Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-07-06
Orleans County Court.

Horace Glover VS.. John Sturgeon. -Ac-
ton Of assumpsit for money lent. Plea,
non-assumpsit. The plf claimed that ne
lent the def sums of money at various
times, amounting in all to $500. The deft
denied that he borrowed any money of the
plH. There was a plain contradiction in
the evidence OF the parties, and one OF the
parties was guilty of manufacturing case,
having not an element OF truth III it. The
case cannot be sOftened by the lenient sup
position that one party or the other was
mistaken. There was no chance for error
or misapprehensiOn. The case developed
to the public the inside operations OF a
substitute brokerage OF the lowest type
which will always disgrace the history OF
the late rebellion. The plff's evidence
tended to show that he lent the money and
offered some witnesses who testified that
money was lent The dett offered evidence
tending to impeach The plh, and he pro-
duced evidence tending to sustain his char
acter for truth and veracity. One witness
produced by dett refusing to answer was
committed TO jail by order of court, and al
forwards came in and testified very unwil-
| lingly. The deft further claimed chat one
Mike Lark who figured largely III the sub
sutute misunderstanding greedlly OH some
money deft had, borrowed it OF hlm, and
then had sham arrest of the dett made
and then offered to release MIN ii he would
! become obligated to him, which nc declined
TO do. Lark refused TO pay the borrowed
money, and Sturgeon brought suit
against him in Caledonia County and re-
covered quite a large amount Then Glover
as the dett claims, manufactured the debt
in the present suit, sued the dett i'll Oriean,
County and trusteed the judgment obtain
Ell in Caledonia County. The jury after
being out all night came IN disagreed.
r. c. Benton, Geo. \. Dale and J. I
Allen for pltf w W Grout. Belden, Burk,
and VIM. A. Pierce for def.
i. Crawford vs.. Thomas Wells. Ihi
was an action OF assumpsit In which Tux
pitt claimed to recover pay Tor one tourti
part Of u stone and stump puiIingmachine
The dett denied that he promised to pa,
for said machine. 1t appears that Mr.
Crosby, an agent of the pin cameto COyen
try, VT, with model OF the machine, ant
entered into negotiations with Henry Black
NJ. Chapman, Henry Wells and the dett t,
sell each OF them quarter OF the machine
the whole price of the machine to be Sl25
The pitf claimed that he concluded sal
OF one quarter to each of them, and tina
they were to pay the freight on the ma
chine to Coventry. The dett claimed tina
the bargain was that machine was TO b
delivered to him at Coventry, and il /
worked as well as the model, he would
purchase one quarter interest III 1t, prOYld
ed the other three quarters were purchased
by persons in the immediate nelghbOrhoOd
There was also some controversy between
the parties as to the tools that were to b
purchased with the machine, and in re
gard to the time in which il was to be de
livered. Verdict for pltt' for $50, 20.
Edwards, Dickerman and j p. Sartle 10
plh. w. ID. Crane and }. L. Allen lOr def
j. +. Furgerson vs.. VIM. Pitcher. Ihi
was an action of assumpsit. Plea, genera
issue and plea in offset. The parties ma
been engaged in the business OF Duylngan
selling horses, and the controversy grew on
OF this business. The pltt' claimed that .
"a certain time there was a settlement be
tween him and the dett, and that a larg
, portion of the deft's offset was included /
this settlement. This the def denied, an
+ claimed there was balance of account du
him. The plH claimed that some of til
, services performed by the deftwere intenC
ed at the time to be gratuitous, and tlI
: court charged the jury that any servic
) which was intended to be gratuitous at til
p time of its performance could not ate
I wards be charged from a gratuity to
. charge against the plf. Verdict for pl
for S73,6 damages and costs.
p I. p Redfeid, W. ID. Crane and J. I
| Prentiss for plf. Dale & Robinson, Allel
q Sartle for dett.