Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-07
WILL.MAVTEc
puiENlcK- -NglR DIAM
 COMPANY RECEIVER.
Acths.ized in Superior Court to Garry Out Arransssscnss Locking to Speedy Resurnrsicn of Bu1insss.

Out Arrsnsezncnss Locking to Speedy
 Resumrsicn Of Buzinsss.
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 There was not a great deal of busl- ness Ios the ahoTt calendar session or the superior court held in this city tT1day morning at II ociock Wlth Judge Joci II. Reed of Stafford on the bench,
 The case of Lewis White vs. F. K Pecerson was assigned for Tuesday Nov. IT, to follow the case of Latham & Crane vs. Raymond J. Jodoin, aud the appeal from the board of relief of Lester Ii. Burnhann vs. town of Hamp- ton was assigned for the 18th, provic- ed 1t did not prove necessary to try criminal cases on that day. The case of Lewis A. Bradford vS. John A. Hart, scheduled for the 11th at Put nam, will be tried in this city on the same date, as there are but a couple of witnesses, and Judge Reed saw no necessity for adJourning the court to Putnam for the case.
 All the cases on. the short calendar were continued with the exception of F. R. Sadd Go. vs. town of Wind ham. which went off, pleadings having been filed, and the argument of a, de- mucrer in the case of Hugh Rice vs. town of Pomfret.
 The attorney made a motion for amendment of the substituted com plaint in the case of Barron vs. county of Windhan and others. which was granted. but his request to have the case, which is set down for the 18th at Putnam, tried upon some other day l was not granted by the court, as there was no way of working it in without Jntertering with the possible criminal business.
 Tn conformity with the action of the | courts of Rhode Island. Judge Reed l granted a decree authorizing the re- 1 eeiver of the QuidniclS- Windham com l pany of this city and Quidnick, R. l.. ! to sign an agreement with the cred l itors, release attachments, and per ! form other necessary acts to carry out | the arrangements recently made with | the purpose of the resumption of busi- ness by the company without the ne- cessity of a. permanent receiver.
 Rice Vs. Town of Pomfret. ! In the argument of the demurrer i1 | Rice vs. town of Ponfret an interest | ing point was raised by Attorney Will | liam A. King for the demurrer, the bearing of which is of considerable inn l portance in view of the trunk line | system of highways now maintained or in course of construction in the state.
 The case Is suit for damages on account of there being no fence at q dangerous poin tand steep embank- | ment on one of the trunk lines in the town of Pomfret, where the plaintiff was injured There was no allega- ! ton In the complaint that the town o1 Pomfret was bound to maintain" or keep in repair the section in ques ton, and Attorney Kings contention was that the town had no more con- trol oyer the road, but that there had been a decided change in the situa- | ton, and the state is the only party | who can go upon these roads and dc l anything to them.
 To alo G-, bility in such eases is that created by the statute; second, that the statute uses words which fix the liability upon 1 the party hound to keep in repair 1 the roads and third that the control l of these trunk lines. has been taken or the highway commissioner Whether or not this point is settled by the pres ent demurrer, it is an interesting one for the state. the towns and all who use the so-called trunk lines or state highways.
 PIainfieId Wife Seeks Divorce.
 The only other matter before the court was the uncontested divorce
 case of Annie c. White of Plainfiel. vs. Alfred E. White of Putnam.
 The complainant, who was repre-.
 sented by Attorney T. F. Babcock O. | Norwich, was the only witness pu
 upon the stand. and it transpired from ! u6r IesLlIIlOny LIlaL SQS was uaTrlet
 when IT years old to the defendant
 who had lived with her off and o1
 since. always at her fathers home
 with the exception of a short time il
 Putnam at his mothers house, that h,
 had never supported her, and that the.
 had had six children, four of whom
 were living, the oldest 12 and tn
 youngest s years old. They had no
 lived together for about six years. In reply to questions from the cour
 the fact was brought out that when tn couple finally separated the husband
 left her fathers home as a result of
 conversation in which Doth Mrs. Whit and her father told him that if h ' couldn't support his family he woul
 better go away. In the face of tfli