Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-20
SUPREME COURT HAS
 FIVE CASES TO HEAR.
October Term wss Opened In This
 City sn Tussday.

With Chief Justice Prentice presld- ing and Associate Justices Thayer, Wheeler, Roraback. and Beach attend @ oosrt S Of saSssr srrurs was opensd ea SePs Os Tuesday morning. Rev. !. n. Eldred Brown offered prayer before the first case was taken up.
 James E; Andrsws was the court re- porter and Deputy Sheriff Herbert p. Draper was the court officer. There are hve. cases on the docket.
 Over Reconvsyanes of Land.
 The first case was entitled Oliver n. kndd vH. William Rudd, alias Willisf1s M. Chapel and wife. Judge Com stock began the opening agrument for the plnintin and he was opposed by
 This 10 a contest over the posses- sion of a farm in Preston occupied oy MT. Rudd. He ie "a and a pan- sioncr of tho Civil war. Mir. Chapel ! employed in c light house near Fort Terry. He married Dora ". Rudd. the. daughter of the plaintiff and the couple have six children.
 n April 1911, the plaintiff wrote to his Bon-tn-lav to come to Norwich and the men met on Water street and and he wanted his son-in-law and daughter to have his property. They went to the oface of the lawyer of MT. Rudd and Q deed was drawn up giving the form to the Chapels and MT. Rudd retained life interest in not to have the deed recorded. At that time the Chapels were living at East Marion, Long Island.
 In January. 1910. Mfr. Rudd re- qucsted that the deed be recorded and quest and 1t was recorded ;n t the S oeses ses | of the Preston town clerk. In No vemoer, 1911. MT. Rudd asked that the property be reconveyed to him and this was refused and the matter
 The case was tried before Judge Bennett and he rendered judgment Tor the defendants and Mir Rudd took an appeal to the supreme court. Damages for Loss of Wife's Love.
 The case of Lucian M. Shefneld ys Alva G. Beckwith was the second On the list The latter lives in old Say- brook and the former in New London The plaintiff claimed Mir Beckwtth had won the affections of Mrs. Shefield anc suit was brought for the sum O. S5,ooO- 4 jury gave MT. Sheffield a verdict for S1,760. A motion to set aside the verdict was denied. The jury brought in verdict at first for slO( and the judge refused to accept 1t, ant then they brought in a verdict fol x1,f5O and that was approved by Judg, Bennett.
 Building Co. Case.
 The case of James r. Fenton ant 1 otherE vs. the Fenton Building com. pany Is another on the list It wal ar appeal by the Berlin Construction company. Hillhouse & Taylor of wiln mantle. Casper K Bailey and MorIart, & Rafferty. Their claims against tn bankrupt estate of the Fenton Buildini company amounted in the aggregate tl about $22.000 and the parties name asserted they had preferred claims. bu Judge Shumway ruled otherwise an the matter went to the supreme cour ! for adjudication. The printed page in the case numbered e6, There ar quite number of lawyers in the cas from out of town.
 Elevator Accident. The fourth is that of Loreta Rom against the Thames River Specialize . company, in which the plaintiff sue . for the loss of leg in an elevator ac ctcept. The jury awarded the plainti
 a verdict of 1.50e. which was set asid , by Judge Greene. the appeal followinl Wants Will Construed. The fifth case is that of J. J. Des 7 mona. trustee. against Elizabeth . McNeIl. involving a decision on tn , construction of the will of the lat Robert P. Sherwood of Galveston , TeSas.