Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-16
ORANGE COUNTY COURT.

Hon. II. H. POWERS, Chief Judge.
Hon. HARVEY DopGE, associate
Hon. ZENAs M. UfHAM, Judges.
l.. G.. HINCKLEY, Clerk.
JOHN BAILEY, JR., Sheriff.
ID. A. ROGERS, States attorney.
JOHN II. MIMMs. Reporter.
D. X. Andross, Bradford; S. II. Batcheder
Braintrce Marshall Green. Brookteld +
p. Bixby, Gilman Thorne. Chelsea; Ichabo'
Rowe, Corinth; Geo. A. Morey. Fairlee; Lev
l.. Tucker, Newbury Samuel Kimball Or
ange David S. Washburn. Randolph Sam'l
McMaster. STAFFORD; Truman Burr, Tibet
ford a. j. Wallace. Topsham,; S, B, Hack
Warren Huntington. Washington; John g
Eastman. w. Farlee; Milton Martin, viii
Jamestown; Aaron Davis of Chelsea, was
called US q talcsman in place of Mr.. McMas
ter, excused at end of the first week.
PETIT JURORS.
j. w. Bliss, H. Z. McDuffec, Bradford G
Tarbell. j. j. Pratt Braintree; ID. A. Morse
Royal Abbott. Jr., Brooktield; William. L.
Churchill j. +. llcmenway, Chelsea; A. l.
Parker, excused, c. Fellows, Corinth A. w
Paine, j. W. Morris. Fairlee; G. W. East
man, II. L. Renfrew, Newbury; A. A. Brad
bury, excus I'd, w. W. Wilson, Orange; A..
b. Cushman. A. Sanford, excused, Randolph;
A. Brown Albert Preston, Stratford: A. b.
Wilcox, 5. NJ. Ladd, Thetford A. X. Beede.
II. NJ. Gates, Topsham; Geo: b. Diamond,
Jaspar Lyman, Tunbridge +. W. Darling.
ii. Dunstone, Versiire; d. G. Blake G. J,
Kingsbury, Washington WIN. Kimball. II.
b. Wilson, w. Fairlee; Willard Sprague, ii.
+. Easkins, Wlllamstown.
The docket showed 25G civil, sew
en- criminal, and A chancery cases,
of these 1Ol were upon the jury
calender, not including any of the
criminal cases. On the call of the
calender, however, this number was
reduced to IS.
TUESDAY, June 5.
AS No. 80 Ira r. Melendy .. Town
of Bradford seemed likely to be
reached for trial soon, the jury in
that case was empanelled the first
thing and sent to view the road in
Bradford where the accident for
which the suit is brought is said to
have occurred. A year ago when
the same case was tried the jury
went to view the road at the re-
quest of the plaintiff. This year
they went at the request of dett.
An officer took them in charge and
they departed in the afternoon.
No. 81 Bates Bros. v. LaMiston l..
Church was the first case for trial,
but the plff. not being present for
some reason the court adjourned
till morning.
WEDNESDAY, June 6.
No. 81, was taken up and occupi
I'd the day. This was an action of
on store account Of pltf.
,gainst the deft. Deft. claimed that
t had been paid by the substitution
If Capt. Thomas Pollard as paymas-
er in his stead and that the pitts.
Pollard and discharged
left. Plffs. denied this and used
POLLARD as Il witness who also deni-
ID it. Verdict for plffs. to recover
,l1S.25 and costs. Gleason and
sowell for plffs. Hebard and Farm.
IAN for deft.
The jury in No. 80 returned to.
lay.
THURSDAY, June7.
No. 80 Ira e. Metendy v. Town of
Bradford, was commenced this
morning. This was an action to
ecover damage for an injury receiv
ID in consequences of an alleged de-
ect in a highway in Bradford
nown as the ROwell Brook Road,
'lff. claims that early on the morn.
ng of May 5, 1873 he was driving
own said road toward Bradford
Village when the nigh wheel of the
xpress wagon in which he was rid
ng struck stump which had slid
own into the road from the bank
nd he was thrown distance Of32 #.
nd severely injured. He claims
ow that his lower limbs are total.
|, paralysed, in consequence of said
ccident and asks the town to pay
i'm $4,000. The trial occupied all
f last week and several days this i
eek. Gleason, Rowell and Shurt-
# for plff Gambell, Farnham {
nd DenisOn for deft. {