Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-27
COUNTY COURT ADJOURNED
Judgment for Plaintiff in $4,000
Insurance Case.
Twenty-On nils Of Divorce Granted
out Of Twenty-Five Cnsea Heard
only -Four Jury Trials Dur
Ing Past Term.

orable Chittenden county court. appoint
cd by law to be holden at Burlington on
tho second Tuesday Of September, A. d..
1910, having completed the business of
the term for which Il was convened. Is
now adjourned sine die" So said Deputy
Sheriff Lord Friday shortly after noon.
and thereupon everybody took the short
est cut to dinner.
THE BIG INSURANCE SUIT
Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount
! of s13, 33333 with interest was found in
the case Of Priscilla u. Ferguson. ct al.
VS.. the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
| company Of Hartford. Conn. The action
was one brought to recover on 5000"
life insurance policy issued to the parent
Of the plaintiff. The finding Of the court
was as to facts from the evidence offered
| Exception was taken by the defendant
| and tho case will probably 20 to the
! Supreme Court, where the questions OF
law will be argued. 1t Is possible that tho
| case will be taken up In the November
term Of the Supreme Court as both par
ties to the suit are anxious to have 1T set
tied If this is done 1t will he record
| for the State. The laws delay is not
! very much in evidence when case de-
| cided one month In county court Is heard
| on an appeal in Supreme Court the next
! month.
| SUMMARY OF CASES.
A large amount OF business was trans
| acted, with small expense to the state,
during the term OF court just ended. q
cases being disposed Of. as follows: Civil
SUITS q; divorce petitions, .6; state cases
| oh There
only four jury trials one civil case AMI
three State cases being thus disposed Of.
The civil case tried was tho long drawn
out suit over boundary line and dam
ages for timber cut. between Augustus
| ". Pollard and George NJ. Titzsinmon>
both of rnderhill. After about a week
Of trial the jury brought in verdict OF
$40 and costs for the plaintiff. Mr. Pol
lard.
OF the criminal cases four were nole
pressed. seven respondents were found
guilty and one not guilty. Only three
were tried by jury. Nellie Pasha charged
with grand larceny was found not guilty
Otto Stone. charged WITH etit larceny
was found guilty and Beatrice f. r
Thompson was found insane
THE DIVORCE DOCKET.
The divorce docket was replete with in
terest. Sixty cases were entered and y
Of this number were disposed Of. four be
ing discontinued and 30 heard. or tn,
number of petitions heard q were allowed
and the bill granted. The single eXcep
tion was the case Of Georgianna Ander
son vs.. Thomas H. Anderson, which was
contested.
In the divorce lottery blanks were thu
prizes sought and there were lot o
winners The cases are given in detail
below In one case, that Of Josephine /.
Dufresne VS.. join; y. Dufresre. the at
tornev for tho petitioner wrote 70 hi
client asking her to appear for a hearing
She replied to his letter informing hin
that he was behind the times. as she an'
her husband had been living together 70
nearly a year, The case was entered an
docketed July Ii, 1909.
BILLS GRANTED.
Clara Earron vs.. Edney Barron, bill
granted for wiful desertior.
. Sarah Allen vs. Reuben Allen. bill
granted to the pctitioner with right T.
resume her maiden name on account o
pctitionee having been sentenced to priso
r for moro than three years and being noS
confined therein.
, Willie Touchette VS.. Flora Touchette
. bill granted for wilful desertion
:, John Brunette ". Eva Brunette. hi
=. granted for wilful des--,ion.
0 Hubby Getty vs.. Edward Getty. hi
= granted for refusal to support, with Gus
f tody of the minor Guild to the petitioner
{ Helen NJ Hayes ". James X. Haye,
e bill granted for intolerable severity, wit
= alimOnY according to stipulations on hl'
/, Mary f.. Mitchell vs. John Mitchell. hi
V granted for adultery. with custody of tn
o minor children to the petitioner.
), Florence Hull W.. Herbert r. HUI. hi
granted for refusal to support.
8 Sarah W HAYNES W.. JudsOn "
= Haynes, bill granted for wilful desertior
4 Josephine Mcdonald vs. Edwin NcDor
4 aid, bill granted 10 tho petitioner for wi
= ful desertion, with right to resume he
It maiden name
= Gertrude NJ. Jarrett W.. Albert A. la,
a rett. bill granted for refusa, TO support,
e Mabel Cook VS.. Arthur Cook. bill grant
l, cd to the petitioner for wiful desertiol
= with interest in certain real estate IN Blu,
II iinston and right to resume her maide
e name.
a Ida Morcrcy VS. George f. Moreno,
d hill granted to petitioner for wilfui d.
IS sertior, with right to resume her Made
e name.
II Mary J. Hamilton vs. John a. Hami
y ton bill granted to petitioner for Wilt,
e dosertion, with custody Of the mine
h child
Stella Levanway va Walter l%vanwa.
" bill granted for intoloreble severity.
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