Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-05-28
ADDISON COUNTY COURT

The June term of the Addison county
court will open in the county court
house in Middlebury at 10 O'Clock q. m.
on Tuesday next, June l. Hon. Fred
NJ Butler of Rutland will be the chief
Judge, and the other officers will be the
following:
Assistant Judges, Hon. Henry T. Day
of Ripton and Hon. WILDER f. Hanks OF
Bristol; clerk Rufus Wainwright of
Middlebury; sheriff, DIN A. Smith of
Addison with - deputies; Allen K.
Sturtevant of Middlebury state 5 attor-
ney; Miss Ella NJ. Ballou of Rutland,
reporter; Charles (. Pinney of Middle
bury treasurer, and Olin A. Smith,
probation officer
The dockets for the term were issued
and sent out on Monlay. On the gen
eral civil docket there are As cases. on
the jury list 10 cases, on the criminal
docket 25 cases, on the chancery docket
IA cases. and on the divorce program
q petitions.
Most of the cases on the jury calendar
are of financial Importance, and if the
majority of them should come to trial
the term bids fair to be long one. But
it looks now as though some of the
principal cases would have to go over
until another term, or an adjourned
session of the June term, as Lawyer
Thomas W. Maloney of Rutland, chief
counsel for the plaintiffs in these suits.
is under hospital treatment in Rutland
for a serious ailment, and may not be
recovered sufficiently to appear in
court for month yet.
There are, however enough of jury
cases practically certain to come on to
occupy the court for at least two weeks,
and there are criminal cases in bond
and not docketed yet TO keep business
going for a couple of weeks more.
The cases set for trial by jury on the
! civil calendar are as follows Moses
Vincent VS.. Thomas S. brakes estate,
appeal from commissioners; Hazel L.
Marcelle VS.. Louis A. Muller. breach of
promise of marriage; in re of the will
of Vienna NJ Read, Carlotta Read
Tracy, contestant and appellant, appeal
from probate court; Edgar NJ. Bissell
VS. J. c. 5. Hamilton. SANDER, y a
case involving a claim of $50, 900
damages for undiplomatic language;
w. n. Bristol VS. n. j. McCuen, re-
plevin; Louis Begor VS. Daniel H.
/ Meader, petition for leave to entertain
appeal; Astine A. Briggs VS.. George
Beeman, alienation of affection; Cyru.
r. Curry's administrator VS.. Don w.
Bisbee, action on the case; Ira +.
Stewart VS., Edna b. Palmer and trus-
tee, general assumpsit; B. F. Du-
prey's administrator for the use of
Wilbur c. Bingham VS. the town of
New Haven, special assumpsit and
common counts; f. S. Fresneau VS..
Merrill o. Field and trustee, general
assumpsit. Willard q. Hill VS.. Edward
! j. O'Downell, alienation of affection;
Ethel Reed VS.. Louise Shackett, Sian.
der; Ethel Reed VS.. Gladys Shackett.
Islander, and Norman 5. Foote VS.. George
NJ. Moore. 1t will be observed that in
their nature some of the cases are
/ peculiar for Addison county and likely
70 prove interesting during their course
/ in court.
The divorce docket while not so pro-
/ longed as in some recent years contains
some food for thought and also has
cases my diving legal pecuiarities. The
people who are now asking for the dis
rupuon of the bonds of matrimony are
| Benjamin Cole V Ada Cole; MVnona
Shaw VS. Carl Shaw; Thomas NJ. Bene-
/ dict VS. Cecilia {. Benedict; Margaret
Nj. Rivett vs. julius Rivett: Ellen Bro
dette vs. Ernest j. Brodette; Agatha NJ.
Shortsleeves vs. Joseph Shortsleeves:
Theresa Fisher VS. William H. Fisher.
with cross-bill filed by the husband.
Willard +. Grover VS. Mary Grover; Lucy
j. Reed vs. Myron Reed; Flora A.
Tanner VS. Albert A. Tanner: Gertrude
A. Briggs VS. Alstine A. Briggs; Sarah
F. MacCormack VS. Joseph p. MacCor-
mack. petition for separate mainte-
nance; Jenoie G. Butler VS. Lester H.
Butler; Phoebe b. Davis VS. Fred Davis:
Howe c Newton VS. Holly G. Newton;
! Emma Goodroe VS. Levi H. Goodroe.