Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-07
LAW COURT.
First Session Under New Law
in Augusta, Next Tuesday,
Some Very Interesting Cases Will
Come Up for Argument.
Complete Docket Contains 1850 Cases from
All Parts Of the State.

The December term of the Maine 10"
court will convene at the court house
in this city next Tuesday. There VIII
he a number of kennebec county cases
Of considerable interest tried az thls
session. This is the first session oil thiS
.,o,,rt 10 bn held under the new law Tor
its regulation which the last LeSisia-
,ur. passed The state was formerly
divided into three districts. Now the
three are all constituted III one ior q"
purposes Of the law court.
The new arrangement went into et-
feet on the first Tuesday in September
and under it there will be- three sessions
annually. These viii be held IN Nu-
.-,lsta on the second Tuesday in Decein-
her; III Bangor on the first TUESDAY ~
June and in Portland on the fourth
Tuesday Of the same month. IL IS
considered that this new arrangement
will he very much more convenient AMI
satisfactory to all.
Among the cases arc those OF Phillip
:. Ladd of Winthrop. against the Au-
gusta Savings Bank of this city. ani
the Androscoggir Savings Bank or
Lewiston. These are actions brought
by Ladd for the recovery Of money
which he deposited with the two banks
and which was drawn out on orders
alleged to have been forged. IL is a
case of much interest and there an.
come fine points Of l1w implicated. cor
nsh 4 Sassett Of this city. appear as
attorneys for the defendants while
I.add is represented by & Heath < An
drcws
A case of considerable. local interest
which will be argued al that tim" Will
be that of Ella g. Turner vs.. city o.
Augusta This case is one in which tn
plaintiff sues The city for damages
which she received from fall on the
sidewalk in front Of the store of Bus
sell & Weston. 1t was tried at the last
session of the supreme court in Ken
nebec county and the jury rendered Il
verdict of S69l.66 for the plaintiff. W
H. Fisher appeared in her behalf ami
the case of the defendant city was pre-
scented by City Solicitor f. NJ. Thomp-
son. The case now goes to the law
court on a motion for a new trial OF
the ground that the verdict is against
the law and the evidence.
The case of Morgan vs.. McCausland
will also be in line for arguments At
this time This is an action brought
by Hannah Morgan against Antonio G.
McCausland the administrator Of the
estate of the late Sumner B. MccauS-
land OF Farmingdale. The plaintiff al
ltgeS that the deceased promised to pay
notes of hers and there are q number
of other items which she claims are due
her. This case was tried before Judgt
William z. Whitehouse at the October
term and verdict for sl07S.35 in favor
Of the plaintiff was rendered. A. NJ.
Spear of Gardiner. is counsel for Mrs.
NcCausland and Heath e. Andrews of
this city. appear in the interest of the
estate.
The case involving the largest
amount is that Of Walter r. King
against the kennebec Light & Heat
60. This is an action for damag":
King claims that he WAS injured
through the fault of the company whil"
working in the Evans house at Gar
diner and when the case came up a
the supreme court in Lincoln county il
Was decided in his favor and damages
wer" placed at Sl1 1855 The defence
now propose to carry it to the law
court. a. NJ. Spear is counsel for the
company and George ". Hesclton for
King.
The case of kittredge VS.. Maine Wa
Ter Co. is one Of more than ordinary in
terest. This also is damage case anG
the plaintiff alleges that she suffered.
the dislocation Of her left wrist and 2
%traning Of the ligalnent of both arms
by the negligence of the company in
-tllnNJi1u Shrlt-nf MIN. a TtH.,
above the sidewalk near her residence
in Gardiner, causing her to be tripped
NJ. This case was tried at the last ses-
sion of the supreme court held in this
county and verdict of s3O1.1S for TIL"
plaintiff was rendered.
The complete list of cases found upon
III" docket as now prepared for thu
printer contains the following from
kcnncbcc county:
Continued CaSeS-AtWoOd VS. Mili-
ken: Bryant in eq. vs.. Hunton ct al:
Ru8hcy et al. vs.. Lancaster; Dunn ct
ais. vs.. Barry: Granite National Bank
VS.. Manchester ct al Hallowell Say
ings Inst. vs. Titcomb ct all: Hewins ct
n. IS. Whitney ct al: Hunt vs. Bessey:s
kennebec Water Dist IS. Watervilic
ct al; Pease VS.. Ramford ct ais; Phil
brick Aplt. VS.. Glidden ct ais: Rich VS..
Hayes, admir-: Smith. Green co. vs..
Bird; South Gardiner Lumber Co. VS..
Bradstreet ct ais; State Bushy: Wal
dron vs.. Priest. Whitehouse VS.. Bolster
ct ais
New entries-Bean ct al VS.. Pease:
Harlow vs.. Oxnard; Jewell vs.. Winn:
hilburn vs. Webber: Kittredge vs..
Maine Water Co.; Ladd VS.. Androscog-
Sin County Savings Bank: Ladd VS.
augusta Savings Bank: Maxcy Manu-
featuring Go. vs.. Bowie ct al; Morgan
VS.. McCausland: Mountain vs. Hight:
Robinson vs.. cowan: Turner vs.. .Au-
gusta; Winslow vs. Troy: Winslow VS..
Albion.
The docket contains the following
Lincoln county cases:
Continued cases-Atkinson VS.. Lam
caster; Erskine VS.. Savage: Fleming.
eXtrX. VS.. COurtenay.
New entries-King VS.. Kennebec
Light s: Heat Co.: State Us. Fowles ct
al
The cases from Somerset county are
as follows:
Continued cases--Hathorn rs. Robin |
son: Pennell VS.. Card ct ais: Salley VS.. !
Robinson: State VS.. Gilman: Stafford
VS. Morse: Ticonic National Bank vs.