The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
INTERESTING CASES.
The Law Courts Ses-
sions Continued.
IA fork County School Teach RS
Claim for Damages.
Parks Murder Case To
Be Argued in Writing.
The Case of Cousins in Equity
Against Advent Church.

Sereral inte-estirg carer We e heard II
tie law court yesle day. eli from York
county. In tie morning The case Of Jahn
Drew against tie Boston s. MgiIo rail-
road was compile el w el Attorre-
Celvei COMPILE o | hls Augment
lie rexs Gaze wss that CT Cousins In
equity against the Adyeat church Of Bid.
deford. Jsnes stere for plainiH; Brad
bury s. Haley for tefense
Isisase-y oomplica Q mat e.. termed
ty ore OF the attorneys ca. asei "a nosel
IN equity" TIE &c e3fe hclds | O Wy
legacy cerivei from the ess
tate Of late Eliza Rrnery
Of Biddeford and previously ceri'e ed
by Ler from the estate Of her deceased
husband, Charles l,umery. The Ilaintin
claims that RumeIy executed another
will subsequent TO the enc under which
Mrs Run.ery held the estate. ard ttas
in that will, claimed 70 have cen DO
s.royed ~ Mrs. Rumery, be was left
legacy Of 5000 whioa he seeks to recover
from the church, now the holder of the
estate Mrs. Rumery's will>was admit
tsd 20 probate and fsom that probate the
plaintiff appeals.
The action Of resmers We. Deering
was orally argued. e. 4. Read. +. W.
Eogey r the pleintitf; Fairfield g.
Moore for tho defense. 1t comes up TO
the law court on defendant's melton
70, new trial. The facts CT the case,
Lrieiiy etaiei. arc as follows: Philip
Deensrs was injured In this saw mill Of
Frank Deering OF Shco, and lest leg
He sued Deerin9. alleging that his injury
was due to the faulty construction of the
cav carriage. At tho May York county
term the jury awarded Deemers $1,000
damages. TO this verdict the defense
exoeptl claiming 1t is rot in accordance
WITH fscts Presented. s - = s|
The rext case to To argued orally was
that of harold S. Fairfield against Will
liam +. Walker and George +. Seavey of
Kenpshunkport. Nathaniel b. Walker
and George +, Haley appeared for the
plaintiff and Charles S. Hamilton and
H. II. Burbank for tho defense. Fair
field WAS teeeaer in District No. 8
Gram msr school ut KsnEebunkport and
ives elected fer year at q salary of $40
FER week. He was only 90 years old and
had graduated from the Biddeferd High
school He tegan to teach in this school
In September ami taught two terms. He
alleges that his tsoubl's commenced when
tho first day Of tho tirst term he had some
difficulty with young lady. the daugh-
ter of George r. Seavey. Her father re-
moved her from no school at once ard
Fnirfeld's counsel claims that frcm that
time until he was elected from the school
by ftSoe by Seayey and the other defen-
dant, Seayey continued his prosecutions Of
thessyoung teacher.
On April 4th little before O'Clock,
Fairfield went to his schocl to hegin his
third term. He found Mr.. Seavey there
vanishing the blinds Seavey had beei
elected member of the experimenting
school committee in the sp:ing and TIE
tommi tie hid decided to remove Fair
field from this school.
EOn April 4ti Seayey told Fairfield that
toe 90 .ool did not commence that day
and he was told that he WAS not to teach
iit anyway. Fairfield had In the mean
tim be;n given q notice that his services
would net Le required hut having teen
ele ted fer year he went to the school
house en- the u orning Of April 18th st
this usual time and fornd Messrs. Seavey
and Walker, two members of the schoo
committe there standing in the door way.
Whsn Mr.. Fairfield attempted to enter
the school he was prevented from doing
SO by Msssrs. Seavey and. Walker, who
told him to clear OUT. Mir. Fairfield made
a third attempt 10 enter the school and
was taken by the shoulders by Mr.
Seavey and walked towards the road. On
the way Mr.. Seavey was tEippsd ur by
MIR. Fairfield and tie men rolled ON the
ground together. Then Mr.. Walker came
ai,rg and taking Mr.. Fairfield by the
1, ct, ami assisted by Mr. Seayey, Fair
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