St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-20
Waterford

Waterford.
The festival on the anniversary of
the battle of Bunker Hill, on Tuesday,
came off much as advertised. A gath
ering was had at the church, with Hon.
F. r. Carpenter, presiding officer. A
formal address was made by Rev. Chas.
F. Morse, readings and recitations by
the young people, and impromptu
speeches by several men present. At
forwards the company adjourned to the
vestry for supper, which was bountiful
and excellent. A very pretty sum was
realized for the church fund.
Caledonia Co. Court.--June Term, 1879
Hon. IONA. Ross, Presiding Judge.
Hon. JOEL TRULL, A..
Hon. E. w. CHURCH, Ass 'u'ses
A. E. Rankin, Clerk.
E. d. Brown, Deputy Clerk.
Lorenzo Sulloway Jr., Sheriff.
II. E. Carter, States Attorney.
Elisha May, Court Auditor.
No. AZ. Henry Kinne Us. Horace
Peck. Assumpsit for balance on horse
sold by pltf. to deft. in July 1871. The
testimony of plff. tended to show that
in July II, he was the owner of a very
valuable trotting colt that he sold the
colt to def. upon these conditions that
the deft. was to pay him 5000 down
and was to divide the balance the colt
brought over 5000 with plff. that the
colt brought $500; that plff. called up
on def. soon after the sale of colt and
deft. neglected to pay his half of the
balance. The def. denied making this
contract and his testimony tended to
show that plff. had offered to sell the
colt for about 5000 several times before
he purchased it; that the claim of plff
was outlawed before the bringing of
this suit-Oct. 1877. Plff. claimed that
some part of this time between sale and
Oct. 1877, the def. did not reside in
this state and had no known property
in this state, etc. The deft.' testimony
tended to show the contrary. The jury
found that the trade was as plff claimed
but that deft. resided in state during
the period in controversy. Belden &
Ide for plff. Harvey, Bates and Blodg-
EFT for deft.
No. "a. Asa NJ. Woodbury. Us. A. B.
Jeaoet and Waldo Brigham. Action of
trespass and trover for certain wood at
tached by plff. as deputy sheriff in the
town of Hardwick as the property of
the Lamoille Valley R. r. Co. Plff.
claimed that the pltf. in the suit in
which he attached the wood obtained
execution in due time, and when he
went to levy upon the wood he found
1T had been carried away and burned
up; that it was carried by direction of
the defts. as Superintendent and Presi-
dent of the R. r. Co. The defts. evil
dence tended to show that they did not
order the wood taken away and burned
and that the wood when attached was
not the property of R. r. Co. Verdict
agreed as to deft. Jewett. The jury
found that the wood when attached be-
longed to the R. R. Co. Hathaway and
Gleed for plff. Lamson and Belden g.
Idle for defts.
No. 81. Gilchrist, BoaUnaan and Colby
Us. Boot. Action of assumpsit to re-
cover the sum of $1,000 and interest
since Feb. l, n. Plea non assumpsit
and set off. The plffs'. claim was adj
nitted by def. The main question
Arose on the set off. The deft.'s testi-
nOny tended to show that Oct. Is, 1876,
he gave an order of $50 on R. E. Pea
body & Co. which went to the benefit
Of the plffs. There was large amount
Of testimony on both sides upon this
question of how this order was given
and how it should be applied. Verdict