Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-09-13
THE COUNTY COURT.


Coventry, FL. F. Black
Craftsbury, E. S. Stratton.
Derby: Marshal Sias.
Glover, A. B. Rich.
Greensboro, A. K. Drury.
Holland, Isaac Marsh.
Irasburgh, Geo. B. Brewster.
Jay, L. o. Sargent.
Lowell, Irwin Stephenson.
Morgan, L. D. Farr.
Newport, Sidney Perkins.
Troy, Orson Miller.
Westfield, A. S. Miller.
Westmore, A. w. Lyon.
PETIT JURORS.
Albany, O. M. Delano, Geo. A. Bill.
Barton, E. S. Nelson, Oliver T. Will
lard.
Bloomington, o. Marsh.
Charleston, San1 Winslow, Henry
Campbell.
Coventry, VIM. Stevens, Chester Row.
ell.
Craftsbury, Rob't A. Patterson, N. H,
Kinney.
Derby, Calvin Wilcox. C. B. Buell..
Glover, J. d. Magoon, A. A. Williams.
Greensboro, j. A. Crane, S. p. Pinney.
Holland, S. G. Pinney.
Irasburgh, p. E. Chaffee, S. W. Allen.
Jay, S. B. Wakeman.
Lowell, Frank H. Skinner, John Steph-
| enson.
Morgan, E. c. Burroughs.
Newport, E. P. Wright, Robert Cam
NETT.
| Troy, Geo. Manuel, H. S. Elkins.
Westfeld, James X. Hovey, Harlan
| Woodwork.
| Westmore, S. A. Hunt.
The jury calendar contained thirty en-
tries. The first day on reading the cal
endar eight cases were found not for the
jury. The new entry docket contains so
Currier against Geo. S. and Lucy Robin
son, administrators of Lucius Robinson's
estate. This case has been in court sew
eral terms. 1t involved about $4,000.
|
lumber for the construction of fences
along the line of the S. E. r. r., for the
depot at No. Troy, for bridges, trestles
and culverts along the line of said road
to A. T. Foster, Luther Baker and Lucius
Robinson, joint contractors for the con
struction Of the road in Vermont
and that the same had never been pai6
for. The defence claimed that Robinson
claim was outlawed. The first witness
was Luther Baker, who testSfied as to tn,
making of a contract to construct tina
part of the road in Vermont by himself
rails furnished by Currier were bought b.
the three and the work superintendent b,
all of them. That Robinsons name di,
not appear on the contracts signed, ow
ing to his official connection with TIL
Misssquoi and Clyde Rivers Railroad, AN
the Passumpsic, from which latter loan
were secured. That this was privat
agreement between the three but tina
Robinson was equally interested with til
others in the scheme, and that he so ac
ed in the trade with Currier. That Rot
!. inson told him he had examined Currier
/ acbount and that it should be paid, but b
hoped to get the money from Col. Foste
who was the man who received the bel
eft from the purchase. That Sometim
r, near his death, Robinson told him he ha
|. paid Currler something on account. 4
B. Knowlton, son-in-law of Col. Foste
= testified that he did the business OF pu
chasing the lumber for the constructio
!. of the road. Bought some of Currier II
the purposes claimed by Currier. Th
, Robinson furnished him money to p;
small bills incurred and helped pay I'll
men employed on the road. That Roof
son agreed to see that Currier was pa
and that he supposed him joi
| contractor in the construction OF the roa
. Chandler Bailey swore that he was hire
by Foster and Robinson to build the
pot at No. Troy and that John w. Gu
rier furnished the lumber for the dept
n and that Robinson directed him in the
e. tails of the work on the depot. 9. \
Porter drew piles for the construction
some trestles on the road and afterwar
~ did work enough to pay 5000 suhscripti
n, to ward the construction of the road, a
after that did 800 worth of work, gra
+ ing, for which Robinson paid him. Tt
he sold Currier 10000 feet of lumber f
W fencing, Robinson having told him th
u the contractors had let the job of fenci
a portion of the road to Currier. CT
T. Percy and A. HI. Porter swore that th
n drew lumber for Currier in the constr
ton of the road. F. E. Bakers depO
ton showed that Currier purchased
N, hand-car for his father to use in carryi
D, the mail from Troy to Richford, and I'll
Robinson agreed to pay Currier for
same, and that in this conversation r.
III, inson held himself out as jointly liza
w with Foster and Baker in the building
the road. Norman BiSbee testified
running one of the mills from which lu
Der was supplied by Currier for the 70
NJ and spent some time in verifying entr
mr. on the books in relation to the same.
=, r. Clough testified as to several C
versations with Robinson i'll regard to
"0' construction of the road in which Rot
son held himself out as Joint cOntrac
or and admitted Curriers' claim as Vi
A against himself. Flo Walker zorro
=, rated C.. w. Porter's testimony. OF
witnesses testified as to Curriers' de
ering lumber for the railroad. V.
II. Spalding deposed that he heard Cur
len and Robinson talking over some busin
transactions in 1882 and saw some mo
=, and notes changed between them; he
Robinson consent to pay Currier S25
'ur the old railroad account, and heard {
Irk, rier read his memorandum of the trs
O. action to Robinson, and Robinson's
sent to the same as correct. |. H. J
Clary swore to hearing the same ira