Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-18

Orange Coonky Cent,
At the June term Of the Orangs Co. Court
lust closed, the following cases were tried By
Jury.
No. 3. Wheeler .. Spragxe-Action for
Plaintiffs drain. Plf.'s and Dsft.' .
land adJoined, through which an artificial drain
OF long standing passed. Def. filled up the
drain on his land which caused tho water to
fiow over Plf.'s land and about his buildings
Aebsrd for Plf. Perrin & Peck for Def.
Verdict for PIE, $40 and costs.
No. z. Ksnt and Merritt .. Ctesson. 40
ton for breach OF covenant. Def. Closson
leased a farm to Kent and Merritt for one
year. If Pl6s. fulfilled certain contracts they
had right to the farm three years. The crops
we're holden for the payment of the rent, which
was for the iirst year to be paid in building
vail on the harm and hewing long timber for
barn. Pills. took possession, built part of the
wall and hewed part of the timber. Deft..
about 18th Sept, ousted them and took DOS.
session. Defe'sce, that Plds. had not fulfilled
their contract, and were disposing of the crops
Ormsby & Farnham for PlGs. Gleason &
Diokey for Def. Verdict, Plds. Sl7O 81 dam
ages and costs.
No. IA. Turner .. WaIdo.-Aetion to re-
cover pay for personal property sold by Def.
as Administrator Of Samuel Turner'S Estate
PHI. claiming to own the same. Defense, bat at
time Of appraisal of the property of decease
PHI. was called upon by Deft to point out
what personal property, if any ,he (Plf) owned,
, found on the premises where deceased had
lived, and that PIT. did designate the property
which he claimed none Of which was sold
Dett also claimed to hold the property by virtue
of bill of sale from hiram Turner (PlG1 to
II NJ al h. r. DIT
| dence that after said appraisal, and before the
| sale, he gave notice that he owned and should
claim his property, ard that the bill of sale was
given a. security to deceased. for having signed
| notes for Plff., which notes PHI. had paid
Lamb & Peck for Pif. Hebard 4 Perrin FOR
Deft. Verdict, Plf. S29S IS damages and
| costs.
No. az. Waterman .. Hosoard.-Aotion
to recover on four notes to the amount Of
$1,000. Detenee.-Notss were given for N
consideration. Also statute limitation, dis.
charge, offset, release, payment. Ormsby f.,
Plf. Hebard. Peck & Dickey for Delft Yer
dict for PIT. Sl3OS damages and costs.
No. 25. Bo!dSin .. Co6urn Action to
recover pay for liquor sold or furnished b,
Fiji, who was County com missioner, to Def.
who was Agent to sell appointed by the PHI
The Court directed the jury to return verdict
for Deft- on ground that such sale was void
Ormsby 4 Dickey for Plf Hehard for Def,
Verdict for Def.
No. 81. Wiimot y. Naturalization TO-
mai practice This case was week on trial
Plaintiff claimed damage for unsklllful setting
dressing and taking care of his boys broker
arm. (Boy four years old.) Claimed by PHI
aud testimony tending to prove that PIT. anc
boys mother carried boy to Defts office tha
Delft examined the arm and dressed it b.
hrst ~lnding bandage tightly around the arm
from the wrist to the elbows !; that then thsr
we're two sPiints put upon the arm and anoths
bandage wound around and over the splints
that the defendant directed Plf. to keep th
arm wet with vinegar and wormwood. The
dressing took place Wednesday, June IO:h
By direction OF Dsft. they were to bring DO,
to Deft- office the next Saturday or Sunday
On Friday Defendant passing Defts. PHI
called him in, as boy had been very restless
Deft. said arm was doing we'll, but on solicita
ton Of PIT took off the outer bandags an,
, moved one of the spiints down, then rewount
the bandage very tightly. Then Dsft toll
PlH that he need not bring boy to bis Office, q
he was coming BY there Monday or Tuesda
and would call. Deft did not call Boy gre,
worse. On Saturday night after Deft. agree
10 Call, DIR. Marsten was called, and bandage
taken off. Most of the skin and some fees
bad condition, there being much dead flesh
Dr. M. directed attention to staying gangrene
Dr. Crosby subsequently amputated the uln
bone, which it seems had been fractured be
tween the middle of it and the elbow. Ormsb
& Clarke for Pltf Hebard, Peck, Dickey an
Fsrnham for Deft Verdict for PHI, SAP
damages and costs.
No. 80. Spragus y. -4ias,0orM.-Actio
to recover pay on two notes given by Def
one for $500 made payable to Ziba Sprague
brother of PHI, and another note of $50
given by defendant to Royalton Bank an
5 claimed to have been paid to the bank by sal
Ziba. Both notes PIT. claimed to have pul
chased OF Zlba Sprague. One note was date
April 18th, 1855, the other June 10, 1856. .
one was Endorsed Sl5, on the other $50. d.
:, fence, that the 500 had been paid, and tha
on the $3.50 Deft; had furnished money to
+. ba Sprague to pay it, and that the note wa
Is given for money used in their Co. bushes,
Hebard & Perrin for PHI. Denison & Rowe
for Deft. Verdict for Deft.
, No. SO. Whicher U. Morey.-Ths actio
q to recover for IS cords of hemlock bark take
by Deft., and claimed by PIES Adm, as b,
longing TO Est of Newhall Pike, was II
: last case tried by jury. Case had been
9 Court about ten years. Three days trial tn
term. One Comyngs peeled the bark in di
pute, on lot which be claimed to have pul
. chased of Morey, tho Deft. Pike purchase
2 the bark of Comyngs. Defense, that Comyn(
had not fulfilled, so as to entitle him to posse
: sion OF the lot. Comyngs had obtained n
t deed, but Pf. claimed that Deft. had put hi
in possession under verbal contract. TIL
: point in the case was whst her ComyDgs, whe
, he peeled the bark, was rightfully in possessio
, of the loI on which the bark was peeled. LIE
lie, Rogers & Hebard for PlH Ormsby, Pee
Is Dillingham; for Deft. Verdict for ID eft.
5 LAnoILLE Co. FAIR.-The .Nesosdselsr b
+ the following concerning the fair
8 At meeting of the Directors of the Agr
q cultural Society held July Z, it was decide
9 to hold the annual Fair of the Society c
Tuesday and w ednesday, Sept. 18th and Got
5 at the Fair Ground near Morrisville. A
:. fragments have been made whereby the A
9 ISOLATION will be able to pay cash premium
& ON the leading varietses of stock and pr
ducts, and it is expected the coming Fa
will be q much more extensive fair than az
Q of those ever before held by the Societ
A meeting for final arrangements will
i held at Worthwhile, Aug. 4tb, at P. N
to spportion premiums, appoint committe
: not yet provided, &c.
d Struck By LIGHTNING. The Method
and Baptist churches at Jericoh Corners, we
both struck by lightning during the thu
l. der shower on Saturday afternoon, but n
greatly damaged. The lightning also struc
't the house of r. l.. Galusha, near the vi
l. lage, and SO stunned Mrs. Warner, q wido
lady, who was standing in the door e tn