The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-27
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Rochester.
The Vermont Homeopathic Medical
society will hold its semi-annual meeting
in Burlington, May ..
A large amount of building is under
contemplation in Burlington. Several
fine blocks will be erected this season.
Ludlow is to have Il soldiers monu-
ment. 1t is being made by the Vermont
Marble company and will be unveiled
on Decoration day. n
Hon. Ranney lizard of Factory
Point. Judge of probate for the north
shire of Bennington county. died sud
denly of neuralgia of the heart, Tuesday.
The wife of ID. o. Mahoney and
daughter of Shubael Fletcher, aged
about 30. was drowned Tuesday morn
ing in Il well at her home in the south
part of the town of Woodstock. 1t is
believed to be q suicide on account of
family troubles. She leaves two young
daughters.
II. W.. Love of Rutland, who last
week was said to have run away. return
ed OH Friday. Saturday he was arrested
for contempt of court in that he absent
ed himself from Il trial before Justice
Bailey at Rutland on Tuesday of last
week the ease was hclrd Tuesday and
respondent discharged. Sunday night
Love was again arrested on the charge
of rape and put under So, 200 bonds for
trial today.
In the C%hittendcn county court. re-
Gently. one of the divorce cases was that
of Mary b. Barry VS.. William c.. Barry.
an uncontested suit. The origin of the
,,,.I1 ..,, tI, F,.t tl,nt tIn Itrulanrn1
was a Romanist and the wife a Protes-
tant. The wife declined to take any
steps toward becoming a Catholic and a
few months after the marriage (Which
was celebrated at Shclburn in 1879 Mr..
Barry deserted his wife and went to
Fairfield to live and Mrs. Barry took up
her residence with her parents at Col
chester. Decision was reserved.
The rccently-formed Consolidated
Railroad company of Vermont held its
first meeting at Montpelier on Monday
and chose this board of directors: John
Gregory Smith of st. Adams. Joseph
dickson of Montreal. James II. Langdon
of Montpelier. w. II. II. Bingham of
Stowe. Ezra Ii. Baker of Boston. b. p.
Cheney of Boston. f. Curtis Smith of st.
Adams. A st. Adams despatch says:
Rapid progress is being made for the
reorganization and consolidation of the
Vermont Central and the Vermont and
Canada railroads on the plan which the
American Loan and Trust company have
in charge. The equity of redemption un-
der the decree of the United States court
for the foreclosure of the first mortgage
of the Vermont Central railroad expired
some days since. Monday the holders of
the first and second mortgage bonds
filed articles of association with the
secretary of State for organizing a new
company. The name of the new COM
pany is the Consolidated Railroad COM
pany of Vermont. The holders of over
two-thirds the first mortgage bonds have
signed the articles of association of the
new company. and the owners of four
tifths the second mortgage bonds have
also accepted the terms of consolidation.
as contemplated in the act passed by the
last Legislature. The new company
will take possession and operate the
consolidated roads. the holders of
Vermont Central and Vermont and
Canada securities are now working in
harmony and under the plan for the re-
organization of the roads,
The decision in Washington county
court of the case of the Lycoming Fire
Insurance company VS.. Medad Wright Il
Son. of Montpelier, is of more Than usual
interest, inasmuch as it effects parties in
nearly every county in the State. The
company was Il Pennsylvania corpora
ton, and transacted business on botl
mutual and cash plan. 1t began bust
ness in Vermont in 1870. and continued
until October S. ISL. Then the attor-
ney general of Pennsylvania caused it to
la nli,Ina1 incnlvant anH ha1 a ranaixra,
appointed. The receiver, by Chas. W
Porter of Montpelier. his attorney
brought suits against various parties. the
Mcssrs. Wright being among them, t.
collect assessments alleged to be due OF
premium notes. This case was entered
at the last September term. and the dc
PENDANTS plead the general issue, will
four special pleas in bar. The first ol
those special pleas alleged that the con
tract of insurance was induced by the
fraud and misrepresentation of the
cOmpany's agent, in representing tina
the company was solvent, with Il larg,
surplus in its treasury. when i'll fact /
was i%nsOlvent. The second averred tina
the company had moi complied will
section two of number one of tn,
laws of 1874. which required that al
foreign insurance companies transactins
business in this State should be RESPONSE
BILE, either by the laws of the State where
the companies are located or by provi
sions in their acts of incorporation %
policies, for the acts and neglect o
their agents. The third and fourth
averred that the company had not file,
with the secretary of the State a copy o
its bylaws. rs required by the same act
i, The plaintiff filed general and specia
demurrers to these pleas. thus raising TIA,
c question for the first time in this Stat,
: whether a contract OF insurance entere,
! into by a foreign insurance company
without a compliance with the statute i
binding upon the assured. AS the plain
= THIS demurrers reach the first defect il
pleading, the defendants counsel claim
! ed that a receiver appointed by a cour
; of another State could not maintain al
4 4 action in this State; that the declaration
was defective, in not alleging that TIN
company was licensed to do business il
this State; and that it did not show tina
: the claims for losses for which tn,
assessments were laid had been adjudi
!. Gated by the court. The suit against j
4 s. Wheelock of Berlin, in which the de