Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-19

-
testified that she and her sister. Mrs
Hamilton formerly owned the ChildS
farm which was sold a year ago last
June. She and her sister had owned
the Mace for q number of years prior
to the sale Of the farm to the plaintiff.
She was born and brought up on the
farm. When she owned the farm
there was no controversy between the
witness and the defendant about the
line. When she owned the farm she
occupied the disputed strip and raised
crops on it and the defendant never
claimed this strip. There is a wire
fence and also a stone wall as Il d.
viding line between the two farms.
The wall has been there ever since the
witness could remember
Mrs. Henrietta Hammond of Water
vile testified that she and Mrs. Minot
owned the farm and sold it to the
plaintiff a year ago last June. She
was born on The farm and had always
known the place. AS long as she can
remember the present fence has been
| known as the boundary line between
the farms. During the time that she
| lived on the farm she never heard the
defendant claim that he owned the
disputed strip of land. The stone wall
| had been there as long as she could
remember.
| On cross examination the witness
| testified that while she lived on the
farm she had never heard dispute
| about the land in question and did not
know of Mr. Weston drawing line
between the farms.
NJ c. Chlds of Belgrade. the hus
band of the plaintiff. testified to the
purchase of the farm on June ,, 1908.
and occupied it June 26 of that year.
He found a stone wall and pitchpole
fence. on the west. The witness told
the defendant that he wanted to build
a fence as he intended to keep some
sheep. He suggested that the dis
lance on the west for a wire fence, the
expense to be divided between the
witness and the defendant The dis
tance. 100 rods. was measured and the
defendant at that time made no claim
that it was not the right line.
Continuing, the witness testified
| that about week after the measure
ments had been made he heard that
the defendant claimed that it was not
| the line. He never employed Mr..
Green to make Il line and Mr.. Green
never sent a bill to the witness for the
| work.
On cross examination the witness
testified that he did not assist Mr..
| Green in making the line
Willis ID. Childs of Belgrade, Il son
of the plaintiff, testified to assisting
his father and the defendant in meas
uring the place for the new fence
| shortly after his parents had moved
| on the farm. At that time no talk
| was made about the line being the
right one but later the defendant
claimed that the line was a crooked
one. He did not show Mr.. Green
where to begin in making the line.
On cross examination the witness
| testified that he assisted in building I,
barbcd wire fence.
Hcrt p. Stuart "f Belgrade testified
| that he lived on The next farm north
| of thc Rogers farm and had resided
| therc all his life. There had been a
| stone wall between the ChiIds and
| Rogers farms as long as he could re-
member. The pitchpulc fence had
also been there as long as he could re-
| member.
| The Belgrade boundary line dispute
| c;l&o Was resumed at the afternoon
session If The court. Bert T. Stuart ui
! belgrade. recalled by the plaintiff, on
i croSs-eXaminatinn testified that the
stone wall had boon the dividing line
| between the two towns for 40 wears.
| Sometimes he was on speaking terms;
with the defendant and sometimes was
not. testified the witness.
| Herman II. Adams of Belgrade tcsti-
| fed that he had lived in the neighbour
| hood of the Rogers and Chids farn
| for - years. He cut the hay in 1907
| on the Childs farm and purchased the
| hay Standing OF the former owner, Mrs.
| AiinOt anG Mrs. Hammond.
On Ss-eXamnatiOn the witness
testified that he know nothing about
the line but knew that the fence had
been there for many years.
john Tibbetts of Belgrade testified
to cutting the hay on the Childs farm
II years ago when the farm was own
cd by Mrs. Hammond and Mrs Minot
and he cut right up to tho fence.
stephen Bickford of Belgrade test-
fed to assisting in building a fence be-
tween the barns of the parties and It
pldCilCdils iOllDNeu lllc me OF the OlC
wall.
After the opening by attorney Field
II witnesses We're sworn in behalf OF
the defence. .s$
Harry T.. Greene of Watcryillc. a,
civil engineer, was tho first witness
called for the defence. He went to Bel
grade and drew a line between the two
farms ut the request of the defendant
He understood the plaintiff to say
that she was one Of the parties who
wanted the line dGaWn.
Ezra. I. Spaulding of Oakland testi-
fed that he formally resided at Bel
grade and was familiar with the Rog-
erS and ChildS farms. Seven or eight
years ago at his home at Belgrade he
heard Mrs. Rogers say that She was
going to have a line run between the
farms.
Ernest Batchelder of Belgrade test-
iicd that three or four years ago, as
near as he could remember, he heard
Mrs. Minot, one of the former owners
Of the farm. say that she and Mr..
Rogers were going to have Il line run
between the farms and have a fence
built