The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-20
Washington County Court.

HATTIE A. CoBURN v. ARTHUR @. PILL
This was the first jury case tried. Plaintiff
claimed to have suffered a miscarriage at
Berlin, July "a, 1893, caused by fall down
stairs while dizzy, and that her dizziness at
that time was due to some poisonous medi-
cine which she was taking, given her by
defendant to take for the benefit of her
headache, and to this medicine she at
tributed her trouble. She claimed to have
kept company with defendant while In st.
Albans, and who obtained for her work in
au overall factory at that place; that she
became engaged to be married to him; that
she went to board with defendants mother,
and while at her house, became pregnant
from defendant; and claimed damages for
the injuries received, especially the shat
tered condition Of her health. Her case
was largely based upon receiving, as she
claimed, the medicine from defendant. Her
physicians were Doctors Lance and Fisk Of
Montpelier Defendant testified that he had
mover paid any marked attentions to plant
if; that he was never engaged to be married
to her; nor had he furnished her with any
medicines. His attorneys in their argu
ments laid considerable stress upon the fact
that the bottle of medicine which plaintiff
exhibited in court was such as physician
carries in his medicine case. The jury re-
turned verdict, Friday morning, that de-
PENDANT was not guilty, and that he recover
his costs. T. j. Deavitt and W. A. Lord for
the plaintiff; F. w. McGettrck Of St. AL
bans and j. II. Senter for defendant.
PETER F. HERNoN & Co. v. LONG IIsLANp
GRANITE Co. The plaintiffs, who do a
granite business in Montpelier, obtained q
judgment by default, clerk to assess dam
ages. Plaintiffs sued to recover pay for
$500 or $500 worth Of granite monuments
which they had cut for defendants. Their
attorney was II. W. Kemp.
e. A. HEATH, ADMIR- OF G. III. MCCUL-
LoUaH, v. CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD Co.
Plaintiff sued to recover $22 70 due intes-
tat, for labor from defendant. The intes-
tate, while working for defendant az a
brakeman, was killed in January, 1893,
while coupling cars. He was boarding at
that time with Mrs. Burnett at her board
ing house in St. Adams. Defendant claimed
to be under contract with her to pay intes-
tate's board, and introduced testimony to
show that it did after his decease. The
fact Of payment, however, was disputed
Judge Start-holding as a matter OF law that
defendant was under obligation to carry
out its contract to pay the board money and
had the right to pay the same to Mrs Bur-
nett after intestate's decease-directed q
verdict for defendant and that it recover its
costs Exceptions were taken. e. A.
Heath and T. j. Deavitt for plaintiff; U. w.
Writer'S of St. Adams for defendant
Tows OF BARRE, APPELLANT, v. GEORGE
JERRY.-This case Ia now on trial. The
jury were empaneled Friday afternoon.
The plaintiff has about finished the intro
duction of its testimony. The defendant
has large number of witnesses to examine.
The action was brought under section 1882
OF the revised laws to recover OF defendant q
penalty Of $50, to be expended in repairing
highways, for having blocked up, in 1898,
certain drain, whereby the highway leading
from the city of Barre to Cutler Corner was
greatly injured. The dedication of the
highway has become a material question,
and much Of plaintiff testimony is upon this
point The case was tried at the last Sep
tember term of court, and resulted in a
disagreement OF the jury. The plaintiff Is
represented by j. w. Gordon and g. w.
Wing, the defendant by j. G. Wing and R.
A. HOar.