The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-20
S. ]. COURT OF SOMER.
SET co. CONVENES
Too Many Owners Of Same Cow Pro-
vide Amusement in Law Chamber

Too Many Owners Of Same Cow Pro-
vide Amusement in Law Chamber
The September term of S. J. Court
for Somerset County convened Tues
i day at II o'clock, with Justice George
E. Bird presiding. Prayer was Of
fered by Rev George Merriam and
/ this was followed by the time honored
court proclamation by Sheriff Good
rich, which set in motion the wheels
of law to reyolve for some weeks to
come. The grand jurors were then
empanelled, none being excused. and
both traverse juries were drawn up
with every man answering the call
George Tibbetts was chosen to serve
as foreman of the first jury and l.. l..
Allen as foreman of the second jury.
Fred f. Pushor of Pittsfield, Albert
Reed of Anson and Forrest W. Green
of Skowhegan were chosen supernu-
maries
The following attorneys were pres
ent during the forenoon Mrs. Ethel
S. Walton Abbott, Skowhegan; Judge
John F. Holman Athens; Judge Tur-
ner Buswell, Thomas ]. Young, Solon;
Judge Augustine Simmons, North An
son; Judge c. o. Small, w B. Brown,
Bernard Gibbs, James H. Thorne,
Madison; George Chapman, Judge H.
H. Brazzell, p A Smith, Fairfield; /;
L. r. Folsom, Norridgewock; ]. w.
Manson, Harry B. Coolidge, Pittsfield; +;
]. Howard Haley, Hartland County
Attorney Thomas A. Anderson. Pitts
field; L. L. Walton, F. F. Lawrence,
Edward n Merrill, Edward F. Mer-
rill, William Folsom Merrill, Maurice
P Merrill, William H. Hawes, Daniel
Lewis, John Lewis, Epest c. Butler,
all of Skowhegan.
During the morning session two
candidates for the bar were admitted
E. f. Merrill suggested the name Of
Thomas j. Redlon Of Waterville and
| Judge Small suggested the name of
Mahlon Morse of Madison. While
the two young lawyers were ber :
admitted, members of the bar stood
and the brief ceremony WAS c1nclud-
ed with the signing of the two names.
The civil docket was then read and
the various cases assigned Follow
ing this rather monOtonous process
the court proceeded With the first
ease, which happe cd To he, not an
old fashioned horse case hut a cow
case
/ HARLOW X. WESCOTT Us ARTHUR
LEAVITT
! Harlow X. Weseott of Madison own
ed a COW.
His former wife, Irma, owned the
( same COW.
And therein hangs a tale.
1t happened as follows according To
evidence produced at Il hearing in the
/ S. j. Court room Tuesday afternoon
on the case of Harlow X Wescott VS.
Arthur Leayitt Mr. Leavitt pur-
chased the COW in question from the
then Mrs. Wescott and allegations in
the writ were to the effect that the
former wife of Wescott sold a COW
which did not belong to her. The
plaintiff brought suit to recover from
Mr. Leavitt, either the COW or an
equivalent in cash
w Folsom Merrill, conducting the
case for the plaintiff, called Mr.. Wes-
colt to the stand and by his answers
the witness kept the court room in
a state of laughter On cross-exami-
nation by Attorney Gould, counsel for
the defense the witness frankly ad-
mitted that he didn't call his wife
anything very great as helpmate
Didn't she get out and do mans
work on her farm the farm you were
living on?" asked Mr.. Gould.
mo, all she ever did was to ring
the dinner bell to call me from work
was the laconic reply And SO the
bulk of evidence for the plaintiff was
given, evidence produced to show that
Mr.. Wescott owned the COW. which
was sold by his wife to the defend
ant
The defense, which lasted during
the afternoon, WAS general denial
of all allegations made by the plain
tiff Wednesday morning the case
went to the jury, following able argu-
ments by counsels for both sides. At
ter being in the chambers for short
/ time the jury returned with a verdict
for the plaintiff in the sum of 1888