Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-26
UNI Ed STATES &C. URT Opens
February Term in Progress at
the Federal Building.
Only Two Cases Likely to BE Tried
and Both Are for Damages Fol-
lowing Accidcnts---Grnnd Jury
in Session.

The United states court for the district
of Vermont convened Tuesday morning
at ten o'clock for the February term
Judge Julius w. Mayer presided Among
the attorneys in attendance were: United
States District Attorney Alexander Dun
nett Of St. Johnsbury w 3. C. Stickney
and T. w. Moloney of Rutland, John Il
Scnter Of Montpelier. NJ. NJ. Wilson and
J. c, Sherburne of Randolph.
The case OF G. S. Palmer VS.. william
II. Clark, William Odln and Dora A
Odlin, which was first on the trial docket.
was continued, there being some ques-
ton whether the amount at stake was
largo enough to bring 1t within the
jurisdiction of the United States court
The case of Augusta f. Trowbrdge
against Frank Chandler was next on the
docket r. W. Moloney for the defendant
asked to have the case continued on the
ground that the wife of the defendant
who was to have been a material VII
ness, was unable on account of her health
o he present. a statement as to Mrs
Chardlcrs health, signed and sworn C.
by her physician was presented. Aftcr
both sides had been heard on thi-
preliminary point the court decided that
masmuch a. the plaatff had been az
expense and trouble to prepare the case
at this tine and had important witnesses
! present whom It INSIGHT be Impossible 20
get at another time, mo case should 60 on
! The chancery case If Guy NJ. ?aGc,
! trustee of J. l.. Goo1lln. against Myer
/ Litzld and Henry Todd was not ripe
for trial under the rules. 1t is likely that
! the Trowbridge case and the case OF
Harry G. Allen VS.. Champlain Realty
company viii! be the only cases to be
tried at this term, and so there Is fair
reason to believe that the sitting will be
a short one.
! a jury was obtained and the case Of
| Trowbridge IS. Frank Chandler was
begun. The plaintiff in the case IS a
school teacher, about 50 years of age, who
lives in Brooklyn, y. Y, and who has
been in the habit of coming to Vermont
to spend her summers In the season of
1911 she was guest Of the Silver Lake
| House in Leicester. of which the de
PENDANT is proprietor She arrived at the
hotel July /, and remained until August
~, the date Of her accident. The evening
of that day she went from her room on
the second floor to visit "A Mrs. Collins
who had a suite on the first floor She
returned to her apartment about eleven
O'Clock, travcrsing a long passage and
hall which had no lights whatever, she
claims, although there had been lamps
there every night she had been there
until that time. When nearly at her own
door she slnrod on account of the dark
ness and fell down a nearby staircase
receiving serious injuries She seeks dam
ages of sGcoN
The attorneys are T. w. Moloney ant
Buttles & Bottsford for the defendan
and Batchelder & Bates, and Nelson |.
Robinson of New York, for the plaintin,
In the case of Harry c. Allen VS.. the
Champlan Realty company, the plaintiff
claims that he is the owner of a saw mil
and dam in the White river in the town o
Stockbrdcc, the same being situated or
. an island. and that the defendant com
pany, which Is engaged in the lumbe
business sent down a drive Of logs which
destroyed his dam and damaged his build
ings by the flood of water that ensued
DAMAGES of $1,000 are claimed
The jury in the Trowbridge- Chandler
, case consists of c. r. Bacon, c. w. Bliss
F. F. Jocclyn. l.. II. Lewis, s. E. Noonan
Leslie Pike. Ralph Putnam, w. n Root
Frank Talcott, l.. =. Tracy, w. w. Wight
man. and Joseph Williams.
The grand jury was sworn in and wa
in session the greater part of the day.