Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-09
SUPREME COURT.
Many Cases Brought Up from About
the State.

| %1lled and about one-half the cases
( ys1ereon were continued.
5as Decisions were rendered in the fol.
owing cases; Holland and Morgan
Telegraph Co. against Grand Trunk
Mailway Co., Essex county. Judg-
l+ssent affirmed.
E4ln re John A. Thorbornc, John A.
s'horborne, guardian, and Andrew
sXhorborne, apt, from Windsor coun-
ny. Judgment affirmed, and certified
3sl probate court. Geo. Il. Moseley
l3gainst Frank w. Mcclure, from
tgYindham county. Settled and dis.
ssntinued. In re William +. Gould's
Est will and testament, from Wind.
Tam county. Pro forma judgment
Ieversed, verdict set aside and cause
Nmanded. Opinion by Judge Tyler.
alexander Sortwcll against Albert
Sowes and William Ladd from
Etanklin county. Judgment affirm.
MI, Judge Start dissenting. Opinion
| ky Judge Watson. Bertha Wertheim,
administrators against the Fidelity
and Casualty Co., from Chittenden
county. Judgment affirmed. M. Mar
fan against G. Bizzozero and Chas. ii.
Fore, trustee, from Washington coun-
| ty. Case discontinued. Judgment
;'ffirmcd as to principal debtor.
The Washington county cases set
t@r hearing are:
Silas o. Mead against town of More.
town; David L. Fuller against Milo
II. Parmenter and c. L. Parmcnter,
administrators: d. L. Fuller & Son
against s. G. Woolson: Hiram b.
Wedge against Wing and Bowers:
Eattie r. kidder against Henry w.
Bacon: State against John Kelley:
State against Charles Doherty:
Stcarns against City of Barre. In re
Barre Water Company and Joseph
1atter against Pitkin and Miller, both
from Washington county are still
sash the court.
The following Washington county
cases were continued: Barre Railroad
Co., against Granite Railroad Co; ;
Barre Railroad Co., against Montpe-
lier and White River Railroad Co.
The first Cease argued yesterday
was Peter Garrow against Charles
Miller, from Addison county. +. l..
Fish for plaintiff: w. II. Bliss for de-
fendant. No decision was rendered
in the Chittenden county cases of
state against David II. McCune, to
determine whether the possession
of government license to sell intoxi-
eating liquor makes man common
seller IN the meaning of the laws.
L LIZ CiACuOtIlu CUuiluy CdoC VI 41dIu-
wick Savings Bank and Trust Co.,
against r. f.. Drenan, and trustee,
has been set to the head of Washing
ton county cases, and will probably
be the last case heard this term. The
Bennington county case of Amelia Il.
Davis, ADMINISTRATIVE, against John
O. Carpenter was passed up on
briefs.
The Addison county cases were then
taken up and Viola d. Broughton VS..
Loren II. Broughton was continued.
Peter Garrow VS.. Chas. Miller was
the first case heard. This Is an action
on the case brought by laborcr against
a contractor for damages sustained by
reason of defective staging. The
question involved is whether the con-
tractor owed the laborer any duty re-
specting the staging or whether the
labOrcr under the circumstances as
Sumed the risks incident to the stag
ing by his contract of service. f. l..
Fish appeared for the plaintiff and w.
H. Bliss for the defendant.
At the afternoon session the case of
NJ. j. Hovey VS.. Ephraim ITallett ct
al. in Caledonia county was assigned
to follow the Franklin county cases
and the following cases were heard
from Lamoillc county.
Lamoille County National bank VS..
B. A. Hunt, an action of aSsumpSit:
Hurlburd and Bates for plaintiffs
George M. Powers for defendant.
State VS.. +. b. Brown, apt, for keep.
an unlicensed dog. b. A. Hunt for
respondent. The states attorney was
not present.
Orleans county was then taken up
and the case of Henry B. Parkhurt
VS.. William Brock heard. o. S. An
mis- for the plaintiff. ]. w. Redmond
for the defendant.
The term will probably close in two
weeks. After adjournment in the af-
ternoon there were 43 cases left in
hearing, distributed by counties as
follows: Orleans county, l: Caledonia,
4; Windsor, 7; Orange, l; Windham,
3; Franklin, u Rutland, 5; Chitten.
den, 3; Washington, l3.
National Life Insurance Company
against George W. Brownell, ct al,
from Washington county. Discontin-
ued. r. G. and S. G. Green against
James Mcdonald and Others, from
Franklin county, Motion to dismiss