St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-18
Caledonia Court June Term 1875.

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Caledonia Court June Term 1875.
Hon. JoNA. Ross. Presiding Judge.
ll"N. JoHN BACON ID. Asst IuJo..
Hon. y. Z. BOWMAN, Ass '''S''
u. ID. Bl"dgett. Clerk.
W. H. Pre- ston, Sheriff.
Waiter L. smith. States Attorney.
No. II. Hadicy rs Hore. Reported
last week. Verdict fnl delts to recover
their costs.
No. .53. 4. f. Juderime rs. +. r.
Brhigcman, SANDER. The pin. SAYS
that he is Il good. true. honest. Just and
faithful man and citizen, and before the
grievances set forth in the declaration,
WAS always esteemed and reputed such;
but that after the speaking of the Sian
drrous words. he had been stunned 10y
his nri"hh"rs and former friends. Ac.
The pin evidence tended To prove that
some time in July, Ie73. the defendant,
among other things spoken of the pin.
said of pin: Il know enough T." have
sent .IudrN inc to the State Prison if
had told of it. SAW JudcNine write
things in Il contract att,l ii was signed
oil. and then 20 before Judge Poland
and take his oath that ii MAS put in
Whcn the Wiilin" WAS made. The con
tract referred /" in the above extract.
Vas executed between Nh .JudrN me
and Nj. -\d"lphu> ll"lr"m. i'll I-t1. at
the time The parties th,r,.t" Dissolved
then partnership: and the alleged fuI .
gcIl 10y pin read is follows: "llult"n
To pay the IlNc> on list of I~G7 on said
real estate. that p.trt he leased 10y this
cnntrIrt. II turned ont that some
trouble aIn>c l.rrWcru Mr>sr>. Il"ltuu
and .ludcN in, in regard to the contract
before alluded To. and the " hole mat
tel wa> referred /" Hon. l.. +. rulaud.
and said JudrNinr came before the ref
cree and >WoIc that the words alleged
To have been inserted after the eNccu-
tion We're written bctore it was eNccu-
ted. The delft denied that he ever said
that PIN had committed the crime of
priiulI. bat did Arouse him of "IGrIN .
and Justified H. to these w"ld>.
The dctcndant'> testimony tended to
prove the the clause ~ To the taxes WAS
liz tact inserted dtt,,. The contract had
been signed. and that lIulluu soon after
the contract was executed was called
upon 1" pay the taxes. but denied his
liability. lI"lt"lr'> deed from Judcviuc
did not contain any such stipulation rs
t" ta\,>. but lI"lt"n'> deed 10 .Iudcli Inc
had such clause. but at the rerg last of
the deed. la the contract the words were
intrrliucd.
Pln~> evidence tended to show
that HIldGman Wis present when the
contract ami deeds were executed. and
a. the deeds were read Blidwman check
ed clause hl rlLu-c. the same matters
III the contract that IN the hearing be
tore Judge Poland. Brilgmau >worc
that he 50 checked tie contract. This
been the source of much controversy
III private and public the Iloltun \
JudcN me contract. Even the celebrated
st. ,Jnhm>hurN Times suits. in which the
pluck!N Earle took :" prominent part
must pass into the shade when com
pared to this contract. Carter and
DickeN for pin. Burke. Bates aud Bel
den for def. Verdict for pin for $500
damages.
No 6}. Lake Bu>,H rs Noses hit
trcoiyc Estate PIN appealed from the
di>;Illowancc 10y commissioners of his
claim for $1,000 and interest. The evi-
dence of the pin tended to prove that
i'll Dec. Is72 he was owing $1,000 note
at Danville Bank that he got the mon
ey and proposed to pay the same when
due the eth Dec. that Mr.. kittlcdge
wanted some money, and feeling that
the bank might not let him have money.
proposed to pltf t" renew the note. let
him (Mr. Kittredge) have the money.
and when the note was due. he .(K)
would pay it; that thereupon pltf made
tine note, let Mr.. X. have the money.
Before the note became due Mr.. X.
died and plff had to pay the note. De
PENDANTS testimony tended to prove that
Mr.. X. never had the money and pro-
duced the book kept by Mr.. X This
cash book was carefully kept. Def
also proved that Mr.. X. was Il very
careful man, and as the cash book did
not show that Mr.. X. had ever had til,
money it WAS not probable that Mr. X
ever borrowed the money. Mr. Hast
| ingS, the administrator, swOre that the
cash balanced within Il few cents Yer.
diet for plti' for SlI26:'S. Burke. Bate.
and Blodyett for plif. Smith for def
No. Il. Milo Ldchie and Wife rs MID
! q. HOughtOn. Malpractice. Pltf. claim,
that in November 1873 he called deft t,
attend his wife who was about to he
confined, that deft was present at the
birth of the child, but that def neg.
lected his duty as il surgeon made use
of appliances to aid delivery that were
not used by competent surgeons and
that thereby the wife was sick Il long
while-became lame and has remained