The Portland Daily Press

Pretty Smart.—That old war-horse, Col. John Goddard, has just done a pretty smart stroke of law in St. John. The case was against the Fredericton Boom Company for damages for the loss sustained for detention and deterioration in the value of some logs and some missing logs. In a former case he had recovered the logs from the heirs of Mr. David Pingree (now dead), who with Col. Goddard had owned some undivided townships, the lumbering on which had been managed by Goddard according to agreement. He conducted his own case with much ability, having two of their smartest Nisi Prius lawyers (the Attorney General and Mr. Kerr) to contend against. They applied for a non-suit, but it was refused, and the jury, after an hour's absence, returned a verdict for plaintiff for $3410 only some $60 less than he asked for.