Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-01-12
COUNTY COURT
Reconvenes After Christmas Re-
cess-Cases Settled.

After having been in recess since
December %, the work of the County
court was resumed at 2 clock Monday
afternoon and a great slaughter was
made of the remaining cases on the
civil jury calendar
The case In re will of Columbus
Smith, Anna M. Perry, appellant, an
appeal from the Probate court was con-
tinued on account of the death on
December % of Mrs French, Who had
joined in the appeal. The case of H.
c. Potter VS. |. N. Chase was held in
suspense pending efforts to get another
Judge to preside at its trial, Judge
Butler being disqualified. The case of
Louisa Thompson, appellant VS. Solon
Burroughs administrator was also left
open and will be likely to be tried later,
in the event that there is an adjourned
term of court, one Of the counsel being
now engaged in another court.
All the other cases on the calendar
were disposed of in one way or another.
That of E. E. Stirling VS. L. NJ. Ford
was continued, the defendant to pay the
plaintiff $25 as a condition of the con-
tinuance.
These cases were entered settled and
discontinued: w. H. Nickerson VS.
William Charlton, appellant James
Ferrill VS. Marshall Hulburt and W. S.
Morgan appellant VS. A. P. Needham
and trustee, the Vergennes National
bank. All the other cases on the calen-
dar were continued. The greater part
of the session was taken up with the
hearing of motions to continue and other
matters of no particular interest to the
public, and at A o'clock the jurors were
all discharged for the term, subject to
recall in case the situation developed so
that the Potter-Chase case or the
Thompson Burroughs case, or both,
can be brought to trial later on.
There were several court hearings on
Tuesday and many entries were made
on the dockets. The case which oc-
casioned the most discussion was
Melissa Cranes administrator VS. Cyrus
H. Smith, executor of Cassius P.
Cranes estate. The Cranes formerly
lived in Bridport and We're brother and
sister and owned and occupied a farm
in'common. Miss Crane died in 1901
and Cassius Crane died in 1909, and the
administrator of the formers estate
claims that the executor of the latter's
estate owes to the heirs of Miss Crane
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full charge of the sisters estate and re-
ceiving its proceeds for about eight
years after her death. James b.
Donoway of Middebury and Frank l..
Fish of Nergennes, for the plaintiff and
defendant respectively, argued various
points of the case at length, Mr.. Dono-
way contendng that the case was not
case at law but a case for the equity
court, and Mr.. Fish inclining the other
way. However, no decision was given
and the attorneys came to an agree
ment over night, and Wednesday morn
ing it was announced in court that the
case had been settled and discontinued
as per stipulations on bill. The case
was therefore certified back to the
Probate court from which it had come
on appeal, and similar case on the
chancery docket was dismissed with
out costs. The amount involved in
these cases is about $4,000, and the
parties were very well known and
prominent in Bridport and Mddlebury
few years since.
Tuesday forenoon the following cases.
We're got off from the general docket by
settlement and discontinuance: Hosea
B. Field VS. Frank Larrow, appellant;
Albert Larrow VS. Frank Sears, ap-
pellant; Fred B. Hutchins VS. Leslie A.
Sparks, appellant; and Frank l.. Bar
rows VS. Fred Murray, appellant.
Judgment by default for the plaintiffs
were ordered in the following cases:
Friedrich A. Briggs VS.. Harriet j.
Smith, amount to be paid within 20
days; Charles T. McCabe VS. Anna T
Hubbard and trustee; National bank
of Vergennes VS. Fred Dart; T. M.
Chapman VS. Edward Ash and trustee,
and G. w. Baldwin VS. William Cox.