Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-09
Windsor County Court.

| Woodstock Standard We gather the tol-
lowing:
Admir- of Elisha Wood as. Jefferson
Shurtleff. For plaintiff, Fletcher and
Eddy. For defendant, Adams and john
son. Action of trover for horse, house
hold furniture, farming tools, etc. Elisha
Wood and wife, parents-in-law of defend
ant, lived in Bridgewater, but sold their
place and under some arrangement took
their personal property and went to live
with Shurtleff in Tatsville. In 1865
the family moved to Chester and soon az
ter Elisha Wood died. The widow re-
NAMED for time with Shurtlef but be-
coming dissatisfied about something left,
and has since lived with Others of her
children. Shurtleff refusing to give up
the personal property named, the admin
istrator brings this action to recover the
same. The jury returned verdict Of
81 and costs.
Samuel w. Bent Us. Minerva A. Bent.
For plaintiff, Fullam and Deane. For
defendant, Davis and Seaver. This case
grew out of the notorious Bent war in
Cavendish. The parties were formerly
man and wife but getting into trouble
Mrs. Bent applied for divorce, March
6, 1869. The dwelling and store com
bined which the family occupied belong
ed to Mrs. Bent, but during the penden-
cy of the petition for divorce Mr.. Bent
assigned and occupied a portion of the
building. Soon after the divorce was
granted Mrs. Bent shut plaintiff out of
of the building and thereafter denied
him ingress, but offered evidence tending
to show that she offered to put out his
personal effects and that he refused to re-
ceive the property. The plaintiff claims
to have been denied the privilege of get
ting his goods, consisting of harness,
household furniture and bedding, arti-
Giles in the store, etc., and furthermore
that defendant intended by shutting him
out to appropriate them to her own use.
He brought this replevin suit and OBJ
tanned the property and the question for
the jury was did defendant prevent plain
tiff's recovery of his property and with
the intent charged. The jury in twenty
minutes returned verdict of not guilty.
In the case State v. Varian Balch, in
dictment for assault in a sort of scrim-
mage in Chester, respondent plead gull
ty and was fined SIS and costs.
Reuben w. Headle v. Town of Plym-
outh. Case for insuficiency of highway.
For plaintiff Walker q Goddard. ID. G.
q j. d. Dennison. For defendant Con
verse q French. October %, 1869, in
the prosecution of his business as ped
dler, plaintiff was driving down the
mountain at the Notch and met another
team. In attempting to pass each other
the road being as is claimed eleven feet
| wide with bank wall two or three feet
high on one side and hole washed out
on the other, the hubs of the wagons
struck, one of the plaintiffs wheels drop
ped into the hole and he was thrown
out, receiving broken leg and injuries
from which he has not and probably
never will recover The defence was ON
the ground that the horse was vicious
and baulky, the driving careless and
that the Town had put the road in
passable and as good condition as posi-
BILE under the circumstances, it being
soon after the memorable floods of that
year, and was at the time making every
effort to restore its highways Verdict
for plaintiff, s3250, damages James H.
Taylor v. Jeptha Page. For the plain
tiff, Dean u Wilson and Fullam. For
the defendant, Pingry and Davis. This
is an action on the case to recover for
damages sustained from the small pox,
which it is claimed defendant and wife
knowingly and wilfully communicated
to plaintiff and his family in November,
1869, and from which they all, himself,
wife and three children, suffered severely,
one son losing an eye thereby. Defend
ant had previously resided in Spring
field and there became infected. The
damages are laid at $4,000.