The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-27
List 8 Local Cases
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girl sued as the result of an eye in- jury sustained more than two years ago when a piece of wire used to bundle newspapers hit her in the face. The girl claimed she picked up the wire on @ sidewalk in front of her Highland avenue home and it bounded Up when she tried to throw 1t in the gutter and scraped her eye, permanently injuring 1t. The motion to set aside the verdict was denied July 9. The evidence has not yet been printed and an assign ment probably will not be made un- til early next year.
 Special Motion
 A decision is expected from Su- perior Court Judge Frank P. McEvoy shortly on special motions of Mar garet and Alden Atchison, but the two children of the late Lawrence Atchlson of Middlebury meanwhile have entered their appeal on the Hartford court docket. They were granted & jury verdict earlier this year when they contested their fath- CTS will which provided only $l0o bequests for each of them, but Judge McEvoy Nov. set aside the verdict.
 The special motions request an ex- tension of time In perfecting the appeal and use of the estate funds for taking the appeal or special &C., ton by the state excllsing them for the expenses involved in transcrib- ing the evidence. A hearing on the motions was conducted at a hearing last week but the decision has not yet been filed. The Atchison estate Is valued at $29,000, and except for the bequests for the two appellants, another $10O bequests for 8 third child who did not appeal and a $500 provision for George K. Cashman, a friend of the father, the estate was left to Edwin Atchison, Q brother of the deceased.
 The companion suits brought by John Broderick of Waterbury and James Leary as administrator of the estate of the late John McKeeman of Waterbury against the City of Waterbury have been printed and are ready for hearings. The ac- tons are based on injuries sustained Nov. 27, 1895 when the two men fell from scaffold while making re- pairs at Leayenworth High school. They were employees of the federal government although the materials for the work were supplied by the city. MT. McKeeman died before his superior court suit was heard but no allegation was made that the injuries contributed directly to his death.
 S1,979.79 Judgment
 A dispute over ownership of pro- perty is involved in the case of Mar garet D. Quigley of Middlebury against Bertha E. Stanton of Pros pect, and appealed to the high court by the defendant. The plaintiff claimed she bought premises in Prospect from executors of the es- tate of the late William A. Reeves, but the defendant claimed her fath- CT, MT. Reeves, had promised the property to her If she made certain repairs. The evidence in the litiga- tion has been printed.
 An appeal from the $1 ,079.79 julg- ment returned for Adele Comcowich in her action against Michael and Mary Zaparyniuk has been taken by the defendants and is among the other local cases listed on the dock ct. The plaintiff claimed at the superior court hearing that she had left money in the care of the de- fendants in 1919 and they refused to return it to her or give an &C., counting. The Judgment vas for $1 OPS with six per cent interest from Aug. IS, 1927.
 The common pleas court appeal action was instituted by the defend- ant in the litigation of Anna Svet- loff Christian of Beacon Falls against George Ruppe, also of Bea- con Falls. The suit was based on a property boundary dispute, the plaintiff claiming the defendant H. legally set up a fence through pro- perty which he had sold to her. Judge Richard Swain upheld the claims.