News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-03
LAMOILLE COUNTY COURT
December Term

The December Term of the La
noble County Court and Court of
Chancery opened Tuesday with Judge
W. w. Miles of Barton, presiding
Hon. N. B. Mower and Hon. J. S.
Leach, Assistant Judges. Prayer
was offer by Rev. w. r. Hamlin,
Sheriff Town in his usual dignified
manner made proclamation, and for
the benefit of those who have never
been so fortunate as to be present,
we give the proclamation used.
Hear We! Hear ye! Hear ye! The
December Term OF the Lamoille
County Court and Court of Chancerv
appointed by law to be held at this
time and place is now open and in
session. All ye having business
therein, draw near and ye shall be
heard"
The following attorneys were pre-
sent: V. A. Billiard of Burlington;
H. F. Brigham of Bakersfield; w. H.
Fairchild of Fairfield; G. w. Hill of
st. Johnsbury; and Hon. H. H. Pow
ers, r. w. Hulburd, F. G.. Fleet
wood, T. C. Cheney, M. P. Maurice,
w. E. Tracy, H. M. Mcfarland, and
D. A. LaFountain of the Lamoille
County Bar.
The jury calendar was called and
every thing indicates the prospect of
very short term The prospect
being that there will be no State
cases heard, and only one or two
civil cases, with the usual amount of
divorce cases, and one Chancery
hearing set for trail.
The cases set for jury were dis
posed of as follows: Lamoille County
Savings Bank and Trust Co., v
Mark Stevens, set to heel of the
docket, M. P. Maurice has leave to
enter for the defendant. There will
probably be no trial. C. i. Sim
mons V. C. E. & C. o.. Burt, con-
tinued. J. A. Mcdonald VS.. B. w.
Austin, trial; In re estate of l.. H.
Lanphere, Appeal from allowance of
will, discontinued. This is the Ian
phere will case from Elmore, but
does not touch the chancery case
brought to set aside the purported
gift to the Town of Hyde Park for
a library; S. E. Pope v j.. H. May.
Trial, Parker & Stearns v R. H,
Powers, settled and discontinued;
f. r. Child v j, B. Stewart, continu-
ed and referred to w. A. Dutton.
The court calendar suffered about
the same fate. the following eases
being entered Settled and Discon-
tinued'; Mclean V Jones; Geiser
Mfg. Co., v Haskell; Eddy v Cres-
cent Creamery Co.; Waterville C.
&. Bragg both in law and in the
chancery docket; Knox c. V. R. R;
Foss Barrows; Thomas V Handle
and Lumber Co; and there are left
for hearing, Laura j. Stevens W.
M. Smith, Maurice for Plff., Page
foe Deft., and Lambert ct ais,
Carrie Lambert, Fleetwood for
Aplts., Hulburd for Ape.
In B. A. Hunt R. H. Fuller,
entry of judgment to account, audi
tor was made. This is part of the
litigation being brought by Hunt
and others in connection with the
estate of the late r. H. Fuller of
in which two chancery
cases, one law case, and one case in
Probate Court are now pending.
The cases involve a large amount of
Howe, Fleetwood and
Hunt represent those seeking to re-
cover and Billiard and Maurice the
Fuller interests
A motion for continuance was
made in the case of State VS. Chester
Allen, which was granted, and this
case will go over till June. This is
the case in which the respondent
Vas arrested after a chase by the
Wood-Morgan Detective Agency
after chase over three states and
part of Canada.
= In State vs. Henry D. White, the
Cambridge check raising case, the l
pied guilty to uttering
forged check, and after an investi-
cation by the Probation Officer, was
to not less than two nor
more than three years in the state |
prison at Windsor; and on payment |
If the costs of $4,000, the sentence
vas suspended, and the respondent |
'laced in the hands of the probation |
'fficer for three years.
The jury was called and an able |
,harge delivered by Judge Miles. |
n the afternoon the divorce case of |
lizzie Williams VS. Albert Williams |
vas heard and a divorce granted for |
''hashness. Hulburd
or petitioner. Stowe parties.
The first case for trial is Pope VS.
lay'in which a jury will be drawn |
Wednesday morning. Parker and |
Maurice for plaintiffs, Billiard for
Court Notes
The States Attornav keeDI his docket |