Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09
TOWN LISTERS SUED.
Their Case Argued Before the Supre me
Court Other Trials.

Montpelier. Feb. 3-In the supreme
Court this morning the hearing in the case
of QuimbY * Rogan vs.. the Boston and
Name Railroad company was finished at
ter which the Essex county case of STATE
vs.. S. w. Allen, b. Rooney and A. Drew
was taken up. States Attorney H. w.
luud appearing for the State and Bates
and May for the defendants. In 1896. the
defendants We're acting in the capacity of
listers for the town of Maidstone and it
is alleged that they failed to perform TIE
duties of their office as prescribed by law
and the States attorney therefore brought
legal proceedings against the defendants
under section 29S2 of the revised Statutes
OF 1874 which provides that if Il lister, af-
ter accepting the office, does not perform
its duties, he shall be fined not more than
500.
This case was followed by another from
Essex county, that of Flora Brainard VS..
Thomas II, Van Dyke, II. {. Idc appearing
for the plaintiff and Bates and May for
the defendant. 1t appears that in July,
1852, the plaintiff was II servant in the
home of the defendant, who then resided
in Stewartstown, y. H. and that on the
first of July the defendant placed certain
packages OF dynamite in the hot oven of
the stove located in the room where the
plaintin was at work without nOtly"g
her of its dangerous character In tho
course of events the dynamite exploded
blowing the stove to pieces and the plain
tiff was knocked down and pieces OF the
stove were driven into her body and imbs.
She now sues the defendant for 5000 dam
ages. The defendant, on the other hand,
says tho plaintiff has no cause for action
against him because on the day following
the accident and before this actionSwaS
brought. the plaintiff received and accept
ed from him 800 in full satisfaction ami
discharge of the grievances cited in her
ii - MA n al in
tai to this claim of the defendant that she
was cuerced into making the deed of re-
lease above mentioned.
The cases from Essex county closed with
That Of the Llttleton bridge VS.. Daniel and
Robert Pike, Bates May and Simonds APP
Fearing for the plaintiff and George f..
Morris for the defendants. For over a
half century the plaintiff has occupied
certain lands in Waterford and after the
passage of the special act of 1886 relating
to the taking of lands by virtue of eminent
domain, the plaintiff took certain lands be-
longing to the defendants Commissioners
We're appointed in the court below to APP
praise the lands and stipulate the dam
ages and in their report they gave the de-
PENDANTS So as damages and REQUIRED
them TO pay costs. The defendants there
upon appealed the case to this court.
After the hearing in this case recess
was taken by the court until next Tues
way Ni'H IL - tADtNNtu lIdI the cases
from Orange county will be taken up.
LIQUOR RAID IN WHITE RIVER
JUNCTION.
! White River junction, Feb. Estates
Attorney j. G. Sargent Of Ludlow has
been in town Il couple of days and as a
result of his visit Deputy Sherfs w. S.
/ Lowell of Springfield and j. II. Kinney of
Windsor raided the American House and
the pool room in the Junction House An
mex last night. In the former two bottles
/ of whskey were seized. The pool room
yielded two barrels of beer and varied
assortment Of hot stuff" G.. A. Goodell
Of the American House and Mai j. l..
Elder, proprietor of the pool room. paid
mp 800 as security for appearance at the
trial which is expected to come off soon