Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-27
PUTNAM

Pomfret and Putnam relatives ana friends of Agnes Hoppin Cushman, Is were shocked Saturday morning when they learned that her death had occur red Friday evening in a hospital in Wa terbury, after an illness, of only few hours.
 Miss Hoppin was well known in Pom fret, where she spent much time at the home of her grandmother. She spent | the early part of last week there and |
 Wednesday was playing about and ap- parently in perfect health. Thursday |
 she left to attend Westover school and |
 was taken seriously ill Friday. The
 cause of her death was not known here | Saturday, but arrangements had been
 completed to bring the body to Pomfret- Miss Hoppin was daughter of Dr. and Mrs A. S. Hoppin Cushman. Dr. | Cushman is a chemist and in the army
 service. During the war period he was
 engaged on experimental work with gases and other kindred work for the l government.
 In a decision handed down Saturday
 by Judge Maltbie, he finds for the de-
 fendant in the case of Ava J. Dixon of the town of Sterling vs. Byron NJ. Lewis. of East Killingly. This case, which has been much in the public mind, has been before the court for some time past The memorandum of Judge Maltbie's decis- ion follows:
 Of the liabilities which may be cast ) upon the defendant by reason of the statute in question that growing out of r the clause concerning animals at large contrary to law" is the only one We need 3 consider; the evidence does not afford
 a foundation for any other. As regards this liability, we may also lay aside so
 much of it as might depend upon the
 sufferance of the defendant. So admit |. ting as we must that the defendants s
 cattle were at large and trespassed upon the plaintiffs land, our sole inquiry is, ; were they at large by reason of the de- - fendant's negligence. Dixon vs. Lewis
 109 Att. So9
 @ The defendant admits that during the e time the cattle were in the pasture, from n the latter part of May until about the 4 first of October, some of his cattle were
 at large some eight or ten times that e once he knows they escaped through the a fence; and, that, although on other oc r. casions he found the bars to the pasture
 down, he could not say how, in all in le stances. ther got out. Aside from som, 10 testimony as to one instance when thert l. were signs that the cattle had escaped through the fence apparently at the sam l. point referred to by the defendant tn le plaintiff offers no evidence to show hoy Ie the cattle escaped, but confines himsel ;s 70 to the fact that they did so and to tes 10 timony to show that the fence aroun the pasture was such that, had the, o made the attempt, they might have got a ten through it.
 is I think that the above is a fair re r, sume of what the plaintiff can claim UT ia on the evidence and it seems to me | d. fall short of sustaining the burden whic y- rested upon him, to show negligence UT
 h. Norf If fba lafa le gence which. through the fact of the ar ut imals being at large, proximately cause eo his injury
 d. MALTBIE. J. s- In another decision filed with tt
 clerk of the court here Judge Maltb O. found in favor MT. Ames in the cas K of Edward G. Ames of the town or Plainfield vs. Charles Dansereau VII III lives on farm south of South Killingl
 The judgment is for the plaintiff to r, Ise cover costs. The suit was over tl ne ownership of a calf, which Mir Anne .n-
 ad Saturday an alI-day meeting of Pu
 nam lodge of Masons, of Woodstoc Ii- was held in their hall in the admin be tratio1 building at Woodstock ia he grounds. This is the first meeting De- any kind that has been held in Il he structure since it was damaged by u
 tornado that swept over South Woo E., stock one afternoon late in August. al ;n m threw this building off it's foundation n. as we'll as twisting the forward part rn it in peculiar manner
 in crash between an anto,obiI. s-; ur- en by W. Harris of West woodsto lay and motorcycle with sidecar driven an' LeRoy Cornoyer of this city, at the co the the ner of Main and Bridge streets did n