The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-02-07
RESUME FOR THE WEEK

RESUME FOR THE WEEK
Thursday forenoon the case OF Syl-
vester N. Raymond VS. DUPONT de Ne
mours and Co. which was in progress
at the time of going to press last
week, was continued. A. T. Rand
lett of Pittsfield and l.. B. Wheeler OF
Fairfield, witnesses for the plaintin
testified as to their Investigations
made and j. II. Baker of Hartland for
eight years employed by the defend
ant concern, testified to his obserVa-
tions of the Purington lot. Under
cross examination, Mr.. Baker admit
ted having been in business with Mr..
Raymond and having been discharged
by the defendant concern. The de-
tense was opened by Attorney Jones.
The plaintiff claimed that there was
something like 1900 cords of wood
which the defendant concern should
have taken from the Purington and
Krusher lots which they did not take
/ In accordance with contract. The
| defendants claimed that somewhere
from 30 to rs cords of merchantible
| trees, covered by the defendants
| contract was left on these lots and
| also claimed that in operating the
| lots, they had done so in clean
workmanlike manner and that they
| did cut all that they were supposed to
1 cut under the contract. P. h. Ab-
bott of Portland who was in charge
of the operations on the two lots was
| the first witness for the defense anu
stated that the cutting was finished in
| 1920. He said that he considered
clean operation one where half
cord was left on the lots after cutting
The witnesses for the defense includ-
ed expert forresters and surveyors.
/ In his arguments, the attorney FOR
the defendant, Mr.. Jones. said that the
question to determine was whether
there were any trees left on the lot
which the DUPONT de Nemours should
have taken which they did not.
A verdict was returned for the
plaintiff in the sum of S166101, This
was reckoning that there were S0612
cords left on the lots. The case will
go to the law court.
HUGHEY VS. MOOSE RIVER LOG
DRIVING co.
The case of Mrs. Bernice Hughey
vs. the Moose River Log Driving Co.
was begun Friday before a drawn
Jury. Mrs Maude II. Ayore OF
Skowhegan was appointed foreman
by the court and others on the panel
were l.. G. Stevens of Cornville, +. T.
Rogers of Norridgewock Z. F. Quinn
by of Cambridge, j. w. Boston OF Ca
naan. John Hudson of Fairfield, G. p
Greenleaf of Starks, +. NJ William
son of Norridgewock, Everett Berry
of Embden, Manley Mason of Athens
]. r. Provencher of Skowhegan and
d. c. Durrell of Dead River. This
case involved back water fiowage
from the dam, a little below Long
Pond and the plaintiff was Mrs Ber-
nice Hughey, wife of Henry Hughey
of Jackman Plantation. Action was
brought in the sum of $500 for re-
suting damage claimed to have been
suffered By the plaintiff through the
negligence of the defendant concern
. The plaintiff averred that the defend
ant concern did not use proper care
in the freshet which occurred on the
last days of April and the first days
OF May. 1923, so far as manipulating
, the gates in the dam was concerned.
1t appeared from the opening of the
case by Attorney James II. Hudson OF
Guilford that the Moose River Log
Driving Co had a very large landing
OF logs below the dam. near the outlet
of Stony Brook; that on the last Tues
day of April that concern sent crew
of men down for the purpose OF
breaking up their landing of 2,6OO,000
logs and that while there was gate
tender at the dam, he was working on
the logs. The plaintiff claimed that
instead of using reasonable care in
controlling the gates at high water
the men were down below working on
the logs. The plaintiff further
claimed negligence in having the
gates down. stopping the water which
they should have let go and in so do
ing let 1t back up against the plain
tins premises.
Henry Hughey, husband Of the
plaintiff was the principal witness for
the plaintiff, Mrs. Hughey being de-
tanned at home because of illness in
the family. The Hughcy home is To-
Gated in Jackman on the east side of
the Canada road at the end of the
Moose River bridge. Mrs. Hughcy
bought the place in 1918 from the
Newtons and their family consists OF
daughters is and II. sons l6. 10 and
and twins a boy and girl Mr..
Hughey described the dimensions of
his house, ell and store building and
also told of the land which he used
for garden and which had previously
Welded a good crop. this land being
located between the main buildings
and the river He described at de-
tail the various ponds which empty
into the Moose River for drainage.
saying that he had guided and trapped
over the country in that region and
was familiar with it. The plaintiff
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