Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-06-13
Orange County Court, jane Term.


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HENRY OvIATr. Reporter.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3.
No. II. Abbott d; Co. .. VOse d
Joslyn, was given to the jury in thu
afternoon, and in the course Ofaboul
twenty minutes they returned q
verdict for the defendants.
The next case expected to be tried
was No. SO, John Taylor .. Charles
G. Smith. This was n suit brought
to recover the value of the plaintiffs
stallion killed by collision with the
stallion of the defendant, Oh the
trotting course at Manchester, N,
H., Mt the time of the New England
Fair in September, 1870. To-day
the defendant made q motion to
remove the case to tho U. 8. Circuit
Court, which was allowed. Clarke
and Heath for plff. Dennison and
Farnham for dett.
No. A, John II. Mott y. Isaac T..
Austin and Trustee. This case
was commenced yesterday and oc-
cupied the whole of today. 1t was
an action brought by the plff.. who
is quite an old man, to recover dam.
ages for breach of contract under
seal, in which the deft., in consid.
Grafton of having received some
more than $4,000 of plff's property,
had covenanted to support him in a
suitable manner the rest of his days.
The plff. claimed that he had not
received proper and sufficient food,
and had been otherwise ill.treated.
The deft., who is plf's sonin law,
claims that he has treated the old
gentleman as we'll as he has his own
family and that there is no breach
of the covenant.
Bail was furnished in the case of
F. P. Proctor to day and he is dis
charged from imprisonment.
FRIDAY JUNE 5th
The new docket is called this
morning and shows over seventy
new entries.
No. A, Mott .. Austin occupies
the forenoon when the testimony is
closed. At this point some question
is raised by the court whether it is
a proper case for trial at law, wheth
er the proceeding should not have
been instituted in chancery. After
considerable discussion the court
decides to hear the case no further
at law and the trial ends.
No. 55. Cordeli0 Cook .. I0,cw of
Thetord is tho next case for trial,
and occupies all the time Saturday,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
THURSDAY JUNE IL.
No. So. , Cordelia Cook . Zhcyord.
The testimony is closed and argu
lnent commenced. Hebard, Denni-
son and Martin for the plff. and
Gleason, Rowell and Clark for the
def. This was an action to recover
damages sustained in consequence
Of q defect in a highway in Thet-
ford. Mrs. Cook was thrown from
a wagon while going down hill, in
of a defective bar in
the road, as she claims, and was so
injured about the spine as to des-
troy the use of her lower limbs, so
that she is compelled to use crutches.
The defense shows that the acct
dent was occasioned, in part, at
least, by the breaking of a very
much worn hold-back and claims to
show that Mrs. Cook is not as much
injured as she pretends.
On Wednesday there was a mo-
ton made for a writ OF habeas corr
pus to restore Charles +. Mitchell,
infant child of James L. Mitchell,
IN the custody of Robert Butson of
Newbury, to its father. Butson
claimed to hold the child because it
was given him by the father, and
refused to give it up until its board
was paid. The court granted the
writ, but the child was given up
without further proceedings. Farm
ham for petitioner. Darling for Pc
titiOnee.
THETFORD CENTRE. The straw