Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-16

| the $500 10 MIR. Iuteliins to get a. good
farm for him.
\ Mrs. Mary +. Brown. the wife of the
plaintiff testified to accompanying her
husband to look over the Hardy farm
on August second --of last year. She
7 saw hcr husband pay Mr.. Iiutchins
$500 to bind the bargain for the sale of
| the farm and she also saw MIR. Hut
chinS give her husband Il receipt for
| the money. The dispute in the sale of
| the farm was over the purchase OF the
crops.
| Henry T.. Gcnthner of Portland tcs-
| tilted that he accompanied the plain
tiff to the Hardy place at Winthrop
| ana heard the defendant say that part
| Of the land o,ild be reserved
1t II 40 o'clock the jury in the case
| of GiddingS versus Gould, ct ais, after
| a celebration OF an hour and a half,
| returned a verdict for the plaintiff and
| asses Sod the damages at $S60.5e.
| The case Of Or. John G. ToWne of
Watervi,le versus Mrs. Ashe Gould and
! her husband, r. Otis Gould both of Old
| Town. was settled without a. trial for
$500 The plaintiff sued for $500 for
| services as a medical expert in the
| case OF Gould versus the Maine Cen
tral Railroad Company. Fred w. CAR
| of Watcrville appeared for the PLAIN
| tiff end I'attangall g. Plamstead OF
| Watorvi,lc for the defendant
The Islander case Of A3ulr versus
Silver, both OF whom are Augusta FOR
tugcse was defaulted because OF tne
absence Of the counsel for the de-
PENDANT and hearing on tac matter
of damages will be held at the conclu-
sion of The jury trials. z. ". White
house Of augusta appeared as coun-
sci for the plaintiff.
Ora e. Hardy of Winthrop testihed
that he met the plaintiff and his wife
at Hannaford's drug store at winthrop
on Aug. . last. The witness and the
! plaintiff looked over the farm which
consumed an hour and hall. i the
plaintiff said that he would not take
the farm but was going to SkoWhegan
to look at one when the witness SuS-
gested that the plaintiff buy the crops.
He received $3.50 from Mr.. Hutchns
out of the $500 deposit which the plain
tiff made with Mr.. Hutchins
On cross-eXamination the witness
testified that he thought that he told
the PLAINTIFF that the buildings were
insured.
William d. Hutchins of Augusta tes-
tilted that he conducted q real estate
agency and that the defendants farm
was listed in his agency. The plain.
tiff and wife came into the Office OF
the witness after they had looked over
! the Hardy property and they said they
liked the farm but there was a dispute
over the crops. The witness tclephoned
to Mr. Hardy and the latter offered to
| include the apples in the sale of the
property. After that the witness drew
| up an agreement and the plaintiff gave
him $500. on another day the plain
| tiff in the Office Of the witness signed
the bond and the duplicate.
Continuing the witness testified that
| he gave $3.50 of the $500 which the
plaintiff gave him as deposit to Mr..
Hardy.
On cross examination by Attorney
IIildrcth the witness testified that he
had never told the plaintiff that he
would not pay over any of the money
to Mr.. Hardy until the plaintiff re-
| ccvcd Il warranty deed of the proper
| t..
The case was given TO the jury at
'' CLOCK ana Il drawn jury was
selected to hear the action of the
Maine Farmer Publishing Co, of Au-
Ius!a versus Sumner Rowe of Water
Vile as follows: Fred Beck. Augusta
Andrew +. Patterson, Litchficd; e. c.
Gctchcll. Nassalboro: w. r. Mace,
Rcadfield: o. c. True. Monmouth:
Jerome b. Farrar. Gardiner: Arthur
r. Tracey, Watcrville: Fred Gerald,
Clinton: II. r. Mitchell. Watcrville:
Charles r. Dunn, China: Lucius S.
Cony, Augusta; Leonard c. Jones, Hal
lowell.
IN" action was to recover the sum
of 1916 ! l. an alleged preach of con-
tract in III" publication of the book
entitled chronological and Municipal
History Of Watcrville" which was
written by Clement NJ. Giveen NJ S.
HoiWay OF Augusta appeared as coun-
sci fer The plaintiff and Fred W. Clair
of Watcrviilc for the defendant
Tho jury after elaboration of Is
minutes in the case of Brown versus
Hardy returned verdict for the plain
tlff and assessed the damages at
$513.75, i.
After thr opening by Attorney Hol-
way in the case of the VI ne Farmer
Publishing Co. OF Augusta versus
summer Rowe of Watcrvillc court ad-
Journ"d until $50 o'clock Wednesday
morning.