The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
COURT MATTERS,
The County Suffers
Its First Legal
Attachment.
ACTION is ONE OF CONTRACT.
Commissioner Taft Thinks
Plaintiffs Have a
Poor Show.
ACTION is ONE OF CONTRACT.

The county of Worcester suffered its
first legal attachment yesterday.
The suit was brought by John H.
Connors, ct ALL, of Boston and Lowell,
doing business under the firm name of
Connors Brothers, and the ad damnum
in the case is $1,000. The writ was served
upon Chairman Emerson Stone of the
county commissioners yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff James Early, and is re-
turnable in the Suffolk county superior
court the first Monday in July.
The action is one Of contract and the
commissioners, in the absence Of any
declaration on the part of the plain
tiff assume that the case has to do with
the rejection of the plaintiffs bid for
the contract to furnish the wooden fur
niture Of the new court house. The bid
of the Connors Brothers was the lowest
Of those opened few weeks ago, but in
their conditions for proposals as adver-
tised the commissioners reserved the
right TO reject any or all bids and for
reasons best known to themselves they
set aside the lowest bid and gave the
contract to another party 1t so happens
that the Connors Brothers, who were
Tie lONtSl DlOutI6, wiz Oh NOlAth 49, -
and builders, were also the lowest bid
ders for the contract to erect the new
court house when the original bids We're
opened. All the bids at this time were
so high that the specifications were cut
down and new bids asked for.
Commissioner H. G. Taft said yester-
day that this was the first suit brought
against the county during his connec-
ton with the board, and so far as he
could learn it was the first one ever
brought. He did not believe the plain
tiffs would stand much show of winning
their case The board will not make any
move in the matter till the plaintiffs
show their hand and Gen. lockwood
Hoar has been retained as counsel for
the commissioners.
At yesterdays sitting Of the superior
court, Judge Hardy on the bench, the
case of William A. Terrier VS.. August
inc H. Terrier, was concluded at the
morning session. Judgment in the
case was suspended pending the APP
pointment of a guardian of the plant
iff The case is q bill in equity to can
eel deed. T. Fl. Sullivan appeared
for the plaintiff and Hopkins, Smith
& Hopkins for the defendant.
The case Of Eleanor e. Conlin vs.
John Il. Doyle was next called, Sulli-
van & O'Connel for the plaintiff and
c. NJ Thayer for the defendant. The
case was a dispute about passage
way over q piece of land on Jefferson
street, owned by the late Judge Nc
Cafferty. The case was finished at 3
o'clock and the court took it under ad-
visement.
Joseph f. Boyden VS.. Security Asso-
ciates, the next case called, was one of
contract for $4,000 for recovery of five
promissory notes given by defendants.
Rice, King & Rice appeared for the
plaintiff, and lockwood Hoar for the
defendant. Court took case under adj
vehement.
The case Of John L. Truax VS.. Oliver
NJ. Wing was settled. Thayer & Cobb
for plaintiff. Hopkins, Smith g. Hop
kins for defendant
The Frank B. Hall VS.. Fred L. Babb
case was called and the defendant was
defaulted
The libel suit for divorce brought by
Peter F. st. German of Worcester
against Adeline G. ST. German, was
heard by Judge Hardy. A decree nisi
was granted. e. A. d. Moss for the
libellant.
The second diverse suit heard was
that of Mary Mellin against Carl +.
Mellin, both of Worcester. Mrs. Mel
lin and her three daughters took the
witness stand and in turn told Of the
abusive treatment to which the hus-
band subjected the wife. z he libel
liant claimed she was beaten frequently
by her husband. and on one occasion
was thrown down stairs from which
she suffered serious injuries. The hus-
band never paid anything toward the
support of the family and he had de-
serted his wife and family in August
1897. Harry Simpson, assistant clerk
of the central district court, testified to
the arrest of the libellee on charge of
threat who was found guilty and bound
over to keep the peace. The court Or
6ered a decree of nisi on the grounds
Of abusive treatment and desertion.
Paul Bonner appeared for libellant