Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-09
COUNTY COURT
OPENED TUESDAY, JUDGE
WATSON PRESIDING.
Many eases Marked For Trial. Usual Con-
tihuances Granted. Automobile
Case Suddenly Terminated,

| ''h"ahces Granted. Automobile
Case Suddenly Terminated.
The June term Of court for Addison
county was opened up in the court house
IN Middlebury at precisely 12 o'clock,
noon, on Tuesday last, the delay being
occasioned by the decision of the Court
to await the arrival of the :25 train
from the south so that all the attorneys
expected might be on hand for the
calling of the dockets. A considerable
number of lawyers from out of town
were present when court convened,
among them being: Henry Ballard, R. S.
Taft, j. E. Cushman and Rufus E.
Brown of Burlington, A. c. Benedict,
W. w. Rider and j. w. Page of Bristol,
I. w. Moloney of Rutland, F. w. Tuttle
and Frank L. Fish of Vergennes and C.
w. Writer'S of st. Albans.
Hon. John H, Watson of Montpelier is
chief judge for the term with Hons
Abram w. Foote of Cornwall and E. A.
Field of Panton as assistant judges. The
other officers of the court are: Rufus
Wainwright of Middlebury, clerk; Leroy
G. Russell of Middlebury, states attor-
ney; Olin A. Smith of Addison, sheriff;
Charles E. Pinney of Middlebury, treas
urer; Ella NJ. Ballou of Rutland stem
ographer, and A. w. Dickens of Middle
bury, probation officer.
The prayer for the opening of the term
was offered by the Rev. George R. Stair,
pastor of the local Baptist church, after
wh'rh Sheriff Smith made the formal
proclamations, and the calling of the
dockets was at once taken up.
The jury calendar was taken up first
and the cases thereon were marked in
order as follows: Reuben Parker ct al VS..
Horace Clark, discontinued without
costs; Henry w. Brewster VS.. John
Higgins, set for the court; Edward
Higgins VS.. G. E. Bates ct al, appellants,
trial; Frank G. Lavarn vs.. F. E. Foote
and H. E. Sanford, referred to r. E.
Brown of Burlington; Charles H. Keese
VS.. Nancy NJ McCuen, administrators of
Mary L. Smiths estate, appellant, judg-
ment for plaintiff and cause certified
back to the Probate Court, as per stipu-
lations on file; Minnie Duprey vs.. An
drew Rose trial; Anna Richardson vs..
William Barrett, discontinued Calhoun
and Stewart VS.. the Addison County
Telephone Company, trial. Datus Clark
VS.. Oliver K. Lapham, trial; w. j. White
VS.. Elizabeth Caswell, appellant, trial;
Allan Calhoun VS.. Addison County Tele-
phone Company, held open; Emerson w.
Perry's administrator VS.. Adelaide A. p.
Hunt, trial. Julia Smith VS.. Henry
Sampson, appellant, settled and discon-
tinued; Friedrich A. Bailey VS. Harold
G. McCaul, left open; Clinton w. East
wood VS.. Fred E. Rowley, trial, Mary
Lee VS.. the Central Vermont Railroad
Company trial; r. E. French VS.. the
Rutland Railroad company, continued
by agreement of counsel; In re will of
Isabella Tulley, Edward NJ. Tulley ct al.
contestants appellants trial Mary Pond
VS.. Adelia c. Ponds executor, appellant
trial and William y Farnham, appellant,
vs.the town of Shoreham, trial. 1t will be
seen that eleven civil cases are thus set
for trial and some of them will inevitably
be quite long ones. Some of them are
likely yet to fall through by settlements
or agreements to continue, but at the
best it is certain that the term cannot be
a very short one, as at times had been
expected.
The Court Calendar was next called
and II of the 90 cases thereon were set
for hearings, and of these 13 are petitions
for divorce. On this calendar in the case
of Munroe Peck VS.. the village of Middle
bury. Millard F. Barnes of Addison,
Charles f. Parker of Ferrisburgh and r.
H. Preble of Shoreham were appointed
as commissioners to appraise the dam
> ages to Mr.. Peck's property for a high
} way which the village trustees have had
laid out through his land near the freight
depot, Mr.. Peck having declined the
: offer made by the village, and the case
= was continued; and in the case of Will
= liam Doaner VS.. Jane Smith ct al, judg,
t ment to account was ordered, w. w.
( Rider appointed auditor, and the case
continued.
l On the chancery docket these cases
were set to be heard: jeremiah II,
, Leonard VS.. Horace Lapham, Sr., ct al .
Arthur d. Evarts ct al, VS.. Riverside
I Condensed Milk Company ct al; and
e James Lathrop VS.. William Lathrop
The other chancery cases were either
continued or left open for the time
being.
The calling off of the general docket
e finished the work of the first session
!. ManY cases ON this docket were entered