Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-01
Piscataquis County Court.

The most important case tried at the
present term Of the Piscataquis court
ii Dover vas Wiagin.et ais. VS. Crafts
ct ais. The action involved the owner
ship Of seven eighths undivided half of
lots No. ], Il. ?, No. I, r. 3, No /. r. A
No. l, Il. ). No l, Il, and west half of
lots No. 2 L. . and No. ., r. in the
south half of Greenville estimated to
contain Loo acres excepting and re-
serving leo acres owned by Lyford
Dennen, which is practically all of the
settlement of Greenville Junction. The
date Of the writ is Aug. r. 1891,
and the amount sued for $4,000 The
plaintiffs in the suit are Frederick Wig
gin of Portland Oregon, and the heirs
of Ezra WiGgin now deceased. The
defendants are Mrs. A. A. Crafts of
Greenville junction, heir of John II.
EIveleth, and the heirs of Samuel
Gibson, Henry G. Newhall and George
II. NeWhall of Fairfield.
The property in question was first
purchased by Andrew Wiggin, father
of the above plaintiff, from Samuel Cole
ON June, 1859. During the year 1861
desiring to purchase the property,
Frederick Wiggin sent home to his
father the sum Of $500 in checks on
Wclls-Fargo & Co. as part payment
for e>landS, and about Feb. 10, 1882
came home with $500 in gold, making
in all the sum of $1,000. the price agreed
upon by the parties. a deed of the
property was then drawn up by Henry
ii. Wigsin, Il brother of Frederick and
Ezra, who was at that time a justice
of the peace, which was signed by
AndreW Wiggin and Nancy Wiggin.
his wife, then sealed and delivered to
| Frederick Wiggin. In 1852 Frederick
left for the Pacific coast. The deed in
| question was left in possession of his
| father. On Feb. II, 1867. Andrew Wig
| gin decided this property to John H.
Eveleth. Samuel G. Bibson. Henry G.
NeWhall and George II. Newhall.
About 1e years ago Andrew Wiggin
died, his widow surviving him until
| about three years ago. Among the pa
| pers found among her effects was the
| original deed, in a Well-preserved state,
| with every signature perfectly legible,
| although having been written 40 years
before. The deed. with other valuable
papers bearing upon the matter, were
sent to Henry Wiggin, who lives i'll
| California, when action was soon be-
gun fer the recovery of the property.
| Mr.. Wiggin was present at the trial
| and testified rs to drawing up the in
| strumeEt. Frederick Wiggin was also
present in person as 4 witness to the
| transfer of the property by his father
| in 1862 to himself and brother Ezra.
Since the deed of the will extensive
| numbering operations were claimed by
| plaintiffs to have been done on the
! lands in dispute by the defendants, but
as these lands We're adjacent to other
wild lands in another township, and
| as the lumber cut was promiscuously
yarded together, it was very difficult
| for experts who testified to designate
what proportion came from the disput-
| ed territory.
| The jury returned a verdict for de-
| PENDANTS and assessed damages to the
amount CT $l,4Si.S2.
The counsel for plaintiff We're Hud-
| son & Hudson, while defendants We're
| represented by Sprague, Hayes & APP
pleton. The case was we'll contested
| on both sides.
Walker VS.. Sentner came up for trial.
The parties reside at Greenvie
Junction. the plaintiff in the
| suit being Amos Fl. Walker, a liv-
| ervnmn. The defendant farrier Tho
plaintiff in Aug. 1902 sent horse to
defendants shop to be shod. After the
work was completed he started from
| the shop to take the animal to the
owners stable, and while going there
the hc;se got away from him, and
while it was being pursued in its wan
i de~ings about town it fell and broke
its forward leg. The plaintiff then
brought suit for damages to the
amount of s12o. alleging negligence on
the part of defendant. The jury re-
turned verdict of not guilty for the de-
PENDANT. Fletcher and Hudson for
plaintiff: Peaks for defendant.