The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-13
END OF THE TERM IN SIGHT.
Many Cases Disposed Of at County
Court This Week.


During the week number Of eases
have been disposed Of In Windham
county court aud the prophecy that the
term would last until late into June
PROMISES 10 be hardly correct. Follow
,ng the ease OF the town of London.
derry VS.. Charles Fryor. reported IN
The Reformer of last week, the jury
ease of Charles l.. Davis against Hugh
Randall was called. The parties i've
i'm Londonderry. The suit was brought
To recover SIPS for a pair OF oxen Tor
which the plaintiff claimed Randall
traded a lame horse with the under
standing that il the horse did not re-
cover from his lameness Randall was
10 nay SIPS and take the animal back.
The defendant claimed that there was
no such understanding. \ verdict was
given the plaintiff 10 recover the
amount claimed. o. X. Clayton and
Gibson & Waterman represented the
plaintiff and Cudw0rth a Pierce and
Chase 4 Daley appeared for the De
PENDANT
The ease Of Earl 4. Howe rs. Hap
good a Millington to recover sl2u, the
balance due on a logging contract, wa
settled by the payment of substantially
the amount claimed 10y the plaintiii,
who is from Londonderry. .. Il. Gay,
ton and Gibson 4 Waterman appeared
for the plaintiff and Cudworth Pierce
and X. G. Bacon for the defendant.
I'm the case of stephen j. Cray VS.. Jo'
seph Willett, both of Bellows Falls, the
plaintiff demurred to the defendant
second plea. The demurrer was sus.
tanned and the plaintiff s plea judged
insufficient. Gibson 4 Waterman for
the plaintiff and Ryder & Graham ana
Williams Il Thompson for the defend
ant. A settlement was effected IN the
suit of John w. Buemont of Bellows
Falls against the Bellows Falls Il Sax
tons River Street Railway company.
RYDER & Graham for the plaintiff and
&. A. Weston for the defendant. The
case of the Rufus Deering company vs.
the Deerfield Lumber company was set
tied. o. f. Butterfeld appeared for
the plaintiff and c. C.. Fits for the de-
PENDANT.
The somewhat long-drawn.out horse
case of C. II. Chickering of Chester,
field. N. H., against Matthew Howard
of Brattleboro came to an end during
the week by settlement out of court,
II. G.. & +. +. Barber were for the
plaintiff and X. c. Bacon for the de-
PENDANT. In the case of George y.
II ".
ner the defendant was given right to
file an affidavit of defense. The terms
of defense are that the note upon which
the plaintiffs seek to recover was gwen
for Intoxicating liquor and under the
statute of 1902 no recovery can be had
II. G. & F. Z. Barber represent the
plaintiff and w. d. Smith and X. G.
Bacon the defendant. A settlement
was brought about in the assumpslt
case of Fred C. Rand against George
Martin, both of Bellows Falls. Will
lams & Thompson were for the plain
tiff and Ryder & Graham for defend
ant. continuance was granted IN the
case of Mary Willett of Bellows Falls
against H. f. Willis of Jamaica. The
was granted because the
case is dependent upon another case
not vet on trial Ryder, Graham y
Thompson were for the plaintiff and
Gibson & Waterman for defendant.
The case of Ida B. Whitney, claim
ant, VS.. the Nancy Whitman estate of
Putney came to an end abruptly.
Overtures for a settlement had result
ed unsuccessfully and the sheriff was
about to empanel jury when a settle
ment was announced. III. G.. d +. Il.
Barber appeared for the plaintiff and
Cudworth e. Pierce for the defendant.
In the case of G. H. Eddy & company
against Sadie A. Turner, in an action
to recover on a note, a continuance was
granted because of the plaintiff s fail
ure to comply with'the court rule as to
fling specifications. II. G.. & F.. d.
Barber represented the plaintiff and r.
G. Bacon the defendant A settlement
entry was made in the assumpsit case
Of Mitchell Wright VS.. William Barra-
by of Bellows Falls Thompson 4
Williams for plaintiff and Ryder d
Graham for defendant. The case OF
Mary j. Russell of Londonderry
against Warren II. Rhoades of Wind
ham, an action in assumpsit, was set
lied. O.. r. Clayton for plaintiff and
L. E. Sherwin for defenaant. Terms of
settlement were agreed upon in the
ease of A. w. J. Wilkins VS.. Minnie D.
dams and trustee. G. c. Fits and II.
E. Whitney for plaintiff and III. G. &
F. E. Barber and Gibson & Waterman
for defendant.
Yesterday the court s attention was
by the case of Charles l..
Stacy of Brattleboro VS.. Wilbur L.
Yeaw of Dover. H. G. & F. E. Barber
appeared for the plaintiff and Haskins
Schwenk represented the defendant.
The suit was brought to recover for
alleged deceit in the sale of horse by ,
Mr.. Yeaw to the plaintiff. A claim was :
made that the animal suffered from in ]
sanity. Several Brattleboro horsemen
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