Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-10
vERpler ron ArroaNEys.
Jury awards Amount of Their Clair
 in Common Pleas Court


 In the common pleas court here or Wednesday morning the argument. were made in the case Of SheItaha=EeI & Donovan of New York against Fred erick Gavitt of New Bendoa, Ehnis. they sued on a claim fes legal scr vices. The arguments before Judge ( P. Weller and the jury were made r Attorneys Crandan and Hull for tae plaintif and by c. Curtis Morgan fs the defendant When the J1dge has finished his charge to the jury IL va then about I in the afternoon SD t.st he excused them for dinner
 Upon their return at ? o'clock tae. took the case under consideration ana about 2-36 returned with a verdict fea $2e6 and coSts for the plaintiff, Tfhic4
 was the fun amount of their clsira- The court accepted the verdict arr the jury was paid of and discharg: Court adjourned until Saturday morl l ing at 9.30 in this city. when the S; of Case vs Second Congregational g. ciety is to be tried to the court Settlement in Sheep Case. In the case of Frank ". Barber oi Norwich against the town Of Spraguc which had been on trial in the couz and was eettled on Tuesday mornibt 1 by the town agreeing to pay $4eo dan ages, Mr, Barber having made clail | for $699.50 damage to h-s flock of she
 by dogs. the sum that he sued for wt | the amount awarded him by apprah
 CTS acting under the provisions ef II statute. Frank 3 Naples of NotTyis and Seiectman Henry T. German C. Sprasue were the appraisers called 1T 1t was shown in the testimony ths at the appraisal for damages. aft. I they had heard the claims and eN. 1 dence of Mir. Barber, Selectman Go. man said he preferred to have a thiI man called in. Thereupou Harold | Rfx was called in and the award Gi damages was made by Mir. Naples ano MT. Rix, Selectman German making n, ] objection but saying that as he rep resented the town he had rather h. l sign the award
 One of the claims of the 'aefeudan was that the award was obtained b!
 unfair proceedings on the part Of Nil | in opposition to this by the testifhol : ' of MT. Naples and Mir. Rix that th. | arbitration was fairly and openly con ducted. Seiectnan German also testi- fed in reply to questions by the plain tins attorney that the whole proceed | ings so far as he saw was honest. fai and open. There was testimony "a show that Selectman German took s. lectnan Roy with hIm and both %es, | present at the hearings both befoi I and after Mr. Rix was called ln- TheT, | was further testimony to show tha neither MT. Roy nor Ar. German rnac' any claim at any time that the awart was unjust or that it was obtained b. any unfair dealing. The three arbi trators. as well as Mr. Roy, all test fled that so far as they knew all thi
 evidence that could be produced bear ing on the question of damages wa
 heard or inquired into by them art
 that everything was open and aboS'
 board.
 The last witness for the defendan before the parties went into confer
 ence was Napoleon Monroe. who mad statements that many of the sheep los were not injured by dogs at the tint
 in question. but this witness was no
 cross examined. as the court adjourn. ed.
 l It Is Mir. Barber's claim that tt1il 1 witness had a bitter feeling agains him because MT. Barber had had Mon roe arrested crirninally and that Mon roe was sentenced in the Norwich cit court and served a jail sentence. | After the court trial had continue< two days, the judge informed the par ties and their attorneys that therl 1 were difficult questions arising undei the law as to giving notice and thu arbitration, that the case Fas likely C 1 be a long one and very likely n1igh
 go to the supreme court. invo4vint large expense.
 The judge said he thought Mfr. Bar. Der had suffered substantial damages ! and he urged the parties to make Inu. 1 tnal concessions and try to reach al adjustment This was on Thursday af
 ternoon. and when the jury was caIiss | again on Tuesday the al1Rouncefnen I was made that a compromise had beel effected in line with the suggestion Q!
 the judge.
 | Tn the settlement effected the town
 pays Mir. Barber $409 without coEts-