St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24

| ton and injuries. Their main witness
es were DR.. Sumner Putnam and c. NJ.
Chandler, of Montpelier, Dr.. r. NJ.
Aver. of Danville, and DIR. Gates B..
Bullard of st. Johnsbury, who one and
all contradicted Drs. Wiswall and
George III toto. denying the truth of
their theories and statements, and CIV
ing to laymen fine idea of the exact
ness and worth of medicine us il science.
No one that heard the testimony of the
ply in this case could help doubt
ing the efficacy of any medical learning
or skill. These gentlemen disagreed
about things that one might suppose it
required nothing but common sense to
ascertain. and SwOre for their respective
sides like men," us the saying is. In
rcbuttal the plaintiff put on DIR. j. b.
Woodward. of this village, to sustain
their theory of the tumOr, and also Mr..
and Mrs. Durgin and Mrs. Mcdonald,
their aunt, to prove that the tumor had
burst again, in spite of the statement of
defendants doctors that there was no
tumor ut the present time. The case
was ably argued by Messrs. Lamson
and Heath on the part of the plaintiff;
and Mcssrs. Heaton and Dickey for de-
fendantS. The jury, after an absence
from the Court House of only half an
hour. found verdict in favor of plain
tilt for Il $50. 1t is said that defend
ants will petition for IL new trial.
Another case in which some of our
readers will he interested was tried at
the late term of Windham County
Court:
IOWnshend rs. DdnrWe, Apt-Ap-
peal from order of removal, made by
plaintiff town to defendant town, of
Ferdinand Evans and family. The
fact was conceded that the legal settle
ment of the father of Ferdinand Evans
was in the town of IIartland, but moved
with his family into the town of Dan
vile i'll $50, and before Ferdinand had
become of age. 1t was also conceded
that the said Ferdinand had never gain
ed Il settlement i'll Townshend. There
fore the question as to whether the pau
per had been duly removed depended
entirely upon the fact as to whether he
had ever gained Il legal settlement in
Danville by seven years continuous
residence therein. The evidence on the
part of plaintiff tended to show that the
said Ferdinand became of age on the
18th of September, lSl2, and while he
WAS in Danvillc; and that he contin-
ucd To live in Danville until the fall of
ISL. when he went to reside in st.
JuhnShury and in other towns. gaining
no legal settlement i'll such towns, until
he came to reside in Townshend. when
the order of removal was made. The
evidence on the part of defendant tend
ed To show that. although it WAS true
that he removed with his father into
DanVille i'll $40, and became of age IN
l-l2. Yet he had not resided continu-
ouSly III said Danvillc for the period of
seven years /: that in ISL the said Fer
dinand removed with his goods and eff
tcctS from Danvillc to the West. where
he remained Il wear or two and then re-
turned to Danville that when he re-
moved from Danvillc to the West it
WIS with the intention of never again
residing in Danvillc. but of making the
West his future home and that since
his return from the West he had not
only resided i'll DanVillc. but in several
other places. always removing his fam
lily. goods and effects with him. with no
Intention of returning to Damvillc for
his home, and that ut no time had he
resided uminterruptcdly and continu-
"u>lN i'll defendant town. The jury re-
turned IL verdict in favor of defendant. |
y. Stoddard for plaintiff; C.. y. Davcn- |
port for defendant