Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-08
App,soN COUNTY CouRT.

The officers of the court are these: Hon.
| Loveand Munson of Manchester, chief
Judge: Hon. John L. Weeks of Sails
bury and Hon. Emerson Holland of
Panton, assistant Judges II. Wainwright
of Middlebury, clerk; Charles NJ. Wilds
of Middlebury, deputy clerk Frank l..
Fish of Vergennes, States attorney /;
Kent w. Merritt of Shoreham, sher-
| iff, and Miss f. n. BallOu of Rutland,
/ reporter.
Rev. L. G. Lyons, pastor of the local
Baptist church, made the opening
prayer, and Sheriff Merritt then made
the customary proclamatiOns, after
which the grand Jurors were called.
There were some absentees, so the petit
Jurors were called and sworn first. ii.
=. Sherwin of Bristol and Theodore A.
Sessions of Goshen were excused from
Jury duty. We have already printed Il
list of the grand and petit jurors. Judge
MunsOn talked briefly to the iurymen in
regard to the nature of their duties, and
the general docket was then gone over
A large number of the cases were con-
tinued, one or two were referred and
some were set for court hearings. Three
liquor cases and three divorce cases
were set down for trial, but there will
probably be more divorce cases heard,
AS number were left open.
The cases on the jury calender were
disposed of as follows: Hiram Norton's
administrator V. John Perkins. VIM. K.
York v. Edison b. Palmer, Phenner
Vail ct ais, appellants, v. Wallace D..
SAWYER, Herzg Sons e. Co. V. Chapman
& Co., and town of Leicester, appellant,
v. town of Brandon were marked for
trial. John w. Martin, appellant, ".
William c. Danyew; Robert 5. Phillips
v. John W. Grace, and Fred Hopper ".
Edison II. Thomas and trustee were left
open. +. u. Vernal V. w. w. Swiney,
Henry Nj. Danyew V. Austin L. Booth,
appellant; Ii. w. SpOoner ct ais, APP
pellants V. Austin Il. Booth, and MyrOn
Fales V. Il. +. Sumner were continued.
Town of StarksoorO V. George Morrill,,
Harriet Caldwell V. Wilbur f. Hanks,
and Victor Wright's administrator V.
NJ. III. Eddy were discontinued Column
bus Smith V. Charles Smith was referred
and in Marshall Smiths administrator
V. 5. w. Gregory, appellant, Judgment
for plaintiff was entered, clerk to assess.
As the absent members of the grand
jury had not come in, II recess was taken
at II 80 o'clock to p. m.
There were not nearly so many law
yers present from out of town at the
opening of court as is usually the case.
Those who were present we're: Hon.
Daniel Robert and Hon. Seneca llasel-
ton of Burlington, Fred G.. Swinington
of Rutland, W. w. Rider and w. A.
Atwell of Bristol, f. l.. Fish and f. w.
futile of Vergennes, Charles F. King
sley of Salisbury and George Briggs OF
Brandon.
Notable among the absentees was
Hon. George w. Grandey of Vergennes
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, mentioned. Gen. Grandey has been fol
half Il century Il conspicuous figure
among the lawyers of Vermont and had
been for upwards of 80 years member
of the Addison county bar, in all OF
which long period he had attended
every term of the county court but one
During the noon recess meeting of the
members of the bar of Addison county
was held in the court room to take APP
{: propriate action in regard to his death
4 Judge James NJ. Slade was chosen chair
t man and +. w. Tuttle was made secre
= tary. On motion of +. l.. Fish com
mittee of three was appointed to prepare
and report suitable resolutions and TIT
meeting adjourned to II o'clock Wednes
day, The chair naming as members o.
the committee Mr.. Fish, Hon. John W
Stewart and w. W. Rider.
The missing members of the CRANE
jury were present when court opened il
the afternoon, with the exception o
George f. Peet of Starksboro. Tho wa
! excused from attendance on account o
sickness. j. +. Crane OF Mddlebury
= was called in his place and Judge Nun
o son then gave the usual instructions t
J. the panel in regard to their duties
n Judge julius j. Crane of Brldport wa
J. appointed foreman, and they retired t,
p begin their labors.
d Hiram Norton's administrator V. JOIN
IT Perkins was the first case to come t,
trial, and was begun tuesday afternoon
- w. II. Bliss and Judge Haselton ap
peared for the plaintiff and Stewart 4
Wilds for the defendant. This is an &C
ton of ejectment, and was brought b.
: Charles II. Norton, son and administers
n tor of Hiram Norton, to recover posses
lie sion of l35 acres of land, with dwellin
house and farm buildings thereon, in tn
F. town of Addison, valued at about $500
p of which Hiram Norton gave the de-
Vfendant warrantee deed on tn
o. 4th day of September, 1889. On the sam
~ day Norton, who was then so years G
7 age, gave Perkins a bill of sale of hi
personal property and Perkins signed
T contract to take care of and support hi
during the remainder of his life. OIL
10 Mr.. Norton staid with Perkins throug
ne the following winter and then lief
II, subsequently he went back, but lei
n, again, and in all lived with Perkir
about II months. Norton died in Apri
1893, but prior to his death he brougl
an action to recover possession of ii
- property on the ground that Perkir
had not given him suitable supper
This action his son, at whose house /
died, now maintains as administrator
of his fathers estate. Mr.. Bliss began Il
ry opening statement to the jury and Offe
&c ed the deed and agreement to suppo
in evidence. Mr.. Wilds for the defen
objected to the admission of the col
tract, and after argument on both sid
. a recess was taken from 80 o'clock
O'Clock Wednesday morning in ord
- to give counsel an opportunity to loo
up the authorities.
ar Wednesday morning the argument W
Ter resumed and continued. The plaintiff
side claimed that the contract was Writ
ally part of the deed, in fact Il
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