Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-06-05
JUNE TERM.
Addison County Court Commences
it's Session Tuesday.

opened at the court house in Middlebury
at II 80 o'clock Tuesday morning, the
court not going in until after the ar
rival of los train from the south.
There was not a large attendance of
spectators at any time during the day.
Hon. John w. Rowell of Randolph,
chief judge of the state Supreme court
had been assigned to preside at this
term, but, as he has been confined at
home with illness since early in the year
and so was unable to officiate, Hon.
John II. Watson of Montpelier was
judge for the term. The other officers
of the court are Hon. b. w. Collins
of Ferrisburg and Hon. Abram w. Foote
of Cornwall, assistant judges; Rufus
Wainwright, ESQ.,, of NIiddlebury, clerk:
Thad M. Chapman of Middlebury,
sheriff, with 10 deputies; James B. Don
oway of Middlebury, states attorney.
Miss Ella NJ. Ballou of Rutland, steno-
grapher, and Charles E. Pinney of Mid
dlebury, treasurer.
There was quite good-sized bunch of
out-of-town lawyers present at the
opening "f the court. Among them
were Henry Ballard, V. A. Bullard,,
Rufus f. Brown, Hamilton S. Peck, j.
E. Cushman, w. l.. Burnap and E. C.
Mower of Burlington, Former Governor
f. j. Ormsbee and w. \. Atwell of
Brandon, Joel C. Baker, Thomas W.
Maloney and Pat NJ. Mellon of Rutland,
E. b, Flynn of Springfield Charles f.
Kingsley of Salisbury w. w. Rider, j.
w. Page and George l.. Hasseltin of
Bristol. and Frank l.. Fish of Vergennes.
Prayer was offered by the Rev.
Thomas Simms, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, after which. in the alb
sence of Sheriff Chapman, Deputy
Sheriff William II. Cobb made the Gus
tomary proclamations for the opening
of the county court and court of
chancery and the various dockets We're
then read over to see how the business
stood and for the making of the proper
entries.
There We're II cases on the jury calen-
dar. OF these the following were left
open for the time being. with prospects
of settlement or continuance in each:
StoIdard 5. Martin vs. Michael Mack
appellant, John Kenw worthy VS. George
Farr appellant; Wright and Taylor vs.
-. A. Bisbee, appellant, and. c.. II.
! Graves & Son VS. the same which latter
was entered settled and discontinued.
These We're at first set for the court:
f.. O. Porter VS. town of Cornwcll; F.
l.. Fish, receiver of Farmers National
bank VS. Emerson Hollands administra-
triX, later marked doubtful" g." and l.. c.
Sturtevant vs. the Free Press Association.
In the case of EleaZer Hubbard VS.
Everell *. Farr the entry was referred
by the parties out of court costs to fol-
low the award and discontinued. In
Joseph Gagnun VS.. Levi f. Abel, this en-
:. try was made Continued on terms as to
the plaintiff. plaintiff to pay defendants
taxable costs for this term within thirty
days and take no costs for the term in
any event, or nOnsuit. These eight cases
We're marked for trial Caleb NJ. Rock
wood VS.. Orlo S. Dodds; Emma S. Rich
ards VS.. Joseph White; l.. G.. Sturtevant
vs.. J. q. Mccullough; Francls Downs
and wife VS.. Lizzie r. Turner ct al. and
trustee; Arthur Delphia VS.. the Rutland
Railroad Co., appellant; Joseph Battell
vs. Wilbur f. Hanks; Henry l.. Wood VS..
Hiram Stratton, appellant, and Della
Stone vs.. Archie Lamorder
The Sturtevant vs.. Mccullough case
was placed on the heel at the jury caen-
dar. This is a case, as will be remem-
bered, in which Levi G. Sturtevant, for
merly of Weybridge, now of Ticonde-
roga, n. y, brings suit against Governor
Mccullough to recover for alleged politi-
cal services and personal expenditures
during the preliminary gubernatorial
campaign last year The case was eX-
ta,,cit-alx- avt,Ioifal in ,f e+.,
papers last summer and the trial is likely
to prove one of much more than ordinary
interest.
The court calendar contained 20 cases,
of which five We're temporarily left open
and seven were marked for hearings
The case of the Westinghouse Co. VS..
&. II. Bowers and trustees was referred
to Frank l.. Fish as commissioner with
power to take testimony in New York
and was continued. The following cases
were marked "doubtful' f. l.. Fish, re-
ceiver of the Farmers National Bank of
Vergennes VS.. Edison b. Palmer and
trustees the same VS.. Emerson Hollands
administrators; same VS.. S. c. Kennedy
and trustees. and +. n. Carpenter ct AL
VS.. the Town of Addison. In E. w.
Davis VS.. l.. w. Loukes, the death of the
plaintiff was suggested and the case dis
continued. Fitzpatrick & Draper VS..
Don A. Bsbee was entered settled and
discontinued.
There was the unusually large number
of 2S cases on the chancery docket. Most
of them We're either continued or left
open, while only four were marked for
hearings, as follows A, p. Tuppers ex-
ecutors VS.. j. II. Jones ct al; Philip b.
Cloyes VS.. Nancy A. Dyer's eXecutrices;
Harriet A. Stone VS.. the Congregational
l Hammond VS.. Mary f. Blanchard ct al.
Seven petitions for preliminary or per-
manent injunctions under the defunct
prohibitory law were discontinued They
were state VS.. Clarence Page; State VS..
John Higgins ct al; State VS.. Sherman
Yattan ct al; State VS.. Edward w. Train
ct al; State VS.. b. A. Atkins ct al. State
vs.. Penrose NJ. Landon. and State VS..
Isaac Little.
On the general law docket there were
found to be II petitions for divorce. an
upusuallv small numbar and Oh Grim a