The Republican journal., 1901-04-25
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.

| CHIEF JUSTICE wIswELL PRESIDING.
The grand jury reported Thursday fore
noon, having found five indictments, two
for assault and three for violation of the
liquor law
The Peirce and MOrse-Oliver case came
up for trial this term in new form. Ar
action was brought by George Peirce Of
ing Co. of Bangor to recover $4,000 fol
breach of contract. The plaintiff claimed
that he made bid to furnish the granite
work for the Morse-Oliver building, so.
called, in Bangor, for $15,7S5. That the bid
was accepted, but that the contract was
awarded to another firm, who did the
work The defendant claimed that the per.
son who made the alleged contract was not
authorized to act for the company. The
case was tried at April term of court, 1900,
with verdict for the plaintiff for $3,O97 60.
A motion for new trial was filed and was
sustained by the Law Court. The present
case is against Charles B. Brown, who, it is
claimed, made verbal trade with the plain
tiff to furnish the granite at the amount of
the plaintiffs bid, claiming that he, Brown,
had the contract to build the whole build
ing. The defendant says that at the time of
the alleged trade between Peirce and Brown
the contract for the building had not been
awarded to anybody, and the plaintiff de-
MES that any such trade was made. Ver-
dict for defendant. Dunton & Dunton for
plaintiffs. Z. F. Woodard and W. P. Thomp-
son for defendants
The case of Edwin R. Moore vs. Howard
F. Mason, administrator, was opened Fri
day afternoon. The plaintiff is son and
the defendants wife daughter of the late
Lucinda Moore, of whose estate the defend
ant is administrator A few years prior to
her death Mrs. Moore came from her farm in
North Searsport to live with the plaintiff,
and remained there most of the time until
a short time before her death, when she
went to live with the defendant The
plaintiff claims pay for her board during
the time she was at his house. The de-
fendant claims that while Mrs Moore was at
her sons house she lived in the family as
any mother would with son, doing the
housework while his wife worked in the
shop, and with no thought ON the part of
anybody that she was to pay board or have
pay for her work. The plaintiff says that
Mrs. Moore was able to do but little if any
work while she was at his house. The evi-
dence was concluded Saturday forenoon,
and the Judge being called to Portland, the
Court was suspended until Monday after
i1lry
plaintiff for S192.5o. Thompson for plain
tiff. Dunton & Dunton for defendant
Fred P. Wiggin VS.. Joseph S. Mullin
and others of Lincolnville was opened to
the jury Tuesday forenoon. Many years
ago Capt Stetson gave the town a piece
OF land 100 feet square on which to build
a town house, but no deed of the
same was recorded, if any was ever
given. When Capt. Stetson sold his farm
he reserved this lot, on which the town
house then stood and now stands. The
farm changed hands number of times,
and in some of the later deeds the reserva-
tion was not made. Wiggin bought it on
such deed. Last fall Tranquility Grange
obtained the use of the town house for a
fair, and the members built fence around
the 100-foot lot. Wiggin forbade them,
claiming the land was his, except what the
town house actually stood ON. The land
has been moved by the successive owners
of the Stetson farm clear to the walls of the
town house. Wiggin claims the land under
his deed, but allows that the town can hold
land the size of the building. The defen-
dants say that the grantors who decided
house lot were making deeds of property
to which they had no title. The case goes
to the Law Court on report. Rogers for
plaintiff Dunton & Dunton for defendants.
Inhabitants Of Unity VS.. Inhabitants of
Thorndike occupied the Court Wednesday.
1t is an action to recover for supplies fur
nished to Eben Hall and family. The de-
fense attempts to prove that Hall had a
pauper settlement in Belfast. On trial
when The Journal went to press.
The first jury was excused Wednesday
morning until Friday morning.
County Attorney Foster expects to begin
on the criminal docket tomorrow, Friday,
morning.
Court adjourned Wednesday afternoon
until Friday morning on account of Fast
Day.
The following divorces have been de-
creed:
Benjamin A. Reynolds, Burnham, from
Lille f. RevnOl6s PittSfield,
George H. Forbes, Belfast, from Annabel
Forbes, Lynn, Mass.
Mary O. Dodge, Northport, from Walter
W. Dodge, do
Alice A. Cobb, Belfast, from Asa Cobb,
Searsmont
In the case of Olive M. Snow VS.. Aaron
B. Snow of jackson, the divorce was denied
without prejudice, the alleged desertion not
having continued the necessary three years.
Grace l. Beggs, Belfast, from David B.
Beggs, New York.
Elonia Baker, Camden, from William II.
Baker, Belfast custody of minor child given
to the mother.
Inez Marden, Liberty, from Olins B. Mar
den, Brockton, Mass. custody of minor
child given to the mother.
There are &C cases on the new docket, II