Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-21
SUING FOR COMMISSION
 IN REAL ESTATE DEAL.
Joseph r. cruttenden Claims $ijoo0 for Selling Pine Island for New York Man.

When the superior court came in here on Wednesday morning the trial of the suit of Joseph T. Cruttenden vs. John T. Williams of New York was begun. When court adjourned at 4.1o o'clock the evidence was all in and the first argument for the plaintig had been made by Attorney Edmund w. Perkins. Attorney Carter did not wish to occupy the Is minutes left to 4.90 with his argument for the de- fendant, so that Judge Shumway ad- journed court until this morning at 10, when the opening argument for the defense will be made.
 The jury chosen in the case was John s. Nagle, Norwich; Edward F. Benjamin, Henry Johnson, William Crary, Preston; John R. Backus, Col chester; Andrew J. Tinker, Griswold i; Edward A. Stiles, Edward Jones, Leb- l anon; Leroy Lathrop, Bozrah; Luther Holton. Franklin; Herbert c. Watson | Sprague; Charles Smith, Lisbon. MT. Cruttenden was the first wit ness for himself Through his testi- mony it was shown that the basis oi 1 his claim for commission from MT Williams for selling Pine Island te Morton F. Plant was through corre- l spondence and conversations with MT 1 Williams in which 1t is claimed that I he accepted Mir Cruttenden as anagen' l to sell the property and that there was an agreement that it would be sold fol 1 $20,000, on which MT. Cruttenden was l to receive per cent, or S1.00o as q commission. He was also to be paid it is claimed, one-half of the eEces! over S20,Go0 which he might be able tt obtain. Letters and telegrams, abou I 25 in all, were produced in support O I this claim. The negotiations were II 1 1903. MT. Cruttenden wrote to MT l Plant, who was in Europe at the time but MT. Plants secretary replied. A another time, MT. Cruttenden testified he saw Mrs. Plant at Eastern Poin about the buying of the island. MT Cruttenden and MT. Williams at on | time visited the island together, a l which time MT. Cruttenden told MI | Williams that he was negotiating witt MT. Plant.
 Woodbury o. Rogers and Gilbert [ l Hewitt testified as real estate agent as to the percentage paid for commis sions.
 The plaintig rested at 2S2. The cas for the defense was put on throug presenting the deposition of MT. vii Hams, who is a New York real estat ] DTOheI, Uul IS IOO OIO lO COdle Ter for the trial. In it he made a genera denial that he owed MT. Cruttende
 any commission, stating that the isl
 and was sold for $20,000 to Mf. Plan
 through Fred E. Kelly of New Yorl
 who reached MT. Plant through & NJ
 Schuyler, a close friend of both.
 commission of $500 was paid to M
 Kelly. Mir. Williams stated in his de
 position that he took the island a
 stock in a financial deal and at ths
 time did not consider it was wort
 more than $5,o00 or 5000. There wa
 a fish factory on 1t. He claimed ths
 at certain time he gave notice t
 MT. Cruttenden that he considered hil
 out of it on the sale of the island an
 notified him he was negotiating wit
 MT. Plant through a New York broke
 He never had any bill or claim frol MT. Cruttenden until the suit starte
 which was nearly six years after tt | sale was made.