St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-12-06
COUNTY COURT
HAS CONVENED
Hon. Fred Butler, of Rutland Pre-
sides At Winter Term. Asst,
Judges Dole Of DanvilIe, and
Hoffman Of WheelOck
NOT A LONG SESSION
Although Over 200 Cases on the Diff
fcrcnt DocINets many il is thought
may be Disposed of Before
Trial-Thrcc Cases
Wednesday


Winter term of the Caledonia county
court convened at the court house
Tuesday morning, with the Hon. Fred
NJ. Butler of Rutland presiding, Hon.
Fred Hoffman of Wheelock and the
Hon. Nelson A. Dole of Danville assis-
tant judges.
Although there are 121 cases on
the civil docket, 4G divorce, 8 criminal
and q on the chancery docket there
are indications that the present ses-
sion will not be very busy owing to
the disposition of cases.
On the jury calendar for the open
ing day were five cases, two of which
were passed and The otaer three
placed on the court calende"
The cases of May B. Van Camp vs.
Edwin S. Page and Nettie Page, Tort
and Pulpit diary farm VS. Fred Cush-
man were passed and these placed on
the court calender were: Miriam Z
Jameson VS. Plynn Fl. Mcdonald; Mrs.
l.. NJ. Powers VS. Caledonia county fair
ground association and Martin II. Glib
son VS. Fred Fuller.
OF the case for Wednesdays session.
one was discontinued, II. l.. Aver. A.
j. Perry and l.. j. LaBclle; the case
of James Russell apt. VS. S. s. and c.
estate Of George Gibbons went to the
court calender.
Argument for the on-ccntinuance
of the case of Henry Fadden VS. James
Kidd. ct al. will be heard today and
the cases to stand for tril are: Will
liam A. Wright VS. James A. Virtue,
contract; and Victor l.. Douglas "
James Douglas, contract
The attornies from out of town pres
ent at the opening were: N A. Nor
ton and E. A Cook of Lyndonville;
S. r. Darling and Bernard Muleahy
of Hardwick; r, w. Smith Of Wells
River; w. II. Cleary Of Newport and
Mr.. Buck from Boston.
Prayer was offered by Rev f. b.
Richards of the North church.
When the docket was called the
cases of Martin IL. Gibson VS. Fred
Fuller ct al. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Powers
VS. Caledonia County Playground Co,
were left with the court as a settle
ment in each case is expected before
the term ends. The case of Marian
e. Jamison VS. Plyn II. Mcdonald is
another that will be settled.
The case on the jury calendar set
for trial are: James Russell apt, VS. S.
S. and G.. Estate of George Gibbins,
Peter RivOria VS. Angelo Sculetti, VIII
liam A. Wright VS. James A. Virtue,
Victor l.. Douglas VS. James A. Doug
las, S. A. Jones as Guardian of Hiram
Drown. VS. Estate of George w. Ches-
ley, Frank Hall Merrifield, admr Es-
tate of Angelne Merrifeld VS. John
G. Roy ct ais, Frank Kimball VS. O
M. Jehnison, E. NJ. Fifield VS. Arthur
Rood.
Cases discontinued was: H.. i
Aver VS. A. j. Perry & L. j. Labelle.
Cases continued were: Henry Fad
der VS. James Kidd ct al, Eugene
Sanctuary vs. Village of Hardwick,
William j. Cross VS. Passumpsic Fiber
Leather Co.
On the court calendar these cases
were set for trail: B. f. Bullard vs.
Fred J. Bushey apt, j. Ward ellis
VS. Robert II. Vance and Trustee, l.
A. Won Seldeneck VS. Ellis w. Moore,
Henry Estabrooks VS. John Morrency,
Fred n. Bilodeau VS. c. II. Jackson
and Frank 4. McGovern VS. Citizens
Savings Bank and Trust Co.
Other cases on the court calendar
were disposed of as follows: Boston
& Maine Railroad VS. c. II. Lee apt,
discontinued, NOrcross & Adams VS.
Charles w. Norris settled and discon-
tinued.
All of the cases on the general dock
ct were continued except the follow
ing: Samuel c. Harris VS. Augusta
Martell, c. II. Lee VS. c. H. Davis apt,
George e. Bellville VS. Fred Hoyt, Hen
ry Pache VS. Asa Fellows, Homer G.
ingalls, VS. J. Z. Davis, Inc, and A. L.
Bailey. Trustee, Clara r. Counter,
admx., VS. G. II. Counter, Catherine
G. Walsh VS. Clarence V. Carter and
Trustee, Passumpsic Savings Bank VS.
Louis Daigle & Artimisse Daigle and
Trustee, d. A. Perry Real Estate
Agency VS. r. 3. Holton, United States
Rubber Co., VS. A. G. Smith Co.. Royal
Shoe Co, VS. A. G. Smith Co., and John
p. Stark VS. Milton 10. Spaulding were
settled and discontinued.
The case of Emily C. Way VS. NJ r.
Wellman, Melvin NJ. Berry VS. Wald-
ron Hamilton, Edith May Berry VS.
Melvin Berry, and George ShOrey VS.
Charles Lee were discontinued.
Not all of the divorce cases will be
tried this term. These cases have been
discontinued or dropped if not prose-
cuted: Angelina Agnostini Brugoni
VS. Vittorio Agostini. Lucy G. Bellville
VS. Charles Bellville, Merit NJ. Grant
VS. John w Grant, Grace l.. Patch VS.
Leon G. Patch, Lucius Bean VS. Eliza
beth Bean. Ada L. Taylor VS. Copelond
E. Taylor, Tennel Fl. Jamison VS. Mar