The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
The Trial of Criminal Cases
Is Now On.

| The jury-waived session of the SUI
perior court opened before Judge Gas
kill, in the equity room, yesterday
morning, at 10 O'clock. After the doc
ket was called by Assistant Clerk of
Courts w. w. Macomber, the case of
Charles S. Forbes, the we'll known
lawyer and real estate dealer, against
George H. Dutton was begun, and oc-
cupied the court nearly the entire
day.
The case is an action of tort, with
an ad damnum of $1,000, to recover on a
real estate exchange. The plaintiff pur-
chased several building lots of the de-
PENDANT which were situated on Col
| lege Hill, and claims that they were
Misrepresentation on the part of the
defendant as to the value and nature
of the land.
Decision was reserved by Judge Gas
kill. Arthur NJ, Taft and Herbert
Parker for the plaintiff; William B.
Harding for the defendant.
A motion anent interrogatories was
made by Col. William A. Gile in the
equity case of Sumner Fairbanks VS..
Albert M. Armstrong ct al. A case in
volving the same phases as this one is
now before the supreme court and de-
cision on the motion is reserved by
Judge Gaskill until the full bench de-
cides the matter before it. William A.
| Gle for the plaintiff; Charles M.
| Thayer for the defendant
The four cases of Charles M. Thayer,
as administrator of the estate of N. e.
Taft, against Annie M. Hubley ct AL,
Zacharias A. Hubley ct ais, Annie M.
Hubley and the Hubley Manufacture
| ing & Supply Company, were passed,
and settlement is to be effected through
compromise between the administrator
| of the N. E. Taft estate and the HUI
bleys. The cases were actions of con-
tract to recover on notes signed by the
Hubleys in favor of N. E. Taft, de-
ceased. Charles M. Thayer appeared
for the PLAINTIFF Burton W. Potter for
Annie M. Hubley, Hubley Manufacture
ing & Supply Company; and Dodge &
Taft, Williams & Williams for Zacha-
rias A. Hubley ct ais.
| Inc olHcr cases SeLtleu out OF court
were:
3s1S-Harriet W. Lock VS.. Henry B.
Goodnough. William A. Gile for the
plaintiff; Francis Burke for defendant.
| Washington Mills Emery Man
ufacturing Company VS.. Theodore l..
Chase. John B. Scott for the plaintiff ;
w. E. Sibley for the defendant.
3241-John H. KEENAN, VS.. town Of
Warren. Thayer & Rugg for the
plaintiff; Hopkins. Smith & Hopkins
for the defendant.
Four suits brought by Herbert Par
ker. as receiver OF the Bay State Fire
| Insurance Company, against policy
holders, in actions of contract, with ad
damnums Of $500, to recover on assess
ments, were settled, the cases being
those against the Boston Electric Light
| Company, Herman Buckholtz. William
Ritter and c. c. Abbey. Herbert Par
Saunders, appeared for the plaintiff;
James Fl. LOOMS of Chicopee and Bur-
dett & Snow for the policy holders.
In the case Of Bridget King VS.. Essex
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the
plaintiff was called and a non-suit en-
| tered. L. %. Barnes and Blackmer &
Vaughan appeared for the plaintiff. H
P. Moulton, Herbert Parker for the de-
| PENDANT.
The case Of Joseph Aug vs. Jacob
| Rosenthal was referred to William B.
Harding as auditor. b. w. Potter for
the plaintiff; Wood & Wood for the de-
PENDANT.
Judge Gaskill ordered the case of
John Healy, formerly an employee of
the Walker Ice Company, and who was
injured while in their employ. to be
transferred to the jury list. Lewis G.
White of the Walker Ice Company, APP
pears as the defendant in the suit.
Thayer & Perry appear for the plaint-
if; Frank P. Goulding for the defen-
dant
The second case TO be transferred to
the jury list was that of John S.
Churchill against Charles Willett.
Francis M. Phelan for the plaintiff;
Thayer & Rugg for the defendant
In the case of Ida Iibbey against AL
bert Richardson, Charles A. Merrill
was formally appointed assessor Wood
& Wood for the plaintiff; Marvin M.
Taylor for the defendant.
The following cases have been added
to the docket:
2S20-Ware National Bank VS.. Hubley
ct ais. Coney; B. w. Potter, Taylor
Noyes Shoe Company vs. Treadway.
INCe, Ming " Rlcei I'll. Parker.
Casey VS.. Fay. Kent & Dewey; Fl.
Parker.
Lougee VS.. Hayter. Rice, King &
Rice; Gile.
The following cases were continued:
Continued generally
2715--Greenwood VS.. Travers.
3109--Levy ct ali. VS.. Damn.
2922-Hall VS.. Nahigian.
To March,
2507-Hall VS.. Dabb.
2S2O-Ware National Bank VS.. Hub
ley ct ais. and tr.
To February
663-Whittaker VS.. Densmore ct al.
l795-Cheney VS.. town of Athol
2l46-Referee Publishing Company VS..
Humber & Co., America.
2l72-District Attorney ex. rel. VS..
Swift ct al
22SS-Murdock ct al. VS.. Clinton Co
operative Bank.
2Sl0--Joseph #. Boyden VS.. Security
Associates
2357-Levy VS.. Esterbrook.
2l4S-Lesser ct al. vs. Greene ct al.
2795-Barstow Stove Company VS. in
habitants of West Boyiston.
5S0-Abell VS.. Moore ct al.
25S2-Copeland ct ali. VS. Reliable I'm
derwear Company.