Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1906-12-06

Si'0h AtAIusUu uUJe Oh silver
STEM Brothers, endorsed by their
father for horse which Greenwood
sold to them The note was never
given him. James Siverstein testified
that he bought horse of DR.. Green
WOOD for $50, paying him $50 cash and
was to given a note of $50 al months
MS note was contingent, he said on
the horse being as represented, and
Dr. Greenwood said il he horse was
not as represented. he wonld make it
right with Mr.. Atkinson. The note
was not given. At the conclusion of
the case the COURT gave Judgment for
| Atkinson for $50 and costs.
The case of d. Den Davis against S.
! Herbert Hitchner was taken up by
| the Court. Jos, Fl. Powell appeared
for the appelle and James s. Ware for
the appellant.
| Ihis case was to recover for load
OF salt hay for litter, which was pur-
chased of D Den Davis by his Min
|
the son-in-iaw then resided. These
facts were testified to by Charles Bow
den, the son -in-law. The load of hay
was worth So.
| The defence was that corn fodder to
| have been left on the place was used
up for litter, and that Bowden bought
the salt hay to replace the stalk fod
der. The Court gave Judgment in
favor of the plaintiff. D. Den Davis,
in the sum of So and costs.
The next case called was the Atlan
tic Refining Co.. appellant, against
Sharp Bros. appellee. Jos. Ell. Powell
appeared for the plaintiff and James
s. Ware for the defendant. Sharp
Bros. The suit was TO recover $S7 for
graphite" paint.
| Daniel Sharp, former member of
the firm of Sharp Bros, was put on
| the stand by the plaintiff He said
the paint was SO Id as graphite
paint, for painting roofs of buildings.
| On cross-examinatinn he testified that
the value of the paint was nothing
1t could NOT be used. He would not
| give five cents for the whole lot. 1t
was sold not to contain coal tar but
it was found to contain coal tar and
| was worthless.
A can of the tar was put in evidence
/ hvJ hn dnFA L1r i
plaintly it was composed of coal tar.
After hearing the case the Judge
said he didn't see how the plaintiffs
could recover in this case. The judg-
ment of the Court below was reversed
and Judgment was given for the de
| fendant.
| The next case called was that of
Samandel @. Srudley, of Somerville,
Mass, against Joseph S. Turner, of
Newport, to recover $l45. rs for berry
crates sold to Turner.
Walter Fl. Bacon represented Mr.
Studey and James S. Ware appeared
for Mr. Turner.
The account was proved by Mr..
Studley, who was put on the stand.
Joseph S. Turner testified that he
had paid $50 on account of the crates
and was not certain that he did not
pay for all the crates he got; he may.
however, owe somebody for 81 crates,
at 55c apiece. for which the SO was in
part payment.
The Court adjourned for the day.
When Court was opened this morn
ing the1case of Studley against Turner
was resumed and ". W. Riley was
called to the witness stand. He said
he went with Officer Robbins to make
an attachment on goods and chsttels
of Mr. Turner in 1908 (or '04). He
found strawberry crates at Mr.
Husted's where they were stored. He
counted them and there were 800
crates in all.
Mr.. Turner was recalled and said
he had made complaint about the
number of crates; he said he told Mr..
Hustled he was willing to pay for the
crates when the correct number of
them we're registered.
Mr.. Hustled was recalled and stated
that the original number of the crs tss
was 1888. They were delivered IA
Turner and his agents.
! This closed the case.
In closing the ease for the defendant
Mr.. Ware said that Mr.. Studley hsd
not proved ownership of the crates
he had stated on the stand yesterd
that he had sold the crates to +.
Cniting buG that Cutting had recon.
veyed "a lot of crates' back to him
MIR. Ware said they were willing to
pay for the crates which came to them
but they didn't want to be placed in a
position to pay for the crates both to
MI. Studley and to Mr.. Quitting. "We
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