St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
Passumpsic Dam--Notice of Tes-
timony in Perpetuam.

We EImore T Ide Horace K Ide and Geo
of Caledonia and state of Vermont oath
depOSe and say that we are parties to a suit
pending in the Court of Chancery for the
county of Caledonia and state of Vermont i'll
which suit George C Lawrence and George
G. Winslow of Waterford in said county are
compliments and these atlantis are defend
ants; that these atlantis are owing and
ain tanning a dam across the PaSSumpSic
River at PasSumpsic in the town of Barnet
in said county of Caledonia that the main
tenance of said dam affects the height of the
water in said river along and upon the said
complainantS' meadow lands situated upon
said river above said dam; that the right of
these atlantis to maintain said dam at its
present height and to raise the same is the
matter in issue in said suit in Chancery that
these atlantis claim that they have lawful
right to maintain said dam at its present
height and to raise the to greater
height than its present; that George X. Bar
ker of Waterford aforesaid. Willard Wake
field, Timothy NJ. Keith, John A DuplisSis,
Louise Woods, Lydia Woods, Lydia Harvey
and Harvey Somers of Barnet, aforesaid,
Iowa, and John X. Woods of Lamoille in the
state of Illinois, and other persons whose
names are unknown to these atlantis are ex-
pected to become parties to said suit and
controversy and interested III the sub
ers of meadow, or other lands situated upon
said Passumpsic River near and above said
dam, which lands are affected by the height
of said dam; that the testimony OF Jacob
Ide, Sy1vanus p. Mulliken and John +. Multi
ken and Hugh Smith is material in defence of
said suit and to establish these atlantis claim
relating to the height at which said dam can
lawfully be maintained; and that for the
reasons aforesaid these atlantis desire to per
petuate the testimony of the said Jacob lde
and of the said Sylvanus and John Mulliken
and Hugh Somers in accordance with the
statute in such made and provided
ELMORE T IDE.
II. h. IDE.
GEO. T. CUSHMAN.
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia County IS.
At st. Johnsbury this end day of August,
1889, personally appeared Elmore t Ide,
Horace X Ide and George F. Cushman and
made oath to the truth of the foregoing afil-
davit by them signed. Before me,
WENDELL z. STAFFORD,
Notary Public.
STATE OF VERMONT. County ofCaledonia SIS
In consideration of the foregoing affidavit
ordered that the testimony of the said Jacob
Ide, Sylvanus MulEken, John MulHken and
Hugh Smith be taken in perpefHam upon the
tiers set forth in said affidavit before
at the office of Ide & Stafford in st. Johns
bury in the county of Caledonia and state of
Vermont on the third day of September 1889
at nine O'Clock in the forenoon and that no
tice thereof be given to the said George C
Lawrence, George @ WInsIow, IImothy M
Keith Willard Wakefield, George X. Barker,
Louise Woods, Lydia Woods, Lydia Harvey,
John Dup1issis and Harvey Somers by service
of this affidavit and order upon each of them
fore said time of taking said testimony and
that notice thereof be given to said Oscar
Woods and John Woods and all other per
sons interested in said controversy by pub
fishing this affidavit and order once in the
St. Johnsbury Californian, newspaper pub
1ished a st. Johnsbury aforesaid. which pub
LEGATION shall be at least ten days before said
time of taking.
the 18th day of August 1899. To any sheriff
or constable in the state to serve and return.
JONATHAN ROSS,
Judge of Sup. CT.