Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10
Law COURT.
December Term Opens
Chief Savage Presiding.
Day Is Devoted 10 Arguing An
drOScOggin County Gases.
Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec and
Knox Cos. on Wed. Calendar.

The December law term OF the su-
preme judicial court convened, at 1880
Tuesday morning, at the kennebec
county courthouse with Chief Justice
Albert r.. Savage, Justices Haley,
Spear, Bird, Hanson and Philbrook
sitting. Prayer was offered by Rev.
Henry E Dunnack of the Green Street
Methodist church.
The cases of Androscoggin county
were the first called on the docket.
the first case called being Louise d.
Dow VS.. Western Union Tel. Co. The
plaintiff was represented by A. l..
Kavanaugh of Lewiston, while the de-
PENDANT company was represented by
Ralph w. Crockett. The sole ques-
ton in this case was the admissi-
bility of a lease. under the form of
the plaintiffs declaration in his writ.
The second case was Robert P. Cur
ran, administrator, vs. L., A. II w. st.
Ry., Comedian & Comedian of Port
land conducting the case for the plain
tiff, and Newell & Shelton of Lewiston
for the defendant. The substance OF
this case was a personal damage ac-
ton, in which the plaintiff recovered
a verdict of $751; for the instant
death of Alice Curran, years old, at
Lisbon street, in Lewiston, July 20,
1918. by being run over by one of the
defendant company's cars. The case
was argued over a motion for new
trial by defendant.
The next case for argument was
Scott Wilson, attorney general, VS..
Kearnes ct ais, F. A. Morey of Lew
iston for plaintiff and w b. Shelton
for defendant Two warrants to test
the title of the city officers of Lewis
ton to their offices was the topic in
the case.
The fourth case was of Warren in
equity VS. Warren Ell ais, with Charles
f. Quincy of Portland conducting the
case for the plaintiff. and Newall &
Shelton of Lewiston for the defendant.
The defendant opened a real estate OIL
fee in Lewiston in 1896, bought tracts
Of land, and after plotting them into
house lots, sold them to parties on the
installment plan. The action brought
against him was by his wife, who
charged him with forgery, ana de-
frauding her by obtaining her sigma
tlIre on worthless deeds warren
real estate business extended as lar
West as the state of New Jersey, and
East as far as Nova Scotia. The
source of the trouble grew out or the
fact that Warren was accused OF adult-
cry by his wife, and later she obtain
ed a divorce from him on that ground,
in the Rhode Island court. The plain
tiff. Mrs. Warren claimed ene-third OF
her husbands property, the same as
though he was deceased. certain
pieces of property conveyed by him to
the New England Land Co., the deeds
for which contained the signature OF
Mrs. Warren, and which later develop
ed that the New England Land Co.
was merely Warren in another suit OF
clothes as the attorney for the plain
tiff put it, is brief summing up of
the case.
The attorneys present were: George
F. Gould, Charles ]. Nichols, F. w.
Hinckley, John B. Thombs, William
H. CULVER, Charles E. Quincy,
Charles D. Booth, Enoch Greenleat,
William Comedian, Howard Davies
and D. A. Meader all of Portland;
William Lyons of Westbrook, w. IL.
Newan. r. w. Crockett. A. l..
Kayanaugh. F. A. Morey, H. W. Cakes,
w. B. Shelton and Seth M. Carter OF
Lewiston; j. H. Montgomery of Cam
den. and E. n. Merrill of Skowhegan.
Court adjourned, at $50 P. M.
Justive Savage announced the fol-
lowing assignment of justices tor the
coming year:
Androscoggin-3 JAN, Philbrook; 8
April. King; September, Savage
Aroostook-1 Feb, Savage; April.
Philbrook; / Sept, Spear; Nov'
Haley.
Cumberland jan, Bird; April,
Haley; 2 Oct. Hanson.
Franklin Feb, Bird; May, Ha-
ley: 2 Sept, Hanson.
Hancock April, Savage; 2 Oct,
King.
Keanebec-1 March, Spear; Oct,
Cornish.
knox, JAN, Spear; l April, Cor
nish; Sept, King
Lincoln-4 April, Cornish; Oct,
Phil5rook.
Oxford-2 March, King; May
Phil5rook; 2 Oct, Haley.
Peuobscot-1 Jan, Savage; 1 Feb,
King; ] April, Hanson; l Sept, Phil
brook; 1 Oct. Spear.
Piscataquis-2 March, Hanson; 2
Sept, Bird.
Sagadahoc-4 jan, Hanson; May,
Spear: 2 Oct, Philbrook.
Somerset-4 JAN, Cornish: April
Bird; Sept, Haley.
Waldo Jan, King; 8 April, Spear;
4 Sept, Bird.
westinghouse jan, Cornish; / May,
Hanson; 2 Oct, Savage
York; jan, Haley; May, Bird;
Sept, Cornish.
Law Terms.
Bangor first Tuesday in June-SaV-