The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-30
LamOilIe County Court.

The April term Of this court opened at Hyde
Park on Tuesday OF last week, prayer being
offered by Rev. William Whitney OF Wolcott
The following are the officers: Hon. II. Henry
Savage and Hon. Horace Waite, assistant
judges; W. II. II. Kenield, clerk; Fl. G. Lam
pher sheriff; Hon. p. X. Gleed, states attor-
ney; John H. Mimms, stenographer. The
general bar docket contained eghty-six cases,
and of these twenty were assigned for trial by
jury When the assignment was read in court,
about one-half OF this number were announced
to be actually for trial. The second case is
now on trial, and there remain seven more civil
cases and three or four state cases yet to be
tried. The probability Is that the term will
extend we'll into the merry month Of May.
The petit jurors we're empaneled, sworn and
charged Tuesday forenoon. His Honor, Judge
Powers, is in his element when enlarging upon
any matter that men require expounded to
them, and his charge to the jurors, expressed
in good sturdy Kings English. was listened to
with marked attention, not only by the jurors,
but by his brethren in the law. The following
gentlemen are serving as petit jurors: Belvi-
dere, G. w. Potter Cambridge, Fred Fulling-
ton, w. w. Raymore D. G. Walker and Will
liam Hebb; Eden, Edwin s. Campbell and o.
Silloway; Hyde Park, v. N. Lilley, A. ]. Hub
bard, Harrison Grout and Alonzo Edgerton;
Morristown, ]. Sherwood, @. L. Shaw Mar
shall Mower, R. s. Gallup and Harrison Dodge
johnson, ]. X. Hill, Roswell Foster, Joseph
Bixby and s. A. Andrews; Stowe, Chandler
son and A. j. Hunt; Watervile Enos Fletcher
and O. G. Kelley; Wocott, M. Conant, G. s.
Hastings and s. G. Pennock. After the charge
to the petit jurors, recess was taken, and at
two o'clock the first case was taken up.
Henry g. Kipp vs.. Q. G. Fisher.-This was
an action Of assumpsit to recover an alleged
balance Of money due from the defendant to
the plaintiff for his services In the year 1875,
and for two months services in the fall OF 1876,
and for the sum of $50 which the plaintiff
claimed he loaned to the defendant. The de-
fences in the case were: First, not indebted
second, IL indebted at any time, the debt had
been paid third, the defendant introduced a
counter claim and, fourth, 1t was pleaded that
settlement had been had between the parties
in the month OF December. 1877. The plaintiff
rendered, but his father had liberated him
from the claims OF a parent upon his minor
son. Before rendering the services for the de-
PENDANT he had lived with him and made 1t his
home, working what he could in return for his
board. When he was thus liberated by his
father, he claims to have made contract with
| the defendant by which he was to receive a
certain amount for his labor, and it was for a
balance due In this direction that the plaintiff
sought to recover. The jury returned verdict
in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of
his claim and interest, $751; %. Brigham g.
them; P. K. Glsed and Richard F. Parker for
defendant.
Doty, administrator of Rebecca Barnes
| Estate vs. John Hubbard The plaintiff seeks
| to eject the defendant from the premises occu-
pied by him, situated in the center of the town
Of Hyde Park. The premises were decided to
| the defendant and his wife by Rebecca Barnes
| during her lifetime, in consideration Of which
| Hubbard and wife were to take care Of her
during the remainder of her life. She died
soon after the deed was made and the plain
| tiff, who is really an heir Of Mrs Barnes,
| claims that the deed was obtained by exerting
an undue influence over old Mrs. Barnes whom
| he claims was of weak will and inferior in.
| tellectual capacity, and not able to understand
what she was doing when she made the trade
resulting in her deciding away her property as
she did. Robert and Eben Barnes sons Of Re-
becca, are the real plaintiffs. The case is still
on trial. Fl. c. Bates and Brigham e. Water
man for plaintiff; P. K. Gleed and ]. G. Burke
| for defendant.
The case Of Carrie Bridgeman Us. P. s. Ben
| jamin's Estate comes up next, Taft, judge
presiding, as Judge Powers is disqualified from
sitting by reason Of his relations to the estate
| The state cases to be tried are State U.s. Tillo
| son, State vs. Sherwin and State Us. LaPage
liquor cases. State Us. Myron Amber, arson
and larceny case. There are also half 6
dozen divorce cases for the court. Severa
liquor cases have been disposed of by calling
the bonds, which were forfeited-a practice
which is getting quite common in this state.