The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-25


tiff sued TO recover the amount OF
<l560. paid toward the purchase Of
farm in Embden. with interest HIS
claim was that ne had purchased u
farm of Mr.. Whitney which he SUP
posed contained 500 acres and which
he supposed yielded a larger hay crop
than he found it aid He claimed also
that the land ran short of the acre
age represented. The farm was pnr
chased in 1910 for the sum of $4,000
the sum of $500 being paid down and
later $1,000. Judge Simmons Of North
Arson appeared for Il e plaintiff ana
Judge Lawrence Of Skowhegan for The
defendant The resul was after tn
introduction of considerable testimony
that decision was made in favor of
the plaintiff in the sum Of S1797.62
The case OF Wnitne vs. Estey ana
trustees came out of the preceding
case and was to recover for the wiz
tering of horses and cattle during
the winter and spring Of 1901. It
depended principally Upon the state
of facts in the other case and YER
dict was rendered for the defendant.
Thursday afternoon the case OF
l. Sherman Bean of Caratunk VS.
Thomas Willet of Auburn was tried
Action was brought TO recover the
sum of $31 which the Plaintiff claimed
the defendant promised to pay him
for clearing out a logging road on
Bald Mountain Township. The de-
fendant Willett was cutting poplar il
is understood for S. D. Warren Co.
and it was claimed by Mr.. Bean that
the tops of the trees and more or
less of the poplar were left in the
road 1t was further claimed thai
Mr.. Willet knew it was Mr. Beans
road and agreed to clear il or TO pay
Mr.. Bean for clearing it, Mr.. Willett
however denied having made any such
promise and said further that he had
no reason to suppose that Mr.. Bean
operating in that locality. a verdict
was rendered for Mr. Willett Butler
and Butler appeared for the defendant
and Walton & Walton for the plain
tiff.
In the repleyin suit brought by EX
county attorney J. Howard Haley of
Hartland against ]. H Baker also Of
Hartland. Mr.. Haley won the case. IL
this case the trial really arose from
the fact Mr.. Baker had cut some logs
on land that Haley claimed, but the
verdict really determined the tito to
the land 1t seems that Haley first
took deed from Mrs. Ella Chase. the
daughter of the late Seth Webb of
Hartland, for the piece of land in
question, Mr.. Webb having taken a
deed from himself as tax collector 10
himself, which was admitted as hay-
ing no validity. Mr.. bakers son had
an unrecorded deed from the heirs of
David Sawyer, who ha0 an unreCord-
ed deed from the said Seth Webb Mr.
Haley also had deed from the heirs
of George W Leonard. the original
owner who had aban6 oned the land
some forty years ago. The defend
ants title was claimed to have ae-
crued by more than twenty years
adverse possession. The value of the
property replieved the title which Was
directly in suit and was about S1S5.
Mr.. Haley was represented by l. L.
Walton. Esq, Merrill & Merrill ap-
pearing for Mr. Baker.
! In the case of Frances Gerald Us
Charles Murch, the plaintiff won in
! the sum of $3.50 Suit was brought
j for services. Walton and Walton act
ing as counsel for the plaintiff and
Manson and Coolidge for the defend
! ant
a suit was brought by Hammond
ct al versus Nichols TO recover prop
erty in ST. Adams which had been at
tached for the debt of f f Knowlton.
former owner. The defendant claimed
that before the attachment he had
deed TO il but it had not been rt-
corded He also claimed that the
plaintin had notice of this fact. The
defendant Won the case. Stewart,
Woodman and Whitonouse appeared
for the plaintiffs. Shaw, Hammond
and Carney OF Portland and George
H. Morse of Bangor for the defend
ant.
The case of the Maine Produce co.
vs, Maine Central Railroad Co. was
entered No further action.
a settlement was reached in the
case of Bert Goodrich vs.. The Water
vile Sentinel Publishing Co, the de
fendant paying the plaintiff the sum
of 500. The suit was brought for
libel. Merrill and Merrill appeared
for the plaintiff and Hon. W. R. Pat.
tangall of Waterville for the defend
ant.
Monday the case of Thomas Hewey
of Moose River VS.. Alphonse Quay o.