The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-04
|s,,uyAL CASES IN COURT
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IN reached the proper parties.
ha'naants consent to the amend
d e eontinaance was granted, was
and the case was continued
fp's ,sodment was allowed.
' SrR VS. WHEELER coNTINU-
lhs ED
..se of Sylvia Walker VS.
= n wheeler, now of Fairfield,
of Hartland, was next in
PERI attorney for the plaintiff
4, Howard Haley of Hartland
:, s.rriu & Merrill for the de-
We l. Walton appeared for Mr..
saving that the case was not
"a a. ninth Friday morning and
Gs,ey was not present. Attor-
Ma, usrri1l agreed to a continuance
he same >,a
Evu. PROCEDURES END
ABRUPTLY
of Joseph D. Simpson OF
(ss,a Admir-. in the estate OF his
n. .na late Mrs. Annie Simpson. VS.
aollis of Pittsfield was nom
y as the plaintiff nor his attorney
.ot present in court when the
was in order for trial. Mr..
|. nth his attorneys Merrill &
M, were present ready for trial.
~.s brought for $4,000. The
II grew out of an automobile col
With n train on August IA, 1922
4 cansed the death of Mrs. Simp-
The case of r. B. McKim VS.
paker was continued. The
a Rose E. Newton VS. the Moose
|, Log Driving Co, was continued.
No ease of Thomas E. Getchell of
Isold vs. the Pennsylvania Fire
I.suce Co. was continued. AS
| we're no more jury cases ready
(,ial. the jurors were excused
m after opening of court until
nv at 9 p. m. when the criminal
was taken up.
DIVORCE MATTERS
Lorce hearings were in order in
Friday afternoon. Louise E.
In Of Skowhegan sought a di-
from Wilfred N. Lowell on the
Il of extreme cruelty, VIM. Fol
Merrill attorney for Mrs. Lowell.
Suhronia II. Hayden of Fairfield
IN divorce from Horace G. Hay
fd Waterville whom she married
|@s They formerly lived in
Istook County. Desertion was
VA Mrs. Hayden claimed that
husband left the home farm in
|aeld in 1918, deciding the property
n when he left. He came back
Ne the children occasionally and
stayed there overnight about
years ago when there was a
Two children live at home
the mother and she has paid off,
mortgage on the farm since the
ration. An unmarried daughter
Samuel Horne were witnesses for
HAYDEN. Harold E. Weeks of
keld, attorney.
4. Alice NJ. Reed of Fairfield asked
divorce from Phillip Reed, claim
THAT he drank heavily and that
lot letter containing money for
and took 1t and went away. The
lie were married July 81, 1920 and
rated two years ago this October.
alleged that her husband had
helped support her and she was
loyed in doing Homework and had
led continuously since their mar
{. The couple had no children.
Weeks of Fairfield, attorney.
iford Sidney Skillin wished to OBJ
divorce from his wife, Berdena
eler Skillin, alleging statutory Of
h H, J. Phillips, attorney.
h Flora Belle Emerson of Show
lappeared in a divorce suit from
husband, Ernest Emerson, whom
rrried thirteen years ago. The
bad lived on farms in Madison
kabout seven years in Skowhe-
Mage. She testified to having
ID exceedingly hard on a milk
b Madison and subsequently at
Village home where she conduct
bdging and boarding house, the
|ders ranging in number from five
@N She told of continued i'll
b and four operations in recent