Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-14
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT
In Case Of Allen W. Dustin for ALLEGED
Personal Injuries,

S' roR DEFENDANT
IN Case OF A"s" W. Dustin for AIIeses
Personal Injuries.
o. G. HALL. Judge.
w. S. CHOATE. Clerk
| THOMAS LEIGH. Connty A.t.,.u
A. L. McFADDEN. Sherirr 1A''ofheS'
FRED w. LEE. stenographer.
Augusta, April 2.
In the kennebec county superior
court. Saturday afternoon. the i1rv ir
the case of Eben P. Allen. IT. through
his father and next friend, Eben p. Al.
len of West Gardiner, va. Miles Dustin
of Litchfield, the jury after a delibera
ton Of one and three-quarters' hours
returned a verdict for the defendant.
This was an action to recover s1OO
from the defendant. who is a school
teacher. for injuries alleged to have
been administered to Allen. Jr., one of
his pupils, Sept. 3, 1900. The plaintiff
claimed that the defendant did beat,
wound and ill-treat the pupil. making
him i'll and lame and disabled for a
long time and suffered greatly in body
and mind and was put to great expense
| for medical care. medicine and nursing.
The defendant claimed that the boy
was punished for misconduct in the
school, but not in severe manner.
Beane & Beane of Hallowell, appear
ed for the plaintiff and o. B. Clason,
Esq, for the defendant.
The following cases are on the as
signed list for Monday:
No 315.-Mary f. Nolan VS.. John F.
Mcnamara. both Of Gardiner. This is
an action to recover a balance of
s15500 due for the rent of the building
No 236 on Water street in the city of
Gardiner. The ad damnum is placed
at $500. George w. Heselton, Esq, of
Gardiner for the plaintiff, and Will c.
Atkins. Esq, of Gardiner, for the de-
PENDANT.
No. 292.-Gustavus r. Swift of
Chicago and Edwin C. Swift of Boston
VS.. George d. Haskell. Augusta, and
Frank a. Lincoln of Waterville. former
co-partners in business under the firm
name and style of THE Haskell Lin
coin Company" This is an action to
recover a balance OF $1636S due for
meats sold the defendants. The ad
damnum is placed at $500. Williamson
& Burleigh of Augusta for the plain
tiffs and Cornish & Bassett for the de-
PENDANTS.
No. 31S-Alvah r. Hayes VS.. f. w.
Atwood, Sumner Soule and George M.
Holmes. all of Gardiner. This is an
action brought by the plaintiff as adj
ministratOr de bonis non Of Fuller
Dingley, surviving partner of James b.
Dingley. formerly doing business I'M
der the firm name of Dingley Brothers
to recover a debt Of $14s.S2. The ad
damnum is placed at $500. George w.
Heselton. Esq, Of Gardiner. for the
plaintiff and Williamson & Burleigh
for the defendants.
No. 324.-Stephen Cheney, Walter w.
Cheney. Harry w. Bradley, Royal H.
Bradley and Joseph Baker of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, a co-partnership doing
business under the firm name and
style of the Kelsey Furnace Company
VS.. J. F. Kelley of Gardiner, and
George w. Eastman of Randolph, for
merly a partnership doing business
under the firm name of Kelley & East
man. This is an action to recover a
balance of $361.41 due on account.
Charles A. Knight, ESQ. of Gardiner,
for the plaintiffs and George w. Hesel-
ton, Esq, of Gardiner, for the de-
PENDANTS.
No 3s3.-The Augusta Safe Deposit
& Trust Company VS.. George Wood of
Waterville This is an action to re-
cover payment on a note of 500 made
payable to III. Crooker and transferred
and delivered to the plaintiff. c. w.
Hussey, ESQ, Waterville. for the plain
tiff, and Brown & Brown of Waterville,
for the defendant.
The following cases are on the as
signed list for Tuesday, April 49,
No. 353.-Clara Cook Of Augusta, VS..
Mary Perkins Of Hallowell. This is an
action, with the ad damnum placed at
$500, to recover damages to her person
caused by the horse driven by the de-
PENDANT, cOlliding with a carriage in
which plaintiff was riding, September
&c, 1901, on Rines' Hill in Augusta, and
the plaintiff was thrown with great
violence from and out Of her carriage
and hurled with great force from the
carriage upon and against the ground
and thereby her shoulder and hip and
body were greatly bruised. her back
seriously wrenched and spine affected.
her life thereby endangered, all Of
which to the gross damage of the
plaintiff says that the result was
in the exercise Of due care and that the
result was caused sorely by the negli-
gence of the defendant. Benedict F.
Maher, Esq. of Augusta, for the plain
tiff and E. M. Thompson, ESQ.,, for the
defendant.
No. 352-Ellery d. Cook VS.. Mary
Perkins. This is an action of similar
nature as No. 352 for loss Of services,
with the same counsel.
No. 419-James w Beck VS.. Martin
Higgins, both Of Augusta. This is an
action to recover $31.25 due for cloth
ing. The ad damnum is placed at 5000.
Williamson & Burleigh Of Augusta for
the plaintiff and E. w. Whitehouse.
Esq, for the defendant.
No. 432-Elden w. Hanks Of Augusta
VS.. r. P. Balchelder of Saco, to recover
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