St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-18
C0ie,toHi0 county COHrf.
Hon. BENZ. IL. STEELE. Chief Judge.
Hon. PETER BUCHANAN.} 49,.
Hon. CHARLES ROGERS. Ass '""Ses

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Hon. PETER BUCHANAN. 49,, 1,soo.
Hon. CHARLES ROGERS, o''e'
No. 45. Torn Of Bar7ct Z. Torn OF
Hdlden. ipt. Pauper. Verdict for dett.
No. IL. George Gregory =. Ebene=er
BWgbce. Case to collect taxes assessed on
,lrtt's grand list. PHI. was collector OF
taxes of the town o: Burke, and brought
this action to collec the tax. Deft. was 4
resident of Burke until March -. 1860.
when he went to the state OF MasSachu-
sets. and remained there until about the
! lst of June. 1868. In April, 1865. the listers
OF Burke set his poll and personal proper
ly in the list OF said town. and this tax was
dsSed thereon. Dett. denies his liability.
because having removed from town prior
10 April |. 1865. the listers had no right TO
take his list in Burke. 1t also appeared
that def. was taxed on his poll in Mass.
for the year 1860. Pin. claimed that al
though dett. left the Stale prior to April |.
he did not do 50 With the intention OF
changing his residence. but for the pur-
pose OF avoiding taxation. Verdict for
Bartlett a Piece for def.
No. -. -iir'H Brulley Z. Francis GIL.
irrspaSS 10 recover the value OF a horse
aiken from the possession OF pin. by dctt.
PIN. claimed that def. sold him the horse
tor so, and IA srdcr of So on \. Me
MILAN. Il claim agent. Said Mcmillan
was prosecuting claim tor boUuty tor
one Knapp. aud before the bounty had
been received. gave this Orucr to PHI.
who transferred it To the dett. as above.
Deit. claimed thai il was not to be cOnSld-
-reG a trade unless he succeeded III getting
the tull amount of the order from the
| agent. and that there was no time fixed in
which he was TO present it. Before he
presented the order TO the agent. said
Knapp had rOuntermandcd it, and ordered
the whole bounty paid to himself. which
the agent did. Pltf. claimed that dett.
was 10 satisfy himself as to the goodness
oi the order by Il certain time. but some
lime afterwards te;dcred to pltf. the order
and so. and took away the horse. Yer
diet tor dctt. Bartlett for pltf.; Bclden X
Ross for det.
No. %. /. Bqcb.uD =. Wm. Rid. Eject
ment. Plff. and dett. owned land aijoin-
iu~. and plff claimed that dctt. had built
his fence so as to enclose Il little land be-
longing to him and brought this action to
recover possession ef same. There was
considerable uncertainty in the evidence
aS TO whether def. had encreached on
plif. and the pln. failed to convince the
| jury that def. had enclosed any al his
land. Verdict for def. O. ). Burke.
Pierce 4 Raw for pill: Bartlett. Davis u
| Ross for def.
No. 20. Robinson. SpdrrO,r d Go. =.
| Cao4 d .StDne. AsSumpsit to recover for
| three bills of goods, amounting To about
$40. sold by PITTS. to delt. Cook. Dctt.
C0oil having received discharge in bank
ruptcy. the question As to his liability was
deferred until the end OF the term, 10 be
decided by the Court. Pits. proceeded 10
trial against defendant Stone alone. and
.ou"ht to hold him because dstt. Cook. At
the time the goods were bought. was man
arilm Il boot & shoe store as agent OF
Stone. and claimed that >. received the
avails of the goods. but it appears that {.
had kept those goods separate from the
Goods of $. and had received their avails
himself. Verdict for def. willard N
Ross for plffs.; Davis Il Harris tor deits.
/ No. 50. Vim. II. ". Stephenson I. Cdieh
| GTma g. HIM. CuTi r. Trespass 10 re-
cover the value of about 10 cords OF wood
which defts cut and carried away from a
piece of land claimed by both parties
PIT. claimed title to the land by al adj
verse possession OF the land the length OF
time claimed. Verdict tor Gett. Davis q
Rcdlied for rltf.; Bur&e q Ross tor def
No. 50. 4. j. GoodeH =. l.. $. Richards
rrespasS to recover the value of certain
lumber. doors and sash. Pltf. sold def. I
house aud lot. and at the time of sale the
; properly sued for was lying in and about
the house. Dett. took this property anC
sold il. and claimed that it was the agree
mput at the time he bong Int OF pltf.. that i
was to 20 with the house and lot. PHI
denied this agreement. Verdict for dett
Bartlett & Belden for plif.; Burke u RoS
ftr def.