Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-18

NlOuS naElnS, ana tnat lie PAID 1ef S3
per week at that time. After some
little correspondence he came for her
to keep house for him during the winter.
and agreed. SO the plaintiff stated. t"
nay her the same wages that she had
received the previous summer She
testified that she never asked him for
money, but that he paid her at differ
ent times, $12. and that was all he
had paid. The defendants story agreed
with that of the plaintiff. up to the
time that he came for her to work for
him during the winter. He stated that
he told her, before she got into his
team, that he could not afford to pay
her any wages during the winter. and
that she agreed to go. In regard to
the money payments he stated that at
different times when she went to town,
he made her presents of sums of mory,
the same as he would any women folks
in the family, but did not pay her be-
cause he owed the money to her. Yer
dict for the plaintiff, $32.32.
The next case in order was No. SOC
| Fred II. Fills VS.. Fred H. Lewis. Nor
| man *. Fuller for the plaintiff, and
| Johnson Perkins for the defendant
| The plaintiff sues for SCI for hauling
| logs from the yard of his mill, located
! in China. to the brow of the mill. 81, 900
| feet at so cents Per Thousand.
A cross suit was tried at the same
| time wherein the defendant in the firSi
| suit asks for 800 damages for delay
| in the saving of the timber involved in
| the first suit
| The plaintiff. Ellis. runs a portable
| saw mill. and last fall was saving
| lumber at a yard in Winslow. Mr.
| Lewis came to him the latter part O.
| December to see about having SOM
timber sawed in China. or at a yard
called the "China vard.' Mr.. Eli:
testified that he told Mr.. Lewis he
would come to the China yard and saw
his lumber as soon as he completed hi
| present job stating that he showed
| Mr.. Lewis what he had to 90, He tool
the job of saving and got to the Chin
| yard sometime in April Part of Mr.
Lewis legs We're then piled on the slip
| the balance. about $1,000. were piled j.
| the yard and it was necessary 10 hav'
them re-hauled. Mr.. Ellis testified tina,
| Mr.. Lewis asked him what he would
do that hauling for, and that he Offered
to dc it for so cents per thousand. anf
| tIltll ne llu W. H. 'tl't Ntltti Stb lllIIi IL
| it in the final settlement, but that Mr.
| Lewis refused to pay it. Upon bring
| ing suit for the hauling Mr.. Levi
brought his cross action for damages
Mr.. Lewis stated that wien he mad
the trade to have his saving done thai
he told Mr. Ellis he did not want t.
| haul his logs to the yard unless h,
| knew that the mill would be there tho
| first of February. as he was. gettins
out a barn frame, the timber was
| heavy, and he wanted to haul it on thu
snow. The mill getting to the yard
late, necessitated the re-hauling of hi.
logs. and he told Mr.. Ellis that tn
| hauling was caused by his failure tc
| get to the yard at the time agreed up
| on. and for that reason he, Lewis
| ought not to pay for the extra haul
| ing. Upon the final Settlement. MI
Lewis testified that he told Mr.. Ellis h.
would pay the saving bill. provided HI
| threw off the hauling bill and tina
| Mr.. Ellis agreed to it. This Mr.. Eli
denies, and later brought suit for tn
| extra hauling. Mr.. Lewis immcdiatel
| filed his cross suit. He saws he wa
| damaged because Mr.. Ellis did no
| perform his agreement as to the tim
| CT beginning to saw his lumber. there
| ny necessitating the re-hauling of hi
| logs on the mill yard, and that he ha(
| TO haul his lumber to his HON" durin'
| mud time, when ne could haul abou'
! one half as much as he could hav'
| hauled On the snow.
After being out about half an hou
| the jury returned a. verdict in eacl
| case in the sum of S32.32.
The other cases assigned for today
and tomorrow having been settled O.
| otherwise disposed of. the jury wa
| excused until 10 o'clock Monday morn
| ing next.