Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-12-05
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
Opened Tuesday with Judse E. L
Waterman Presiding.


Tuesday last, with Supreme Judge E. l..
Waterman of Brattleboro as presiding
judge and Hon. Henry E. Day of Rip
ton and Honorable Wilbur E. Hanks of
Bristol as assistant Judges.
The opening prayer was offered by
Rev. A. A. Lancaster, pastor of the
local Congregational church, after which
Sheriff Olin A. Smith made the custom
ary proclamation for the opening of the
county court and the court of chancery
The dockets and calendars we're then
called over. The jury calendar was first
taken up.
Eleven of the cases set for trial by
jury were marked for trial at this term.
In the Converse VS.. Gregory estate case
a motion was made for continuance by
Lawyer Stone of Vergennes on behalf
of the defendant and was later argued
by him in force and by Mr.. Tuttle of
Vergennes for the plaintiff. No decision
Booska VS.. the town of Bristol was
entered, settled and discontinued and
the remaining cases on this calendar
were either continued or passed over for
the present on account of the absence
of attorneys interested.
On the court calendar the case of
Herbert A. Burroughs VS.. Judge S.
Burroughs was entered settled and dis
continued, that of Katherine Begor's
administrator VS.. Lewis Begor, appel
liant, was continued. The remaining
cases on this docket were held open
until the arrival of the attorneys en-
gagged in the cases.
These two cases on the chancery
docket were entered, settled and discon-
tinued -Thad M. Chapman and Jessie
H. Chapman VS.. William N Lathrop,
and John L. Derrick vs. Elmer E. Derrick.
The two most important cases on this
docket were continued, as usual These
are P. B. Cloyes ct al. vs.. the Middle
bury Electric Company ct al, and The
State Board of Health vs.. the City of
| Vergennes ct al. The former of these
Is the oldest case on any of the dockets,
having been entered at the December
term thirteen years ago. The other
case has been in court three years, tie
case having come into court in conse-
quence of the refusal or neglect of the
city authorities to obey the orders of
the board of health in the matter of
water supply. The other four cases on
this docket We're passed temporarily.
Upon the divorce calendar Is cases
were set for hearing, four of which
were entered since the dockets were
printed. The case of Clyde Basalow VS..
other cases on the list were continued.
In the case of Della Steinberg VS..
August Steinberg in which the notice
was by publication, it appearing that
the notice did not in respect of time
comply with the Statute, an order was
made for a new publication before the
June term. Mr. Stone was the at
torney for the petitioner.
On the general law docket the follow
ing cases were entered settled and dis
continued; Louis Morris VS.. Andrew
Treado; Isaac Shapiro VS.. Moses Vim
cent, appellant lin which the bank
ruptcy of the plaintiff being suggested.
Milo X. Moore of Middebury was APP
pointed trustee); Cynthia S. Mead,
Administrative, VS.. L. N Kellogg, ap-
pellant, two cases; Gusta Muller VS..
Joseph Blaise, appellant. The Town of
Chittenden VS.. Ida A Capen ct al.
Charles S. Everest VS.. Ira j. Everest,
and the National Bank of Middlebury VS..
The Town of New Haven. The remain
ing cases which do not appear on other
dockets were mostly continued but a
few were held open.
At the completion of the calling of
the dockets a recess was taken at Ills
O'Clock until o'clock p. m.
The number of out-of- town lawyers
here for the opening of court was the
smallest in many years. There being
only five. These were Frank w. Tut
tie and george w. Stone of Vergennes,
Jasper G. Page of Bristol, John j. En-
right of Burlington and Frank A.
Parker of Whiting.
At the opening of the Iafternoon ses-
sion the petit Jurors were called and
sworn and Judge Waterman gave them
the usual instructions. All of the SO
men summoned for jury duty were on
hand except Leon Claflin of Hancock.
who had been excused, and William M.
Grandy of Bridport and William Crosby
of Vergennes, who were unable to at
tend on account of illness.
At 2:3O O'Clock the jurors were ex-
cused until 9 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. AS there was no case ready to be
taken up, and nothing further was done
in court during the afternoon. The
court quit business for the day with the