Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-18
SUPREME COURT

The case of f. E. Folsom (FolSon)
vs. Inez Durgin Merrill and Mer-
| rilD on the trial list for Thursday
was defaulted Thursday morning.
! The libel suit of Lauriston E.
| Halves of Madison VS.. Sophie l..
Howes with Mr.. Howes, being rep
resented by Attorney William B.
| Brown of Madison was heard late
| Wednesday afternoon by Judge
| Charles J. Dunn presiding supreme
| court.
At the opening of court Thurs
day morning it was announced by
| Judge Dunn that the case of Irving
Hurd of Harmony VS.. Grace d. York
| of Pittsield in which suit was
+, brought in the sum of $4,000 to re-
cover certain sums of money loaned,
! as the plaintiff claimed, to Mrs.
! York which was opened Wednesday
afternoon and which was ready for
| opening the defense. had been with
drawn from trial: also another case
| in which Mrs. York was the plain
| tiff and Mr.. Hurd the defense, being
breech of promise case, would not
| be tried. The cases were settled and
| court entry made, neither party no
| further action.
/ Thursday morning the case of
Lucinda York of Fairfield VS.. Adel-
| ard Savoy of Fairfield was opened
with Attorney Frank l.. Ames of
, Norridgewock representing Mrs.
York and Attorney George Chap
man of Fairfield taking charge of
! the defense. The suit is brought to
determine a dividing line on farm,
| fa cif oH N
road from Norridgewock to Oakland,
by way of Martin Stream. The par
eel of land over which the owner
! ship in question is a narrow strip
! bounded on south by Martin Stream
| Pierce and is 119 feet at one end
! and tapers to nothing and is ITO
rods long.
The witnesses for the plaintiff are
Mrs. Lucinda York, Joel York,
Ralph York, Elfonzo Otis,
| Charles Barney, Morris Campbell,
! Herbert l.. York, Henry Crowell,
| (court surveyor and John w. Hig-
gins, registrar of deeds of Somerset
county. After the death of Mr..
| Green the buildings were burned on
the place and 1t was sold by Mrs.
! Green to Frank L. Rowe, who sold
the place in two parcels, one to
Adelard Savoy and the other to
Lucinda York and both claim the
strip in question, the value of which
is inhenced by the growth of pine
and other lumber upon it.
| The fist witness was surveyor
! Henry Crowell, who has made an
| official survey which from a chart
| he explained to the court and jury.
Mr.. Higgins was called early in Mr.
| CrowelPs testimony to read the deed
| from Frank L Rowe to Adelard Sa-
voy, given on May 1st., 1922. The
| third witness was Mrs. Lucinda York
} the plaintiff, who stated that the
disagreement arose when Mr.. Savoy
| moved in the following hay season
after she purchased the place, on
! the parcel of land in question, and
| that she then had a surveyor draw
the line according to the deed given
! by Frank l.. Rowe to her which she
now claims as the dividing line be-
| tween her land and land owned by
Savoy.
Joel York, husband of the plain
tiff, was the fourth witness. He was
questioned concerning barn on
land and certain distances from
barn, and other descriptions of the
parcel of land. He was present
when first survey was made BY sur
veyor for Mrs. York. the survey by
Savoy and also by Mr.. Crowell. One
point of the line is spotted pine