Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-03-23
Washington County Court.

Mr. Osman ID Clark of Montpelier made bis
maiden argument TO Jury in the county court in
the case of EDDY ps Preptiss. an account Of which
il given below lie received manv congratula.
tons for his fine effort
The new law docket was called on Monday af
ternoon. There are forty.eieht new entries the
smallest number ever known. The largest num-
Der Of entries ever known was one hundred and
seventy-fve, two or three years ago OF the new
entries nine are applications for divorces Ira II.
Edison OF Marshfeld, u.s. Eunice T. Edison, for will
full desertion and adultery Abbie J. Currier of
Cabot u.s. John A. Currier, for having been sem
fenced to the state prison Emma Someryille of
Faystop Us. William Somerville for wilful deser-
ton; w. II. II. Powers of Moretown Us. lydia A.
Powers, for adultery and intolerable severity;
Henry Brown OF Warren u.s. Augusta A. Brown,
for deserton; Electa S. Jackman Of Barre u.s.
John NJ. Jackman, for intolerabe severity; Hattie
V. Seayer OF Waterbury Us. Josiah W. Seaver
1.-THE waitsfield incendiary), for having been SEN
fenced 10 the state prison; Charles NJ. Wing Of
North Montpeler ps. Cordelia f.. Wing. for wilful
desertIon; Chester Powers Of Moretown u.s. Eliza
Powers OF Barre for wilful desertion.
Mr. Pitltin has assigned the following causes
for trial Mt tho coming in of court next Monday;
Against Elkanah s. Whitcomb. william L, Wash
burn. Dewey & Gunnison, Truman j. Hunt, Mark
French, Alexander Jangraw, Frank H. Bascom,
Edward Scott George Wade, and Babcock & Cut
Ter. all of MONTPELIER; Hamilton Webster II. +.
Dickinson, Clarence G. Carr, f. E. Sherman, and
John Magoon, all of Barre; William Blood of
Mortified; II. H. Bishop OF Waterbury; Melissa
Warner of Roxbury; all for violating the liquor
law. AGAINST Charles Romney of Roxbury for ex-
posing poison for horse; against Henry Morse Of
Cabot for assaultng an officer against. Lucus and
Richard Smith Of Mortified, for assault and
battery; against Jennie Smith Of Montpelier for
keeping a house Of ill-fame.
The case Of Charles and Joseph Duffany Us.
George and Frank Corbele is now on trial. and will
probably take all day 1t is an action OF trespass
ON the freehold to settle the boundary line be-
tween lots thirty-two and thirty -four In the first
division of allotments in waitsfield, which were
subsequently set to Mortified. Messrs. Heman
Carpenter and s. c. Shurtleff for the plaintiff and
Messrs Frank Plumley and Heath & Carleton for
the defendants.
John L. Adams rs. Liberty T. Kinney. The
parties to this suit are residents of Marshfed and
the owners Of adjoining pieces Of land which
form part Of lot in the Sth range of lots in
Marshfeld The action Is trespass upon the free
hold to recover damages for cutting timber by the
defendants servants upon the plaintiffs land.
The most important controversy, however, is
as to the location of the line between the
two pieces OF land, about which there has been
a dispute for some time. 1t seems that each
gets his title to his hundred acre piece from the
same source but that prior to 1857 there had been
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as to the location of the maple tree They found
that it was east OF the line which Kinney claimed
to be the true one, and therefore, with the rest OF
the timber, on the plaintiffs land. Verdict for
plaintiff, S25. Messrs. J. p. Lamson and S. C..
Shurtleff for plaintiff Messrs. Henry X. Field
and Clarence II. Pitkin for defendant.
| Orsamus Eddy u.s. Austin G. Prentiss.-Tbis is
controversy in regard to the ownership of forty
five packages OF butter weighing two hundred
| and ninety-five and one-half pounds, which the
defendant, deputy sheriff living at Moretown,
on the 9TH of July, $780, attached at the Wells
River depot in Montpelier upon writ in favor Of
| Frederick W. Baldwin OF Barton and against
George Eddy, the plaintiffs son. The plaintiff
claims that the butter belonged to him and was
therefore not liable for the debts OF George. The
plaintif at the time oil the attachment was living
on iarm IN Waitshed which he had leased from
the Natlonal LIE insurance company OF Montpe
her' ana ms son george was managing " Tor MN
was eohoeucu ny "eorse ni"isei, upon .he
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app'fen. i,on 'ne testimony 'nat great dea
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the attachment than there had been before and /,
was claimed by the defendant that this crv n,
N'u " ."o ueienuan' 'na' this cry OF
agency was merely subterfuge to prevent credi
.ors from eohecting their Just debts oil George
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court in this state against apv town for inres eave oy
% hrs nna through ne lnsncency OF any hshwy
ing signed by the party injured claiming damages
bridge or highway Is situated by the person injured or
injury Or aamSe ain twenty Yen nays Ol sna ne e' Sac
where such injury was received and pointing out ne
was Insufficient or out Of repair and that he or she 50 in
VI '"Aea WI, Guam satisfaction OF 'ucn Town.
s|'.'. ~ '".s o"ee was &c ioiio"S
ton You hereby notified tia, my three, mare
18Th day Of june iss by bskns bns he bdSe and
Getting her lo1 and leg into hoe 10 the bridge leading
defective and out OF repair, claim dam ,ges said
| 10Y" $1,000 iui SAN ,nIaary .oo JEREMIAH poNAhuk'
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