Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-18
Law COURT.
Piscataquis and Sagada-
hoe Gases on Tuesday.
HE M.lS
The Court May Adjourn Finally
on Thursday Next.
The Unfinished iDockets Will Be
Cleaned Up at Today's Session.

Al the beginning Of court Tuesday
morning the following out of town at
torneys were present in the bar: E w.
Wheeler. Brunswick; Donald F. Snow,
Bangor; Henry Hudson, Guilford:
FRANCIS Peakes, Dover; Judge William
1. Hall, Richmond; Judge Frank l..
Staples. Bath: Judge w. H. Newell.
Lewiston; Charles A. Bailey, Bangor
The first matter on the mornings
program was arranging the Piscataquis
and Sagadahoc county dockets Sew
eral cases on the PiScataQuiS county
DOCKET nave been argued and are being
considered at the present time for an
nouncement later. Among these are
Ring. petitioner. location Of lots in
Elllotsville and Rogers VS.. Brown.
Several cases We're marked to be con-
tinued, among them three cases in the
new entries. The case of Engel VS..
SHAW was overruled for want of
prosecution.
Inc hrSt arguments of the morning
came in the cases of Manson. ct ais,
Trs. VS.. Peaks and the same plaintiffs
VS.. Merton, both cases being argued
together. These cases date back to
the SOS. when, at a town meeting the
town of FoXcroft voted to sell one
Drawn certain lots Of land in ranges
10 and II. and under the title both
plaintiff and defendant make claims
In Sept. 1868 Drawn sold the lots in
question and in Jan. 1869 the town of
Foxcroft gave him his deed.
The plaintiff claims that this title
that Drawn took in January enured to
the benefit of the grantees under the
deed of the September previous. In
1881, ~ years later. Henry Hudson. the
plaintiff, attached the two lots in
VOWED rs the property of Seth Drawn
and now claims them under sheriff's
sale. Hudson and Hudson of Gull
FORD appeared for the plaintiff and J.
b. and f. c. Peaks Of Dover for the
defendant.
The EeNt case to be heard was ar
gued by the same attorneys and in
volved the question of a pauper set
tlement. also the question of whether
the court has the right to take ques-
ton of fact from the jury and decide
the matter itself. 1t also involves the
legality of the divorce of the pauper
that figures in the case, Frank NJ
Moody. This case was tried at the
PiscataquiS county and attra cted much
attention.
: The first case to be argued in the
Sasadahoc docket was that of Gamer
on ADMINISTRATOR. VS.. Lewiston
Brunswick Il Bath Street Railway Co.
The supreme court for Sagadahoc coun-
ty found for the plaintiff in the sum of
SZSUo and the case was appealed to the
law court. While riding on the running
boarG CT street car the plaintiff, who
later died. was injured by coming in
contact with a trolley pole. The pres
ent case was brought to this court on a
motion to set aside the verdict. The
argument of the case took the larger
part OF the afternoon, as the conclu-
sions advanced by the attorneys We're
lengthy. Barrett Potter appeared for
the plaintiff and Judge Newell of Lew
iston for the defendant
The PiScataquiS case of Rogers VS. |
Davis was argued by Hudson & Hud- !
son Of Guilford for the plaintiff and by
Joseph Williamson of this city for the
defendant. 1t was an inquiry on q stat |
utOry limit. AS the matter hinged on |
a bare question of law the case is de- |
void of special interest at this time.
Today the Sagadahoc county docket |
will be finished and one case from
Washington and one from Androscog- |
gin will be argued. Thursday the bal
ance of the Washington and York cases |
and one case from Penobscot will be |
1t is very probable that court |
will adjourn. for the term Thursday af- |
ternoon unless unexpected delays oc-
cur to prevent.
This morning the case Of E. A. Strout