Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-06
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
Opening of December Term Tues
day Morning.


The December term of court for Ad-
olson county began in the county court
house in this village promptly at 10
O'Clock Tuesday forenoon, with Hon.
Willard w. Miles of Barton, chief judge
of the Superior court, presiding, and
Hon. Henry E. Day of Ripton and Hon.
Wilbur E. Hanks of Bristol officiating
as assistant judges. The other officers
of the court are: Rufus Wainwright of
Middlebury, clerk; Olin A. Smith of
Addison, sheriff. Frank w. Tuttle of
Vergennes, States attorney; Miss Ella
M. Ballou of Rutland, reporter; Charles
E. Pinney of Middlebury, treasurer,
and Sheriff Smith, probation officer.
There was a much smaller represen-
tation than usual of attorneys from out
of town present at the opening. Those
who appeared during the day were:
Thomas w. Mooney and P. M. Melden
of Rutland, John J. Enright and " A.
Billiard of Burlington, Wallace w.
Rider of Bristol, F. w. Tuttle and
George w. Stone of Vergennes, Jasper
G. Page and w. w. Rider of Bristol and
Charles F. Kingsley of Salisbury. Many
of the lawyers who have cases here
were attending the opening of courts in
other counties, and others were other
wise temporarily engaged elsewhere.
Rev. John Evans Bold, rector of the
local Episcopal church, offered the
opening prayer and then Sheriff Smith
made the proclamation for the opening
of court. The general law docket, in
cluding the jury calendar, was next
called and the cases on the jury cal
lendar were disposed of as follows:
Marked for trial j. M. Alden VS.
]. A. Merrill, ct al. N. S. Foote VS.
Keewaydin Camp, appellant; Pola
Hunt VS. William j. Lee; Erwin G.
Piper, VS. Boston & Maine Railroad
Company; French & Crosby VS. Boston
& Maine Railroad Company A. P.
Needham VS. Boston & Maine Railroad
Company; In re Will of Columbus
Smith, Anna M. Perry, ct al, contes-
tants and appellants, and Frank E.
Foot, VS. Clayton Lathrop, appellant.
Settled and discontinued -Almer H.
Bull VS. Albert Roseau.
Transferred to court calendar Will
bur C. Bingham VS. Willard S. Benton
and Henry w. Benton and Trustee.
Continued by agreement-Ch Charles
Partridge VS.. William N. Farnham,
appellant.
On the general docket, aside from
the jury cases, other cases were dis
posed of as follows Elmer Sherman,
appellant, VS. A. H. Hier; Charles
Gage VS. Grant Jackman, appellant;
Albert H. Hier VS. Ernest j. Bodette;
The Wolfboro National Bank VS. Marie
and Charles S. Murkland, and B. j.
Fayette VS. Abraham E. Karam and
trustee, settled and discontinued.
R. f. French, ct al. VS. Dan and
Robert Mclaughlin, the First National
Bank of Orwell and Arthur N. Farm
ham, trustee, continued by agreement.
Isaac Shepiro VS. Moses Vincent, appel
liant, bankruptcy of plaintiff suggested
and trustee given leave to enter.
Ernest Crowningshield VS.. Walter E.
Clark, judgment for defendant to ac-
count and referred to bank auditor.
The remaining cases were mostly con-
tinued, but few We're set for court
hearings. Six cases on the divorce
docket were set for hearings, one was
discontinued and the rest were passed
on account of the absence of the attor-
neys or for other reasons,
A motion for continuance was argued
in the case of Alden VS. Merrill, G. M.
Stone of Vergennes and j. B. Donoway
of Middlebury representing the plaintiff