Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-01-04
County Court.

L
cate the number Of cases that will be
tried, as many arc continued or set
tied during the term, which arc at tbs
first call of the docket set for the
jury. The first case tried was
Elisha JENNIE vs.. Hubbard JOslyn.
This was an action of trespaS>
Joined with a count in trovcr for q
wagon. The defendant plead the !
general issue, aud claimed, that his
evidence tended to show that one
Solomon Steele, of Derby, turned out
the wagon in dispute to him to pay q
debt which Joseph ". Steele. the son
of Solomon Steele owed the defend
ant. and that when he took the wagon
from the plaintiff he simply took his
own property. The plaintiff claimed
the he, as an officer, attached The wag
on as the property Of Jos. W. Steele,
on writ in favor of Solomon Jenne
VS.. j. w. Steele at the time of the at,
tachment, and that the claim of the
defendant was simply an attempt to
cover up the property Of J. w. Steele
and enable him to defraud his credi-
tors. The case seemed to be a SQUAD
bic between two hungry creditors OF
j. w. Steele who had failed, and
neither side seemed to enlist the sym
pathies of any one.
The jury, after remaining out all
night, came in disagreed, and the
Judge sent them back to review the
case a while by daylight, and after
coming in and being returned two OF
three times by the persistent Judge
who was determined that they shouIc
agree, finally rendered a verdict tol
the plaintiff for $90,93 damages anc
his costs.
Edwards d Dickcrman, Attorney,
for Plaintiff, and George w. Dale
and J. T. Allen, Attorneys for Defend
ant.
Timothy G. Kinball vs.. Mark Nut
ter-ejcctmcnt for a lot of land il
Barton. The plaintiff claimed a it'll
to the land by various conveyance
running back to the original owner
There were some defects in the plain
tiff y title deeds, some Of them hay
ing only one witness, and one not hC
ing properly acknowledged
The defendant claimed under a ia
title, but as there were some defect
in the sales for taxes, the court rule
such title invalid. He also elaine
by deed executed by an attorney; bu
as no evidence of power of alto
ncy was produced, the court rule
such title invalid.
The defendant, however, since tn
commencement Of this suit, had oil
tanned a good title to an undividc
portion of the lot from one Cushma
which made him at the present tin
a tenant in common with the plainti
and as there had been no custer of Il
plaintiff by the defendant, the cou
directed a verdict for tie dcfendan
Dale q Robinson and r. c. Bcntc
attorneys for plaintiff w. w. Gror
and I. ?. Red6eld, attorneys for d
PENDANT.
Thomas G. Mathie V. Town of Ba
ton. Action on the case to recov
damages for injuries received on a
count Of the insuficiency of a hig
way in Barton. The defendants pl
was the general issue and notice tn
it would be shown in evidence tn
the town had settled with the plainti
The plaintiff claimed that when ne
Barton village on the Glover road.
the 4th day Of January, 1864,
drove his sleigh into a hole in the il
which he described as about three
four feet long and about foot "upC
dicular" and broke his sleigh rum
and threw him out and was dragg
some distance before he could st
his horse. He claimed that
shoulder and arm was Injured by t
accident, and his horse made skitti.
The plaintiff and his witnesses Great
considerable laughter by the ludicro
description of the plaintiffs physi,
difficulties. and their comments a
suggestions in regard to medical $
cncc excited the "risibles" of CIV
the grave court.
The town claimed that they h
not received notice from the plaint
that he claimed damage, in 80 da
from the time the injury was receiv
as the statute requires. The pla
tiff claimed to have notified the selc
men at certain time, but the sele
men proved themselves in Washi
ton, ID. c., atthat time, and the to
also claimed that they settled for
damage 10y repairing the sleigh
Cases of this kind arc apt to be
cided against towns, but this case