The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-21

Former friendly relations betwee
Miss Edith NJ. Hill, professions
nurse in Vernon, and Miss leila JOIN
son of the same town have become $
strained that the property of Mis-
johnson, now Mrs. Herbert A. Slater
is under attachment in a suit brough
by Miss Hill to recover damages in tn
sum of $1,000 Reading between tn
lines il is easy to conclude that MI
Staten s advent into the johnson HON
and his subsequent marriage to Mis-
johnson is the cause for this disruption
of amicable feeling, All the partie
are well known in Brattleboro, as wei
in fact as in Vernon, and this togethe
with the prominence of the johnson
family and the odd character of thu
suit makes the case of widespread in
terest. The legal documents were flee
Saturday in the Office of County Cleri
+. d. Il. Stowe. H. G. and +. f. Bar
Der are counsel for Miss Hill, and Has
kins & Schwenk represent Mrs Staten
The suit is returnable at the September
term of the Windham county court
Mrs. Staten S property was attached by
Deputy Sheriff Frank L. Wellman OF
Guilford.
Miss Johnson and Mr.. Staten were
married in April, and they went to Cal
ifornia on their honeymoon trip. 1t
has been generally understood that they
contemplate returning to California to
live, but it is not known whether the
attachment of Mrs Staten property
will make any difference in their plans.
Miss Hills bill of complaint says
that on June !, 1896, she was a pro
fessional nurse and had spent large
amount of money in preparing and fit
ting herself for that work, that she
was 80 years old, in good health ano
qualified and able to earn from SIS to
S25 a week. She says that Mrs. Staten,
then Miss johnson. at that time did
not intend to ever marry, that she
lived with her father Tyler L. John
son, in Vernon, who was then aged and
in poor health, that her mother died
March 10, 1896, that Mr.. Johnson
owned a large estate, consisting of real
and personal property amounting to
100000, that the daughter was the sole
heir and upon the death of her father
would inherit the estate, which was
sufficient in amount to provide a suit
able and comfortable home and sup
port for both Miss Hill and Miss John
son during the balance of their natural
lives.
On June /, 1896, according to Miss
Hill s complaint, at the special instance
and request of Miss johnson, the two |
women entered into an agreement, by |
the terms of which Miss Johnson prom
ised to receive Miss Hill into her home !
and employ and to provide and furnish
her a suitable and comfortable home
and maintenance, clothing, medical
treatment in time of sickness, kind
treatment at all times, and a sufficient
and reasonable amount of spending
money, during the continuance of their
lives. Miss Hill further says that by
the terms of the agreement she and
Miss Johnson were to jointly receive
and enjoy the advantages and benefits
of Mr. johnson S estate and that they
were to bear to each other the treat
ment and relation of sisters.
In consideration of these promises,
Miss Hill says, she, the plaintiff, prom
sed to abandon her profession of
trained nurse, to enter Miss johnson S ;
home and nurse and care for her dur
ng such time as she might suffer from
sickness, and she says that within
reasonable time thereafter she did I
lbandon her profession and carried out t
Ter part of the agreement, laboring
diligently and faithfully with Miss '
Johnson until Jan. IA, 1907, and that |
fter making the agreement she did not t
Ievote any of her time to the practice g
# her profession except with the con q
ent and approval of Miss Johnson. |
Hiss Hill asserts that on the date last
AIMED Miss johnson, without cause :
nd in disregard of the agreement, V
urned her out of her home and employ. n
borrower, she says that for the past v
hree years the defendant has not e
reated her with the kindness that c
lister should and has not treated her a
s a companion. b
Tyler L. johnson died Nov s, 1900, Fl
,aving his estate to his daughter. For "
ome time previous. to his death the /
ousehold consisted of himself, his c
aughter and Miss Hill. The latter 81
avs that upon the death of Mr.. John Il
IN Miss johnson induced H. A. Staten fl
become a member of her home and il
lat on April 10, 1907, Mr.. Staten and Ct
[iss Johnson were married. is
Miss Hill says that by reason of the IL
s neglect and failure to per- a.
,rm the several undertakings to be te
by her under the agreement
lie, Miss Hill, has lost the profits and CO
Monuments which otherwise would ID
ave accrued to her in her profession, u
lat she has lost her profession by tn
ason of abandoning it and has be- I'll
me unable to take up again the work al
her profession, and that she has lost T.
e benefits and advantages which bt
ould have accrued to her by the car
ing out of the contract on the part
the defendant. These things, she
VS., are damage to her to the amount
$1,000. which she seeks to recover. he
1t has been generally known that for MI
veral years Miss Hill has done little lie
rising and has spent the greater part of
her time at the Johnson farm, rails H
g chickens, tobacco, and doing other an
I'm work. Recently she went to to
evidence, r. l., to engage in poultry Fo
ising. Formerly she was nurse IN tn
spitals in London and Montreal. She Ike
It Mrs. Staten in Chicago at the time stt
the world s fair and afterwards he
mt to Springfield, Mass, and thence we
Vernon. Much of her work since &c
ming to Vermont was in Brattleboro, wa
d she gained the reputation of being da
excellent nurse. fol
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