Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-06-09

was sworn 10, and 1t Is generally supposed that h,
Is the prime mover In the whole matter.
OF the long list OF bounty cases which Numbered
the docket few years ago, only one IL now left
Joseph H. worthen, administrator Of Charles s
Barker rs. Town Of Fairlce
Two Of the West Randolph breach Of promise
suits against Eleazer y. Batchelder Of which
mention was made In this paper some time ago,
have been entered in court. One Is in favor Of
Rozana G. Kellogg, and the other Of Laura J.
Brown, the heroine Of the Ordway and Brown
contests mentioned above. All the defendants
property In Randolph and Plainfeld has been at
tAched. Miss Kellogg sues for 5000 She al
leges that defendant promised to marry her June
LIST, 1874, the marriage 10 take place when suit
able time had elapsed after the death Of his first
wife, he then being widower, that she has ever
since held heself ready 10 perform her part Of the
contract and Is still unmarried; that contrary TO
his promise to her, on the 18th Of March, 1873.
defendant wrOngfully married one Mary j. Blanch-
ard, AT Randolph Miss Brown alleges that
batchelder promised her the first Of May, 1874
month earlier than the time claimed by Miss
Kellogg, and says that he agreed to have the Ger
emony performed on the 4th Of July following
She estimates the damages to her lacerated heart
at $1,000 Hon. PhilRuder Perrin is counsel for
Mr.. Batchelder; Hon. John W. Rowel and Nelson
l. Bsyden, Esq, for the plaintiffs
Including Whitney rs. Sharon, now on trial
there are on the docket nine suits against towns
Tor alleged injuries received upon the highways
-Four have been entered this term and FIVE are
upon the old docket The heaviest damages
claimed are in the suit Of Ira Melendy Of Fairlee
rs bradford, -s90,Ooo. which was entered De
cembor term, 1873 and has been continued on ac-
count Of the alleged inability Of plaintiff TO even
sit mp. The declaration sets out that the plaintiff
was injured on the 9Th Of May, 1873, while driv-
ing along the Rowrll brook road, leading from
bradford village 10 Davis four corners, past the
dwelling house Of Silas y Kennedy Messrs.
n. Gasason and John W. Rowell are plaintiffs
counsel, and Messrs. Roswell Famham and Grin
Gambell are for the town. Bradford Is also
blessed with another suit, but the damages
claimed are much less-only $500 William Al
drich, Of Bradford, is the plaintiff and he claims
that while diving along the same Rowell brook
road, On the Goth Of April, 1870, he was thrown
over an embankment, and bis horse aud himself
were greatly bruised Messrs Leslie and Rogers
are his counsel the towns counsel are the same
as in the Melendy case
Randolph follows Bradford In the amount Of
damages claimed against her-paschal r Ripley
and wife, Of Randolph, having brought suit for
5000 rs compensation for injuries received by
MS. Ripley. The accident is alleged to have oc-
CURED on the 10th Of June, 1874, upon the high
way leading from plaintiffs dwelling house in
Randolph, In northwesterly direction, to the
dwelling house Of Ethan y. Godfrey Mr. Ripley
has also brought suit In his own name alone for
medical services, loss Of time, etc
There are two suits against vershire. one by
Manson T. Eastman, Of Corinth, who claims 5000
for injuries received on the ID Of June. 1874 upon
the highway from the Brook road through Eagle
Hollow, 10 the moth line Of the town; the other
by A. NJ Burnham Of Chelsea, which comes from
the Justices court by appeal Of the defendant
from Judgement OF $50 and costs. for injuries
to plaintiffs horse and carriage.
Ann De Gooch, Of West Fairee, sues that town
to recover 81 0O0 for injuries alleged to have been
received on the 10th Of September, 1874, upon the
middle brook road, leading from Eairlee Lake to
West Fairlee centre
John Montgomery Of Braintree, wants $500 Of
the town Of Goshen, in Addison county for inju-
ries which he claims to have received December
10, 1874 upon the road leading from Rochester,
across the mountain, to Brandon. The case was
originally brought before justice, and plaintiff
secured the full amount claimed, from which de-
PENDANT appealed to County court
The case Of Cordelia F. Cook r. Town Of Thet-
ford, the only other small case upon the docket,
has already been noticed in these columns.
The most interesting Of the new cases to the
members of the bar is novel suit brought by
Judge Hebard, in behalf Of the Town Of Chelsea.
against the Town Of Washington It il based
upon sections one and two Of CHAPTER twenty of
the General Statutes, which provide that every
town shall relieve and support all poor and indi-
gent persons, lawfully settled therein, whenever
they shall stand in need thereof and that over
seers of the poor shall have the care and over
sight of them. The first count OF Judge Hehard ;
declaration is that in March, 1873, Mary l. Judd.
and her five children, poor and INDECENT per-
sons, In need Of support also these had and still
have their legal settlement in the town Of Wash
ineton, whose duty il was to relieve them and to
take effectnal measures to prevent them from
strolling to other places; that the town OF Wash
lngton, disFegarding its duties, did not relieve
them, but let them stroll into the town Of Chelsea,
whore they had no legal settlement, and let them
become charge upon her The second count
sets up different date April LIST, 1873, only
names four children, and charges that Washington
purposely permitted them to stroll in order to
compel Chelsea to support them. The count al
leges that ON the first Of June, 1873 the oyerseer
of the poor and other officers of Washington tool,
effectual measures to cause said Mary Judd and
children TO go into the town OF Chelsea and settle
aud then and there f7iudulentIy advised and in
duced her, by the promise Of money and other
things to marry negro named Henry Dunbar, a
pauper supported by Chelsea, Tor the purpose Of
obligiug Chelsea TO maintain her and herchildren,
which Chelsea has done The damages are set
up at $500. Hon. Heman A. White, Of Wash
ington, is counsel for defendant and it Is expected
that he will demur,.on the ground that the statute
contains no penalty for the acts, II true