Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
ADDISON COUNTY COURT,
PR0CEEDINGs OF THE JUNE TERM I
DATE.

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Chief Justice Jonathan Ross of st. Johns /
bury as presiding Judge and Hons. Royal
j. Flint of Granville and Henry Il. Bald f.
win of Monkton as assistant Judges. The
other officers of the court are: Frank J.. /
Fish OF Vergennes, States attorney
Kent w. Merritt of Shoreham. sheriff.
with ten deputies; Rufus Wainwright of
Middlebury, clerk; Charles NJ. Wids of
Middlebury, deputy clerk; Charles f.
Pinney of Middlebury, county treas
urer, and Miss Ella NJ. Balou of liut-
land. stenographer.
There was an unusually large number
of out-of-town lawyers present at the
opening. Among whom were Daniel
Roberts, Robert Roberts, f. II. Hard. W.
/ II. Bliss and NJ. II. Alexander of Bur-
lington; ex-Gov. e. ). Ormsbee and w.
4. Atwell of Brandon; Frank l.. Fish
and +. W. Tuttle of Nergennes, Felix w.
McGettrick of st. Adams, g. +. Mon
tcith of johnson. W. w. Rider of Bristol
and Charles f. Kingsley of Salisbury.
Rev. Il. II. Archibald OF Middebury
offered the opening prayer and Sheriff
Merritt then made the customary proc
lamation opening the court. The dockets
were called of, and ut the completion OF
the entries it was evident that the term
would be a very short one. With the
entries in cases left open on Tuesday as
filed in on Wednesday. the cases on the
jury calendar were thus disposed of:
Hiram Nortons administrator V. john
Perkins, settled and discontinued, with
the same entry in the other cases grow
ing out of this suit; Timothy {. Smiths
administrators V. \. L. Smith and trus-
tees. nonsuit stricken off, settled and dis
continued; Henry NJ. Danyew V. Austin
Il. Booth. appellant. settled; y. Iemen.
way " Wilbur Field, appellant, settled
and discontinued +. \. lhrall V. +. o.
Porter, misentry, the case now beng be-
fore the supreme court; Columbus Smith
V. \. r. Smith ct al, settled; E. II. Mer-
rill ct al. V. o. B. WolcOtt, continued;
Laurena Colby, appellant, V. Page Col.
by's administrator. settled; Minerva
l.. Peck, V. b, ;. lockwood, continued
on terms as to the defendant; Stephen
w. Gregory, appellant, V. Byron How
ard. and Sally Howard V. Stephen w.
Gregory, continued; Sanford L. Emery
V. Pat. Halpin, discontinued with costs
against the plaintiff; William G. Danyew
V. George Kelsey, appellant, settled and
discontinued; Charles Balm. appellant,
V. George BroussO, settled; Jake Canteen
V. NJ. j. Harmon, appellant. settled and
discontinued. The cases marked sim
ply "settled" remain on the docket until
the terms of agreement are complied
with. Thus only the case of Gregg &
Co., appellant, V. j. II. Beane was left
on the calendar marked for trial.
A large number of cases on the gen.
eral law docket and the chancery docket
were disposed of by settlements Or
otherwise, and on the law docket "A few
cases were set for hearings. Eleven di-
vorce cases were set for trial, six were
continued and three discontinued. In
the criminal list, the cases of State v.
William w. Gueguire, ID. Il. Sawyer,
George Merritt. John Champlin. Fayette
Lasher and John Munger were continued.
State V. J. S. Dodge, for alleged cruelty
to animals, and State V. Horace Smith,
for selling cider, were mol. pressed upon
the recommendation of the States at
torney. Two cases were set for trial,
! State V. Abraham Ploot and State v.
George Woods.
Judgments were entered by agreement
in the following cases. Martha f. Hath
Orn V. Bracket w. Burleigh. Judgment
for plaintiff, clerk to assess; Hiram
r Fields executor V. Carleton n. Field.
f discontinued by stipulatiOEs; Austin Il.
= Booth V. William ii. Minor ct al, iudg-
: ment for plaintiff. clerk to assess; +. b.
/ Palmer V. Edison Halls guardian. iudg-
J. ment to account and continued; w. IL.
f Barnard V. EnoS f. LeClair ct al, judg-
C ment for plaintiff, clerk to assess; Mrs.
J. +. X. Andrews V. Henry b. Jacobs, APP
i pelant, and trustees, George w. Jacobs,
d claimant, judgment against principal de-
h fendant, trustees discharged without
: costs and no costs against claimant
John d. Brooks V. Solon Lapham, judg-
ment to account, clerk appointed au-
ditor. On the chancery docket, DEGREES
If were entered for the orators in these
n cases; jessie L. Stilson ct. al. V. Jesse
I, Curler ct al; Benjamin c.. Hayward v.
\. d. Hayward ct al. Frank 7. Nash v
Charles F. Smith ct al, and Joseph
Tucker V. Antoine Quay. These three
- cases growing out of Orwell matters
- were discontinued: In re Hammond
Z Bush & Co. V. VIM. b. Wright, appel.
liant; in re Hammond, Bush & Co. V. II
:, NJ. Chapman, appellant, and in re Ham.
:, u mond Bush & Co. V. Charles +. Bush
appellant. The cases of c. IL. Norton et
i al, V. Hiram Norton ct al, and Solor
d., T,Io ,I,-