Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-06-09
COUNTY COURT.
Prospects are Good for Lengthy
Term-One Case Settled.

The June term of the Superior court
for Addison county opened in the court
house here at 1915 o'clock Tuesday
forenoon, with Hon. E. L. Waterman
of Brattleboro as presiding judge and
Hons. Charles S. Dana of New Haven
and Henry E. Day of Ripton as assist
ant judges. The other officers of the
court are: Rufus Wainwright of Middle
bury, clerk, Charles E. Pinney of Mid
dlebury, treasurer, Frank w. Tuttle of
Vergennes, States attorney, Olin A.
Smith of Addison, sheriff and probation
officer, and Miss Ella M. Ballou of Rut-
land photographer, Sheriff Smith hav-
ing Is deputies to assist him in the
business of the court
There was an unusually large number
of out of town lawyers present at the
opening, among who were Wallace w.
Rider, Jasper G. Page and Murray
Bourne of Bristol, John j. Enright,
Rufus E. Brown, A. V. Billiard, A. L..
Sherman and G. N. Page of Burlington
/ former Governor E. j. Ormsbee and H.
L. Williams of Brandon, Thomas W..
| Moloney and P. M. Medon of Rutland
and Frank l.. Fish and Frank w. Tuttle
Of Vergennes.
The opening prayer was made by
/ Rev. D. H. Corkran, pastor of the
Methodist church of Middlebury, after
which Sheriff Smith made the official
proclamations for the opening of the
court. and the various dockets were
then read over.
The cases of Fred Capron VS. George
H. and Jennie M. Churchill, E. B. Rich
ardson, appellant VS. A. E. Flint and
Hannah Flint's administrator, trustee
and D. T. Hanley and Z. L. Whitney VS.
L. O. Allen, E. E. Sterling VS. Q. M.
Ford ct al, were held open and passed
for the present The case of the Lake
Dunmore Power and Traction Company
VS. Lombard Governor Company and
Trustee was continued by agreement.
The case in re will of James Duncan,
Gardner J. Duncan ct al, contestants,
G Gorge Rose ct al, proponents, was re-
ported in process of settlement.
The court calendar was next read
over and many of the cases were con-
tinued. In these cases entries of settle
ments and discontinuances were made.
In re will of Mary Z. Wellington,
Henry C. Roscoe, appellant and con-
testant; A. j. Marshall's administrator
VS. A. X. Carr; w. E. Hanks & Son VS.
Stevens Machine company. Ten di-
vorce cases were set for hearings, and
in the case of Simon, Hatch and Whit
man VS. G. M. Baldwin, judgment by
default was rendered for the plaintiff.
Most of the cases on the general civil
docket not hitherto mentioned were con-
tinued, but several important ones were
set for hearing by the court. The
cases of Ada B. Calender VS. Cassius NJ.
Wicker, E. E. Douglas administrator
VS. Charles and Margaret w. Bullard
and William X. and Theodore H. Foster
VS. Robert Leggett We're entered, settled
y
was also called over and a number of
cases left open to be taken up and dis
posed of later. No DEGREES were order
ed but several are in prospect. Moth
ing was done in court at the afternoon
session until after O'Clock, the judges
being occupied with private hearings in
chambers. At 1920 O'Clock the list of
petit jurors was called and all answered
to their names except Edward H. Peat
of Cornwall Judge Waterman gave
them the usual preliminary instructions
at length and they were excused until
O'Clock Wednesday morning, at which
time the case of Ernest Goss appellant
VS. Edward A. Burt was assigned for the
first jury trial to begin and the i'm
portant case of H. c. Potter VS. |. N.