
2644-Heckle VS.. James. et. al
2700-Magurn VS.. Boyle.
1670-Smith VS.. town of Leicester.
MARCH 2S
2526-Lal1in vs. Howe
APRIL A.
2255-Cunningham VS.. Knowles steam
pump works.
2649-O'Brien ct ali. VS. Casey ct ais.
267O-City of Worcester VS. town of
Acton.
16SO-Gay VS.. Park.
250S-Heald VS.. Trowbridge
254S-McGaffey VS.. Newell
Winn exrx. vs.. Seaver exrX.
2719-Adams VS.. city of Worcester.
2725-Converse VS.. Ludden.
APRIL IA
216S-Thayer VS.. Holbrook.
APRIL Is.
2514-The Saddlery Hardware Manu-
featuring Company vs. Kelley.
26S4-Magnolia Metal Company VS..
Inman ct al.
2SS6-Craig ct al VS.. Tyler.
APRIL 25.
2122-Union Drop Forge Co. VS. Speirs.
2l23-Chicago National Bank VS..
Speirs
23S0-Speirs VS.. Union Drop Forge Co.
2267-Chadwick ct ALI VS.. Lakeside
Mfg Co
226S-Lincoln vs. Lakeside Mfg. Co.
2419-Muller VS.. Powers.
2S02-Downing VS.. Oliver.
2SGS-Downing VS.. Oliver.
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
The following cases have been settled
out of court:
2668-Phoebe Churchill VS.. worcester
Consolidated Street Railway. Moss;
Herbert Parker, Milton.
163S-William Bolio VS.. William H.
Brown. Wheelock; j. NJ, Cochran.
2359-Ada F. Moore VS.. Abram T.
Eddy. Pierce & Styles; Norcross &
Baker, Hopkins.
STATED TO BE INSOLVENT.
In the four cases of Arthur L. Stafford,
Porter j. Lewis, John W. Forester
ct al. VS.. H. Maitland Holmes of Ian
caster, the well known horse dealer, the
defendant was stated by his counsel to
be insolvent. C. G. Bancroft for the
plaintiffs; Wood & Wood for the de-
fendant.
AUDITOR APPOINTED.
Frank L. Dean has been appointed by
the court as auditor in the case of Will
liam A. Gile, assignee, VS.. Simon Davis
ct al, assignees. William A. Gile for
plaintiff; Simon Davis for defendants.
JURYMEN SWORN.
The 1urymen called and sworn were
as follows: John w. Adams, Rutland;
James H. Bailey, Dudley; George A.
Barnard Worcester; Arthur C. Bliss,
North Brookfield Frank P. Breed, Clin-
ton; George f. Chase, Millbury; Will
liam Courtemanche, Spencer; Thomas
B. Cowen, Worcester; Charles D. Co.'S
tello, Worcester: William ]. Crawford,
Dana; Stearns L. Davenport, Grafton
James Dolan, Blackstone; Rufus G.
Hall, Webster; Robert Hamilton, North
bridge; George NJ. Hayden, Worcester;
Elmer C. Johnson, Worcester; James A.
Kelley, Westboro; Frederick ]. Kendall,
Philllpston; Horace A. LaRue, Fitch
burg; Irving B. Look, Leominster; Ru-
fus H. Newton, Leicester; Frank B.
Nichols, Southbridge; Nils Nilsson,
Worcester; William H. Phelps, New
Braintree; Hiram H. Pierce, Milford;
Lyman A. Powers, Warren; George c.
Prouty, Charlton: William e. Putney,
Fitchburg; Louis j. Rawson, Wor-
cester; Herbert S. Robinson, Pax
ton; George T. Scott, Worcester; Elmer
P. Shaw. Sutton; Joseph F. Stockwell.
Royalston; Daniel B. Sullivan, Worces-
ter; Charles G. Warren. Worcester;
John ]. White, Worcester; John r.
Williams, Gardner; Frank i. Tuttle,
Princeton.
George F. Chase, Thomas d. Costello,
Irving B. Look, William E. Putney and
Herbert S. Robinson were excused from
service by the court.
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT
James A. Kelley of Westboro was ap-
pointed by the court foreman of the
jury for the trial of the cases of Peter
Archambeau and William A. Archam-
beau Gather and SOM VS.. Thomas C.
Platt ct al, receivers, both being tried
together. The cases were actions OF
tort, the allegation in each being that
William A. Archambeau, while en-
ployed on freight train on the Norwich
& Worcester division of the New Eng
land Railroad, was struck upon the head
by a bridge at Grosvenordale, April 80
1895, and sustained serious injuries; the
father seeking TO recover for the loss
Of services of the son, and the son for
his own injuries, the ad damnum being