The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-10-30
STATE OF MAINE.

hNOA 30. L.. ;.
To the Sheriffs of our respective Counties or
either of their deputies, GREETING:
We command you to attach the goods or es-
tate of PRESTON PLAYER of Boston, Mas
sachusetts, to the value of five thousand dol
lars: and summon the defendant (if he NAV be
found within your precinct) to appear before
/ our Justices of our Supreme Judicial Court,
next to be holden at Belfast, within and for
said County Of Waldo, on the fourth Tuesday
of September, A. d. 1919. then and there in
our said Court to answer unto RALPH M.
COLLEEN EE of Lowell, Massachusetts.
In plea of the case for that the plaintiff
Was on January %. 1918, and for a long time
PRIOR thereto had been employed by the de-
PENDANT on island owned by the defendant in
Penobscot Bay in said County of Waldo, and
lying near the island of Islesboro, from and to
which last named island it was necessary to go
in communicating with said defendant and the
outside world and to obtain provisions and
supplies; that upon said defendants island
except in the summer season there were no
other persons than the plaintiff and his wife,
and part of the duties of the plaintiff under
his said employment was the of said
island and the property thereon during the
winter season,
That it was during such season of winter the
duty of said defendant to exercise reasonable
care to provide safe and suitable means of
communication with his said island and to
make safe and suitable provision for handling
and caring for the boat by him provided and
us as means IF going to and from there
carrying provisions and supplies to his said
island.
That the plaintiff was not famii with boat $
or the necessary appliances to handle and care
for the same during the winter season,
That the said defendant did not exercise
reasonable care in the premises, but provided
for the plaintiffs use cradle or runway for
handling and hauling out said boat winch was
unsafe, I'm: uitable and out of repair, which
greatly endangered the plaintiff in the per-
Torrance of his said duties, of ell which con
dition the plaintiff was ignorant, and the plain
tiff provided no other means of communica
ton with said island.
That on the 23rd day of January, 1918 while
in the performance of his duties, because of
said appliance negligently unsafe the plain
tiff was seriously injured. his leg broken and
his leg and body bruised and he rendered
wholly unable to communicate with the out
| side world because there was no other means
of communication provided of obtaining as
sistance from outside, and because thereof he
| janguished for long space of time, in SO
much that he suffered great pain and anguish
| and will continue to suffer, was unable to WORK
| for long space of time and has suffered great
loss of time and been put to large expense for
| medical and surgical treatment, and has
dured much mental and physical pain.
| The damage of the said plaintiff, as ne says
the sum of five thousand dollars, which shall
then an there be made to appear with other due
damages. And have you there this writ, with
your doings therein.
Witness, LESLIE c. CORNISH, Chief JUS
tice of our said Court, at Belfast, the eighth
day of August, in the year of our Lord one
Thousand nine hundred ana nineteen.
TYLER Nj, C0OMBS, Clerk.