Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07
LOOKS LIKE LONG TERM
Ch'ttenden County Court Opened
Yesterday Morning.
Motion for Continuance Made In Case
PriOr-First Case 10 ne TAX.
en- Up To-day.

Tn lOsOuys
The September term Of Chittenden coun-
~ court opened yesterday morning at ten
o'clock with Judge Seneca Haselton presid-
ing, IL being the first time he has presided
in Burlington since his elevation to the
bench. The actual work OF court was not
begun yesterday. the time being devoted
entirely to preliminary matters which
consisted of calling the dockets, charging
the juries and getting ready to begin the
trial Of cases to-day. Practically every
attorney In the county attended the OPEN
ing Of court but aside from +. L. Fish Of
Ncrgennes and G.. w. Writer'S of st. Al.
bans there were no attorneys from other
counties. The first case to be tried Is
that Of Elsie X. Rawson vs.. F. p. Perci-
val. an action of detinue. which will be
taken up this morning at ten o'clock.
COURT OPENED.
Judge Haselton with Assistant Judges
j. n. Allen and J. II. Lyon entered the
court room at ten o'clock. Prayer was
offered by the Rev. f. y. Penney and the
usual proclamations for county and chan
Gerry courts were made by Sheriff Horton.
Judge HascltOn excused the grand jury
until two O'Clock in the afternoon, after
which the docket was called by Clerk Ray
and disposition made of the various cases
a number were continued and several
were settled and discontinued. The trial
docket as a whole, however, s little
changed and the indications are that the
term will be an exceedingly long one The
two cases which will occupy the most
time are those Of G. NJ. and Margario NJ
Cosgriff vs. DIR. r. r. McSwcency. which
is set for October @ and Charles ~ King
vs. =. II McMahon, which is set for Sep
TENDER -.
CASES CONTINUED.
| The following cases were continued: H.
A. Phelps vs.. +. J. Parker in re settle
ment oi guardians account, Hcman Morse
guardian of Sally Pnno. II. r. Thomas
va. Lewis Collect. e. S. Parker VS.. the
Central Vermont Railway Co. Delaney
e. Rafferty, vs.. the Security Live Stock
Insurance CO.. a. V. Spalding vs.. q. w.
Kennedy, Spalding Sawyer VS.. 6. w.
Kennedy. The Bradley Fertilizer Co. VS.
Ira W. Thorp. Fred Lcottc VS.. Dominck
Ningola, Carrie sullivan VS.. Albert Agel.
|
Eb,n Powclrs estate +. llowcs & Co.
vs.. 6. Delaney, Henry Ballard W. J..
l. J. k.nright. Edward Flynn VS.. james
Shcchan's estate. Lake Champain Provis-
ION Co. vs. NJ. l.. Towne. Lake Champldin
Provision Co. vs. p. Langlois. L. II. But
ton vs. Knott e. Closson, l.. II. Roscoe vs.
Arthur Duba. ]. II. Hutchinson VS.. II. w.
Ward, c. II. Howard VS.. Isaac and Rhoda
r. - I
Spaulding. J. S. wilkins vs. George Car
bee. J. A. Newcomb vs. w. y. johnson.
G.. S Blodgett Co. vs. G. NJ. Delaney, tho
llenry Martin Brick Machine Mfg. Co. VS..
the Drury Brick e. Tile Co.. G. NJ. De-
laney vs. F.. F. Fowler. NJ. T.. Rosenberg
vs.. T.. j.. Fowler. ]. II. Lamplough VS..
Palmer Hunt, l.. D. Latham VS.. Jane c.
Phelps. in re Christine Tatro, George w.
Tatro. oxr.. r. NJ. COnant VS.. town of
Richmond. j. D. Mccarthy W.. a. +. Nc
u. y. Burton. +. II. Wells vs. Henry Bal
lard. Annie J. Ballard, +. r. Wells and
Jean NJ. H. Wells. the Lumiere North
American Co. vs. +. ]. White. license
commissioners Of Burlington VS.. Oliver
Burlington vs.. Z. +. Lynch, c. p San
nedy VS.. Henry Porter, II. c. Cheney VS..
estate of Henry Chamberlain. Lucy Po-
land VS.. J. b. Poland, Thomas Reeves vs.
Charles Gibbs and Mary Gibbs.
Rufus lIilliard vs. estate of A.
|C. futile, Joseph Laisse vs. Antoine
, Rashaw. II. ]. Hays VS.. Joseph LOCO, j.
IW. Madden VS.. Boston & Maine Railroad
Co. ]. w. Madden vs. Boston & Maine
In. Iuit =
land vs.. G. r.. f.. Sparhawk
JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT.
In the case of y. Il. Smaley vs.. ]. F.
McMahon there was no appearance foi
the defendant and judgment was entered
for the plaintiff. This was an action
brought to recover money by the plaintifI
to the defendant, who is a captain at For,
, Ethan Allen.
: JURY CASES TO BE TRIED.
The following list Of cases are set for
trial by jury: Elsie Is. Rawson vs.
Frank P. Percival. Wesley Warren VS.
p. u. d. Northrop, Patrick Lavelle vs.
f.. r. York, Lucy n. Martin VS.. Antoine
: Godctte and Maxim Godcttc. Rose Bel
humcr VS.. Harry Thomas UwO cascs)
Matte NJ Partch VS.. Moncal NJ. Dodge
y Christy Peters vs.. q. w. Kelley and J
+. Brodie, Henry Raymond vs.. Anthony
Donnclly, o. l.. Woodwork VS.. The Sun
Insurance Office, J. A. Murphy VS.. Har
ry Roardman and Mrs w. q. Baldwin
A. W. Bclka vs.. NJ. f. Allen, Honor;
Wight VS.. Tho Burlington Traction Co.
Mary NJ. Strong VS.. The burlington
Traction Co.. Hutchinson & Page VS.
I.arner a. McCalc. Mary Loco vs.. Amer
lean Wooden CO., Adolph Hattie vs.. l>oui
l.imogc ROsalyn Duchane VS.. r. r
: Ahcarn, J. &. Algcr vs. Fred Thompson
Casper Berry & Co. VS.. c. V. Richardson
Anterior & Romprey VS.. The Richfor'
Foundry Co.. L. +. Peterson VS.. r. L
Lord, II. II. Walker vs.. II. A. Bailey
Henry Bowley VS.. Consolidated Render
:, ing Co.. II. w. Taft VS.. c. e. Walker
G.. r. Russell vs.. lamkin & Foster, Scy
mour PARROT VS.. f. W. and August
Prior, Thomas Parizo vs.. Joseph Der
way. +. l.. Graves vs.. The Central Yer
mont Railway Co., j. Il. Dennis VS.. j
W. Morrow, W. j. Blodgctt VS.. Contra
Vermont Railway Co., Town of Jerch
vs. Town of Huntington, Small n Nc
Konzie vs. Tusan Terrain. Cyril Gadu
vs.. Champlan Manufacturing CO., Amer
! addition 10 the above list there are man
u cases to be tried by court.
q CASES DISCONTINUED.
g The following cases were discontinued