Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-22
WINDHAM COUNTY COURT,

In the cas.. of Crowningshipld Is Moore and
Moore, which was with the jury at the time OF
going to press last week, the verdict was ~ I"r
the plaintiff
was an action Of assumpst to recover for work
performed by the plaintiff. 1t appeared IN eNl-
d,.nct that the parties entered into contract by
which the plaintiff was to do the housework for
the defendant and his family at the agreed price
of 81 20 per week After the paintlh had been
for a time at defendants home the father and
mother Of Griswold became sick and Miss Green
left the defendants and took care Of his parents
during their illness After being in the defend
ants employ seventy weeks the contract was Ter
minated and Mr. Griswold rendered S32, the bal
ance Of wages then due, reckoning the whole
time at 81 ~ per week This the plaintiff refused
Ia accept and insisted that when she went To the
residence of the defendant parents she dld So AT
the request of defendant, and that she was tiell
assured if she would go she should he PAID Ia her
satisfaction Mr. Griswold denied tins and claim
ed that Miss Green volunteered her services TOT tht
of his parents, and that she was $50 o9uh1 4y
her contract Verdict for plaintiff. 500 1. IS
Eddy Haskins 4 Stoddard for plalntln. Martll
Waterman & Hit and L. NJ Read for defendant.
Brufus w. Whitney rs WiHiston Winchester
This was an action to recover the amount OF
note and interest. 1t appeared that when the
plaintiff was administrator of the estate OF
Charles Hale, and while engaged IN the SETTLE
mpnt of said estate, he took two notes OF the ue
PENDANT for property sold to him as adnlnlstra
Tor These notes were dated May 8. 1882, and
were for S63 and S12 80 Both notes were written
by A. NJ, Prouty at his place Inc Plsintl 10 c' aas
ed that the note of $3.50 was paid May ~ loa2
upon the highway in Marlboro, and that TINS was
the first time ne had seen the defendant since ne
signed the note that 500 was paid IN cash ana
bill which defendant had against SAID hais estate
was reckoned in to make the balance ne ue
PENDANT claimed and testified that on Sunday the
eth of MAY, Whitney and wife came 10 hls plhCt
and that he then paid the note for Sf2b WIN
Money which he received the previous evening
from his brother, Asa Winchester, and which was
dine for cattle That May 10TH 1852 he went 10
Brattleboro with C. p Whitney and borrowed
S115 at the Vermont National bank, tounu VIM
npy upon the highway returning from Work WIN
his help and paid him there the remaining mote
of st3 which Whitney had not with hni Dut
promised to send or hand the same 10 Nun
Whitney demanded payment of the note ABOUT
Claimed that il was paid. he question OF pay
upnt was talked about several different lliuts'
Winchester claiming the note was paid ON the
road as above stated, and Whitney claiming thal
he received no money there, After the SUIT was
commenced, whitney, upon examination Oh hls
books, conceded that he did receive money ul
the defendant above stated, but that II was up,
ON the note for ST25O and that upon the l4th OF
NAV he went to defendant and delivered 10 MN
said note of S72 80. and also a note of $50 gwen
by Henry Howard of Wilmington, and also signed
by defendant as surety The Howard note was
maid NAV 10 to Mrs Whitney, at the home OF the
plautiff and in his absence, The defendant ana
MIR Howard both claimed and testified that II was
arranged at the sale of property belonging To the
Hale estate, and when said S2l5 note was given;
that the note was to be kept by Mr. Winchester anu
that Howard was To pa the same at Winchester $
as bpDg much nearer and more convenient 10
him Mr. Howard testified that previous 10 the
10th of May he paid his note 10 Winchester as ar
ranged and received his note at that TIME t1'
diet for defendant. Haskns a StOddard and I. Is
Eddy for plaintiff Martin, Waterman Hit and
l.. NJ Read for defendant.