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247 sum total . one man $ 1,000 He , however , paid no attention to the new council , and using his own means finished the road and chen suced the council for the Then came the tug of war in law against the township . Before the trial Mrr . meCarty offered to settle the case for 000 less than the original contract . The council woreld have none of it and the trial proceeded . at the first trial which was held in London , more than 100 witnesses appeared in the case and when the judge saw the length of time it would take he refused to try the case by jury and appointed judge for this special suit to own county at stoodstock . This took a a long time with hard swearing on boch sides . The verdict was in favour of the plaintiff giving the contractor his full claim and throwing the costs township . The engineers fees and the casts of the trial doubled the original cost of the road and threw a heavy debt upon the township , causing heavy taxes for a good many years . road , however , has proved very useful to the township . be held in on che The