Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
JUNE TERM OPENS TUESDAY
Addison County Court Cases Il
$1,000 Breach of Prom
isc Suit.


Middlebury, May 26.-The June term of
the superior court for Addison county
will begin In the court house in Middle
bury Tuesday, June 2. at 1000 a. m, with
Hon. Zed s. Stanton of Roxbury pre-
siding judge.
On the general law docket there are
only g. cases and most of these are of
very little consequence from a financial
standpoint The most important case Is
a 5000 breach of promise suit which is
on the jury calender for trial the sec
ond day There are 80 cases on the
criminal calendar. l6 divorce cases and
nine cases on the chancery docket. some
of which are of large Importance. The
cases so far set for the court number
only eight, but this number will he sub
stantialy increased on the first day OF
the term by additions from the jury
list.
There are l6 cases set for trial on the
Jury calendar, which are as follows:
Cheney & Co. vs.. George Champagne,
appellant; Helen J. Walker VS. Carl o.
Church, appellant; Helen J. Walker and
others, appellant, VS. Carl o. Church,
trustee of George s. Walkers estate:
Ira j. Braydia, appellant. vs. Stephen
w. Gregory's estate; Walter J. White
VS.. Elwn e Sumner, appellant: Henry
and Thomas Calvin VS.. Guy Wooster,
appellant; Herman Puchta VS. Moses
Carpenter; D. b. Palmer VS.. the Boston
Condensed Milk company; Hazel l..
Marcelle vs. Louis \. Muller: Mark c.
Thompson vs.. NJ ]. Harmon; Joseph
Blair VS. the town of Weybridge; Joseph
Cobb VS.. the Western Union Telegraph
company; George G. Kelsey VS.. William
Stoddard, appellant; +. \. Bissell vs.
J. G. s Hamilton; W. W. Bristol VS..
Y. ]. McCuen; and Norman s. Foote VS..
George NJ. Moore.
The case of Bissell against Hamilton is
s2OO suit for slander. Edgar \.
Bssel the plaintiff, lives in Shoreham
and Carl Hamilton, the defendant, is
resident of Cornwall. Both men are
among the we'll known breeders of and
dealers in special Merino sheep in the
United States.
The breach of promise suit Of Marcelle
VS.. Muller Is the first case of the kind
to come into this court in a great many
years. The plaintiff is 19-year-old Sails
bury girl and the defendant is n resi-
dent of Cornwall, a well-to-do man. 30
years old, and son of the late Gustave
Muller of Cornwall
There is only one respondent In Jail
awaiting and most Of the cases on the
docket are old ones, in which the re-
spondents are in the custody of Proba-
tion Officer Olin A. Smith of Addison.
The calendar Of cases for hearing by
VS.. Elizabeth c. Smith. action of ac-
count: f. f. Wright VS.. Joseph L,orain,
general assumpsit; Charles j. Spaulding,
administrator of the estate of John
Davis, VS.. Meader Gordon, appellant:
Frazer x. Paige VS.. George D. Dresser,
general assumpsit; l.. o. LaMorder VS..
William d. Watson estate, appeal from
commissioners; Moses Vincent VS..
Thomas ]. Decker estate, appeal from
commissioners; Sarah r. Harmon vs.
Horace b, Field, trespass, and the Mu-
tual Life Insurance company of New
York VS. y. William Foster a petition
for new trial.
Some of the cases on the chancery
docket are of great Importance, the one
of chief consequence being p. b.
company ct al, which has been on the
docket for more than 13 years and is
now the oldest case on any of the dock
cts for the coming term.
The others are Jesse II. Chapman V.
Edison G. Brown; John b. Freson VS.
John II. Jones; Thad. NJ Chapman and
Jessie II, Chapman VS.. William y.
Lathrop; John l., Derrick VS.. Elmer f.
Derrick the State board of health vs.
the city of Vergennes, and Eugene c.
Pierce VS.. Daniel r, Seasman.
On account of some of the long cases
which are likely to come during the term
It is more than probable that the June
session will not be completed before the
middle of July.
The largest interest in the coming ses-
sion is ,hat involved in the trial in Italy
of the two Colombos, who are under ar
rest in Sicily, charged with the murder
of Henry Ward in New Haven two
years ago last December. Officials here
seem not to have information as to when
that trial is coming off in Italy. If II
ever does.