Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03
WASHINGTON County Court.
Hon TT,TO. p REDFIELD, Chief Judge, Presiding
Hon WILLARD s MARTIN, Assistant Judge.
Hon. PHILANDER RIFORD, Assistant Judge
FRANK PLUMLEY. States Attorney.
JOHN l. FUTILE. Sheriff.
MELVILLE z. SMILE, Clerk.
TINo. p. MERRILL, Deputy CLERK.

han. PPHiIIIL-ANbER RIFoRD. Assistant Judge.
Franz PLUMLET states Attorney
TIMo z. MERRILL, Deputy CLERK
Henry Ov1Arr. Reporter.
During the past week the court has been
hard at work disposing of the docket, and
will not probably get through before the
middle of next week.
The following divorce cases have been
heard:
Martha L. Coburn of Cabot VS.. f. +.
Coburn, for the alleged cause of intoerable
severity, which has not been decided us
yet.
Irena NJ. Goodell of Calais VS.. Lemuel
r. Goodell. In this case divorce was
granted for intplerable severity, and alimo-
nv and custody of the three children given
to the ibelant.
Abbie S. Teachout of Calais VS.. Alva NJ.
Teachout. Bill granted for intolerable Sc
verify, and alinony and the custody OF the
two minor children given TO the petitioner.
Abigail Snow of Montpelier VS.. Robert
B. Snow. In this case the bill was granted
for adultery and the libelant was allowed
to resume her maiden name of Hutchins.
Eliza Lamson of Cabot VS.. Daniel +.
Lamson. Bill granted for wilful deserlion.
The cases Of Edwin Lane of Plainfield
VS.. Lille f. Lane, and of her against him
are on trial Owing to the scandalous ma
lure of the evidence spectators are exclude
ed from the court rO M.
The case Of Sarah A. Mead VS.. A. A.
Mead, in which the divorced wife asks for
the custody of the children, or some of
them, was heard yesterday afternoon.
Several contested divorce cases are set
for hearing next Monday.
The following cases have been heard by
the court:
The case of Heman A. Moore, admins
traitor, VS.. A. j. Batchelder was suit
brought by the administrator of the estate
of Cornelius n. Bancroft, late of Marsh
field, to recover the sum of one hundred
and twenty odd dollars and Interest, which
it WAS claimed the defendant owed the in
estate for labor. The defendant lives in
Barre and Cornelius was the son of Nancy
Bancroft, then and now II resident of
Marshlield 1t appeared that Cornelius
had been in the defendants employ for
long time, but that in the winter of 1873
he married and went TO Bradford where
he was taken sick and died IN July. Where
in II dairy which WAS kept by the deceased
was an entry to the effect that on the Sd
of February. 1873, the defendant owed him
one hundred and fifty two doltrS and
twenty seven cents 1t was acknowledged
that the defendant let Cornelius have thir-
" dollars during his illness ut Bradford
and the remainder, it is claimed he still
owes. The plaintiff is the husband of the
intestates widow. The defendant has an
offset which more than liquidates the
plaintiff ) claim and the theory of his case
is that q rnelius ut the time Of his death
was his debtor instead of his creditor. The
chief evidence against tho defendant was
given by Nancy Bancroft, the mother of
the deceased and by Moore, who testified
to declarations by def that the entry in
the dairy WAS correct. The judgment of
tho court is reserved. Messrs. Gleason &
Field for plaintiff; Messrs. Heath and
Carleton for defendant.
The case of A. w. Nelson vs. j. B.
Wells and Charles II. Heath was a very
complicated one and involved the consid-
GRAFTON of many business transactions from
January, 1869, to the present time. In the
winter of 1869 +. G. Harrington was run
ming the stage between Plainfield and
Hardwcl and ran in debt to j. b. Wells,
then hotel keeper at Planfeld, in the sum
of more than four hundred dollars, TO Sc
cure which Wells attached the stage,
horses, etc. At this stage of the proceed
ings the vel known - Tuck" Bridgman,
of Souh IIardwick, put in an appearance
and asserted that he had II lien on the
property to the amount Of about fourteen
hundred dollars. After some dickering
Mr.. Wells bought out Mr.. Bridgman' S
claim and gave notes for fourteen hundred
and fifty dollars, which were also signed
by Mr.. Heath us surety. Mr.. Wells in Il
short time sold out to to Byron j. Lance
and Ferdinand Evans of Cabot and the
defendants claim that at that time Mr.
Bridgman accepted them us the payers o.
tho note instead Of Heath and Wells. This
is denied by Bridgman. 1t is admitted
however that Lance and Evans paid abou
three hundred and seventy-fvc dollars or
the notes and it is claimed by the defend
ants that they have paid about twice that
amount. The testimony rs to the tota
amount Of the payment, is very conflict
ing. Mr.. Nelson, who now owns the notes
keeps il store in Woodbury., and assert
that he bought the notes ut the time thu
latter was pressed by the state prosecution
against him. The defendants deny tlla
Nelson is the owner of the notes, and sa,
that Bridgman is the real party in interest
Messrs. j. A. Wing and George Water
man for plaintiffs; Messrs. Lamson, Shurt
left and Heath for defendants.