Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-06-06
ADDISON COUNTY COURT
Term Opened Tuesday with Judge
w. H. Taylor Presiding.


Court opened in the court house in
Middlebury at 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing with Hon. William H. Taylor of
Hardwck as presiding judge, and the
remaining officers as published last
week.
The preliminary prayer was offered
by Rev. A. A. Lancaster, pastor OF the
local Congregational church, after
which Sheriff Oin A. Smith of Addison
made the usual proclamations for the
opening of the county court and court
of chancery, and the dockets were then
gone over.
These cases on the jury calendar, nine
in all, were marked for trial: Norman
S. Foote VS. George M. Moore. appell-
ant: N. S. Foote VS. Keewaydin Camp
Company; Frank E. Foote VS. Clayton
Lathrop, appellant; Fred Begor VS.
James B. Tulley, appellant; Norman S.
Foote VS. Bartholomew Mylott and wife
appellants; G. William Steinbach VS.
John NJ Holler and trustee, the Rut-
land Railroad company; Peter Duffany
VS. Frank E. Foote; A. P. Needham,
appellant VS. Charles Lafayette; and E.
H. Palmer VS. Martin F. Fuller, In
which case motion to dismiss was
filed.
The Columbus Smith will case was
left open on account of the absence of
attorneys interested and the case of c.
H. Eaton VS. Harry Diamond was left
open pending negotiations for a settle
ment, and the case of Cheney & Co. VS.
George Champagne, appellant, was
continued. This disposed of the jury
calendar.
The following cases on the court cal
endar were set for hearings at this
time: Cynthia S. Mead, administra
trix, VS. L. N. Kellogg appellant, and
w. H. Dean, trustee, two cases of the
same title; John Early VS. Harry
Thomas, appellant; Charles Partridge
VS. William N. Farnham, appellant;
Frank Doaner VS. Elizabeth c. Smith;
N. Will Foster VS. Herbert D. Taylor
and trustee, the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York; Josie Waters VS.
John H. and Mary E. Burns, and R. l..
! Hemenway VS. N. S. Foote and trustees.
The case of R. j. Vosburgh vs. Thomas
| Daley and trustees, was entered settled
and discontinued and several cases
were held open for various reasons.
On the divorce docket, ten cases were
marked for hearings and seven were
continued, two being left open.
On the chancery docket these cases
were marked settled and discontinued
as follows: Ira H. LaF'leur VS. Orvett
and Sarah Hackett and Fannie Hulett;
Myron Page VS. Byron Page and Trustees
of Bixbee Memorial Free Library VS.
Solyn D. Miner, and a simple dscon-
tinuance was entered in the case of
Thomas Casey's administrator VS. the
City of Vsrgennes ct al.
The following cases on the general
civil docket, not on the jury or court
calendar, were entered settled and dis
continued: Charles Gage VS. Grant
Jackman, appellant; Higgins and Drake
VS. Arthur T. Cults; Joseph Drolette VS.
Milk Company E. A. Newton VS. same
company; Solon D. Leland VS. same COM
pany George Ellis VS. same company;
Reubin and Mary Haight VS. Edward
w. Haight, appellant; Eugene c. Pierce
VS. Daniel B. Seaman and trustee;
Harriet j. Smith and Thomas E. Boyce,
! special administrators of Columbus
| Smiths estate VS. F. E. Reed; G. H.
Purinton VS. Charles T. Lafayette; the
American Druggists Syndicate VS. H.
b. Dutton company; James Paterson VS.
Frank D. Meehan and trustee, two
cases; Clifford Brasset VS. A. G. Perry,
appellant; Michael Halpin VS. Samuel
Wimmett and Ira E. Stewart VS. Fred
st. George and trustee, Elizabeth st.
George, appellants. The case of T. M.
Chapman VS. Edward Ash and trustee
was simply discontinued. Three cases
were left open and the rest continued.
The discontinuance make a big hole in
the docket.
Following the call of the dockets an
effort was made to see if a case could
not be got ready for trial. but it proved
unavailing and at IL: 10 o'clock a recess
was taken until 2 p. m.
At the afternoon session the petit
jsrors were called and sworn. Judge
Taylor instructed them at considerable
length as to the meaning of their oath
and the nature of their duties.
An effort was then made to get case
started, but owing to the absence of
parties and the engagements of attor-
neys in osser county courts, this proved
unsuccsssSsA and at 5 o'clock a recess
was taken to 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning, with the case of Norman S.
Foote VS. George M. Moore, appellant.