Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-31
SUPREME COURT
Heard Orleans and Windsor County
Cases Argued Thurs
day.
TWELVE NEW LAWYERS
Took the Oath OF once in the Afternoon
Two Passed Examination But Have
Not Been Registered Three Years
Another Newport Water
Case Vermont News.
TWELVE NEW LAWYERS

| Montpelier. oct. 2i-At the openirg of
! supreme Court this morning the ulgu-
n.cnts in the case of John :. Stilcs. col
! lcctor of taxes of Derby rs. VillaLo of
] Newport and trustees were concluded.
This c1sc inv Olives the cCDstitutOnaliiv Of
an act of the legislature Of 1>9S, which
amended the charter Of the village Of
| NJ " port 50 that the village might s,il tn"
| use of the waite water from its NHtcr
system for mechanical or ether pu"io srs.
The act according to the int'rp1"i ZION
the village puts upon it does not Civ, the
right to enlarge the lipos of the So III.
1'hc case involves also tho question a- to
whether the water plant IS exempt rom
tuNatiun as being held for Il puhIc Us,
/ Tho Cal.GCuia county cas-" of T.. !; liul-
lard " Chester Brown ct al. wa u,Et
heard This f. an appeal from "a decision
ON bill i'm ch;rccrY. The question Vu,}u-
cr the oral promis" ,f settlcm,u. s. it.
good dcfcn'" was argued With Cth,r miupc
,uoS. Il. T.. Billiard i'm behalf of himself
/ and Lawrence MONTGOMERY for defendant.
| Hhc Windsor county CaTc of William II.
! iIartwcll It al ". Bethel Electric ii.ht
ana Power Go. ct al has been continued
by agreement.
Windsor county case &C W. H. Archer Il
+ co. vs.. Harriet A. Bosw worth ami trustees
was called up and upon loainir% thu; ap-
ucllant plaintiff did not calc to contest tine
case the iud@m, WAS affirmed for to-
l'lNI'iUl - rue bN''l W t'Sl@' 'Nll'. Nil'H
Stickncy for plaintiff and Allbcc and JOAN
son for def 'nd"rt
y ndSor county case Of I.uk" Ndtii-s
" William W. rrcndall was heard This
is an action for Goht On breach of contract.
q. y. Davis for plaintiff anl tnriInt md
t. r. Buck for defendant.
Windsor county eases of Ida T.. Richlrl-
son vs. George l.. Fletcher and William
w. Fletcher y. George l., Fletcher W,r,
fCard together, they Gov ring the sam"
points Th,y both lave to do with the
question whether the plaintiffs dcClt::tt ION
WAS sufficient OF ret. 6. y. Weston and
q. y Davis fo1 Plaintiffs ard IIuntou and
Stickncy for d,i.rGaut.
The suit was brought to recover {. nall
tics for not producing a viii Within t.rty
days from tn" death of the tcstator.
Case of Addison y. Lockwood vs.. George
l.. Fletcher from Windsor county WAS
heard. Exception To- statements of lawyer
i'm argument ass to &c oudaut'S reputation
and experience as professional man
which had not appeared in tho cVidtu ID.
Also questions as to disclosure in VII in-;
hcing a necessity or Il mere availaLlc ii2nv
in the case OF q trilst,o. q. \. Davis for
plaintiff and Enrisht and HGcl: COR d.fou-
'ualI.
During the afternoon session Of court
til, 'AHmiuing board of the Bar assucjl-
tioh mad' its report To the court relative
10 the examinations which have been b.. ~
during tn, past three days. Chairman
u. j. Foster read the report. The COM
mitt"c reported that twelve examinations
were given, of which six were oral AID
six written. OF the seventeen candidate
tho following named twelve had PASSED
tine examinations ana had also fuu.l,I
tn" other requirements for admission a.
CoIdiuc to the Vermont court rul, $. : I..
Noultof. Randolph: clifton VI. Icatc..
Moutp' Her, Nrthur {. Spencer, Rutland;
Guy " IliIl Waterford; ". G. l.inSlo..