PORTLAND — The state’s high court Wednesday heard arguments in a defamation claim brought by a Lisbon horse stable owner against a couple who sold her the animal. Knotty, a roughly 20-year-old gelding, was put down in January 2014 after a protracted court battle that pitted his former owners, Jayne and Daniel Buck Soules, against […]
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Judge throws out defamation suit against Lisbon couple over horse
AUBURN — A judge has rejected a Lisbon woman’s counterclaim of defamation in connection to a horse she had euthanized last year. Jayne and Daniel Buck Soules of Lisbon had sought to dismiss the action filed against them by Lisbon Falls businesswoman and stable owner Lisa Bosse. The judge granted their motion last week. Bosse’s […]
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Knotty’s former owners ask judge to dismiss defamation claim
AUBURN — Jayne and Daniel Buck Soules have asked a judge to dismiss a defamation claim filed against them by Lisbon Falls businesswoman Lisa Bosse. The conflict between the Souleses, who live in Lisbon, and Bosse arose last year after Bosse contacted the Souleses to tell them that Knotty, a former race horse they had […]
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Judge rules in horse dispute
AUBURN — A roughly 20-year-old horse in Lisbon Falls won’t be euthanized as long as his former owners have him treated for Lyme disease and vitamin deficiency. Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy ordered Thursday that Knotty will remain at River View Farm in Lisbon Falls, which his owner, Lisa Bosse, owns and operates. […]
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Lisbon Falls horse’s fate left to Freeport vet
AUBURN — A Freeport veterinarian is expected to settle a long-simmering dispute between a retired race horse’s current and former owners over whether the horse should be euthanized. An Androscoggin County Superior Court judge ordered Wednesday that the plaintiffs in a civil suit hire Thomas Judd, an equine veterinarian, to review the reports of two […]
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Horse dispute in Lisbon Falls goes to court
AUBURN — The fate of Knotty, a retired race horse, appears to rest in the hands of an Androscoggin County Superior Court judge. A hearing is scheduled Wednesday on a motion for a permanent injunction against Knotty’s owner, Lisa Bosse of Lisbon Falls, from taking any action aimed at euthanizing the animal. Knotty’s former owners, […]