Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-13

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Supreme Court.
Elsie y. Aver VS.. Myron n. Aye
was the first divorce case TO b,
heard to-day. These parties were married
in Goshen in November, 1915, and have two
children II girl and boy, aged about I;
and II respectively. The bill was brought
on the ground of intolerable severity, ant
some of the evidence was of such a charac
ter that after ii short time the hearing wa.
held with locked doors. After the birth OF
her second child the woman, according tc
hor testimony, was and continued to be il
feeble health. yet she had most of the time
to do not only her own homework, but tc
90 also into the hay field and rake and pitcl
hay. In July. 1883, she left her husband
and in the October following went to the
hospital in Burlington for treatment. Mr..
SIade appeared for the petitioner, and Elk
Gov. Ormsbeo for the defence, although not
much effort at a defence was made The
decree was promptly granted for intoler
able severity, and alimony and tho srustody
of the two children given to the petitioner
according to the stipulation on file.
The divorce case of Jennie Cook vs..
Henry G.. Cook, which was begun yester-
day afternoon, was continued.
The following judgments, which have
not been reported stand on the clerks
docket according to the final entries made
to-day: :. II. Cain vs.. Central Vermont
Railroad company, settled and discontinued:
Powers Il kimhall vs.. f. Z. Woodbridge.
discontinued without costs: l.. y. Franklin
VS.. Andrew Perry and trustees. trustees
dismissed without costs: Helen NJ. Hovt VS..
Oren Hoyts administrator, discontinued
without costs; Ransom Beers VS.. Walker
b. Field, discontinued; Lucy S. Kingsland
VS.. +. f.. Woodbridge, discontinued with
out costs: Mack Il BARLEY VS.. Nergennes
Machine company, discontinued with costs:
F. \. Cronk VS.. Matte Fuller, appellant,
with court for judgment as Of this Decem-
ber term; in re Holt !. Treadway,
Holt j. Treadway, appellant, dis
continued; Joseph st. Clair VS. Stephen
Gregory, appellant, judgment for plaintiff
for SlSS1 and costs; Page G. Potter, ap-
pellant, VS. Mathew c. Riley, non-suit;
Henry c. Preston VS.. James Preston, dis
continued; i. w. Spaulding, jr., VS.. Orrin
Danforth, appellant defendants motion for
continuance granted with costs of plaintiff ;
witnesses for this term and plaintiffs term
fees against the defendant; Sally 4. Roberts
vs.. Harrison Ii. II. Roberts and trustee,
discontinued; +. 4. Leland vs.. Bcmus
Bradley's estate, discontinued with costs
against the deceased plaintiff estate; Ken
dali and Grandey vs. W. c. Mound, mdg-
ment for plaintiffs on the report for
%lOS. 40: jennie X. Norton VS.. Jefferson
Barnard, bastardy case. settled and
discontinued; Alfred Phelps VS.. George L.
Parmelee, discontinued; Lewis Russell vs.
James Coughlin, appellant, discontinued;
Allan Calhous VS.. Herbert c. Rowell ct al
discontinued: William Gotta, by his next
friend, VS.. Frank Winch, appellant, judg-
ment for plaintiff clerk to assess. IN
chancery, Willie Sherman vs.. Silas r. Sell
den and +. ID. Selden. with chancellor for
decree as of this term; Nancy 5. Platt vs..
a. q. Chandler ct al, decree. with equity
of six months for the defendants: Ira Tuck
er VS.. Daniel Durfee, discontinued: Eras-
mus NJ. Kent vs.. j. j. Ridley and Il. H.
Hatch, discontinued: Daniel Shayes vs.. John
Byrnes ct al, with court: Helen NJ
Hoyt vs.. Edwin Hoyt decree; /eia Lamb
VS.. Frank Lamb ct al, with tho court:
Ashbel A. Dean W. Edward +. White, de
cree of foreclosure equity with the court
On the new entry law docket Benedict Il
Bird, appellants, vs. John W. Wooster and
trustee, principal defendants deiaulted, re
ferred to clerk as commissioner on the mat
ter of the trusteeship.
The petitioners in the divorce cases of
Victoria Freegard vs.. Charles Freegard and
Antoine Firkey VS.. Phiena Firkey, both
failed to show up to-day, and the court or
dered both cases continued.
Then the work Of the term having been
completed, court was adjourned without
day. The term has been an abnormally
short one Tor Addison county.