St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-07-11
Caledonia County Court.

Caledonia County Court.
Hon. IONA. Ross, Presiding Judge.
Hon. HENRY PERLEY, ! Assistant
Hon. JOHN BACON, ID, judges.
ISAAC NJ. SMITH, Sheriff.
ELISHA MAY, States Attorney.
A. f. RANKIN, Clerk.
Hon. THERON HOWARD. Court Aud
itOr.
No. 81. VIM. c. StO,re rs. limos Il.
Norris General and special assIlmpsit.
Plff. claimed he took Il contract of deft.
to saw and pack some 400 or 800 thou
sand of shingles at Sl.OO per thousand :
that he sawed some 100 thousand and
the def. without cause discharged him
and thereby pltf. lost some 500. Deft.
claimed he let job of saving shingles
to pltf and one Hadley; that he did
what he could to induce pltf. to finish
the contract but plff'. refused and
claimed plff. negIigently destroyed a
belt while in the mill. Verdict for plif.
S23 and costs. Burkes for pltf. Bel
den and May, and Idle for def.
No. a.. Chds. Chamberlain rs. Bishop.
TreSpass q"Ue Ct. .tregit. Plea not
guilty. Pitf. claimed that he built IL
fence on the true line between himself
and deft.; that delft. tore down the
same. Deft admitted that he tore the
fence down but claimed he had Il right
to do so. The deft. proved that he and
his grantors had been in the occupation
of the premises for more than 30 years.
Plf. claimed that his grantors had in
terrupted the deft's. grantors in their
occupation. Verdict for pin. one cent
damages and one cent costs. EXccp-
tions 10y def. Dickcy and Smith for
plff, Belden and May for dett.
Stats rs b. Il. Benjamin. Peddiing
without license. Respondent sentenced
to fine of 500 and costs.
State rs. Irtcmds TcrIjU. Pcddling
without license. The respondent was
an agent for Mcssrs. Renne 4 Sons OF
Pittsiield. Mass. Projectors of Magic
Oil" As it appeared the prnprictors
had no intention to defraud the State
the court imposed fine of 500 and
costs.
No. -. Mary Z. Taylor rs. /cno
| Wiley. Bastardy. The suit was prose
cuted 10y the overseer of Lyndon, where
pltf. lives. for support of the child
Def. denied the paternity of the child
Verdict guilty. Cahoons and Powers
for pltf,. Bartlett and Belden for dett.
No. 81. Walter GdlbrdiH rs. fillmore
7. Ide. Slander. The testimony OF
pltf. tended to show that def. accused
him-but not in so many words-ot
stealing some maple logs 1t seemed
tIIcIU 100 com, mistake about some
logs that plti. had sold to MessrS. Fair
banks y Co., and that ,left. thought the
logs were his. The language used 10y
def. as to the pltf. WAS quite am
biguous and might mean mere tres
pass and not larceny. Pin. claimed
SI0.MW damages, hut recovered SlW
and his costs. Exceptions by deft
Dickey and Smith for plft' Powers
Beldcn and Idle for delft.
No. -. GosS, Ho"ghtOn and 20. rs
,JOhn II. Pdddock. Special asSumpsit
upon an order given by one of deft =
employees Mckay upon deft. III
favor of plifs. Pltfs. claimed that def
promised to pay the order This delft
denied and said he told pltfs. he would
pay the order if Mckay would work il
out that he did not so work, and left
owing the dctt. quite Il sum. Court
submitted the question to jury whether
at time order was given:dcft was owing
Mckay. Verdict for deft. Burkes fol
plff. Dickcy and Smith for dcfts
No. 90. 4. W. Nuttng rs. Ddric
Eastman. General assumpSit. Plif
claimed to recover some Sis for work
on Spring Hotel, Newbury, and money
lent. Def. conceded that plff. per
formed the work but not for him. Tia
when deft. employed the plf1 he tol,
pltf. that he was acting as an agen
merely; that the proprietor of the hote
would pay him. Verdict for deft. Ca
hoon and Beldcn for pltf'. Dickey an,
Gambell.