The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-06
AT Opening of November
Term of the Vermont
Supreme Court
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
IN THREE CASES
Two w ashin G to, i ounty
Cases Settled ch-
ers Add 4

The November ter, Vermont su.
preme court convened a Montpelier this
forenoon with Chi : lstice John H.
Watson presiding. Ss ter the opening
proclamation by - if +. H. Tracy
prayer was Offered Rev. 5. f. Blom-
field and the reading of opinions was
| commenced
Justice Haselton read the opinion in
the Bennington county case of Allen A.
Roberts against Oliver Danforth. In this
case the damages were only $50, al
though suit for $4,000 had been brought.
Malicious arrest was set up, and in the
case the county court reduced the bail to
S400. The opinion overruled the demnr-
rer and ordered that Judgment be af-
firmed.
In the Chittenden county case Of How
ard National bank VS.. Cecilia Arbucke
and trustee, Judgment affirmed was en-
tered. No opinion was read in that case,
but in the companion case of Howard
National bank VS.. Cecilia Arbuckle, con-
tract, an opinion was read by Justice
Powers and Judgment was affirmed In
the first case a verdict for the plaintiff
for S2,669.9l was given and in the last
81 ,2lTSS was given in the lower court.
Justice Taylor read an opinion in the
Orleans county case in regard to the will
of Abel G. Bugbee, Irene M. Blanchard
and Jeanette B. Steuben. This is case
relative to shares of the Eastern Town
ships bank, their transfer and letters
written as to the deceased's will, the suit
involving several important questions in
the making of wills. Judgment was re-
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Entries Made
The following entries were made upon
the reading of the docket: Orange coun-
ty, State vs. George Stevens, violating
Sec. 5s5s, P, s., Judgment affirmed; Ben
nington county, White VS.. Campbell, set
tied and discontinued; Caledonia coun-
ty, Farmers company VS.. Connecticut
Valley Co., settled and discontinued, and
Night Commander Lighting Co. vs.
George Biseh, settled and discontinued;
Essex county. n. P. Dearth VS.. Beecher
Falls Co, settled; Rutland county, CO.
lumbar Marble Co. vs. Rutland Railroad
Co., settled; Franklin county, Frank
Guthrie vs. Ernest Combs, settled and
Washington county, Mar
,elino del Campo VS.. Manuel Erbosco,
settled and discontinued, and Louis
Aaron VS. Edward Lowe, settled and dis
continued.
Several cases were entered in tho
county calendar. including,
he following: William Rumble vs. John
". Mcdonald, A. T. Davis VS.. Union
society, Charles Bianchi B.
sons VS.. Montpelier & Wells River rail-
oad Dvnes Gilpin VS.. Northfeld. A
notion for settlement was entered in
he case of Blanchard Real Estate Co. vs..
fontpelier.
Cote Habeas Corpus Case.
A question whether bankruptcy pro-
eedings stop payment on judgment
nters into hearing relative to habeas
orpus proceedings brought to secure the
alease of A. H. Cote from Washington
,unty Jail It was alleged that Cote
ad failed to pay judgment secured
gainst him by Fannie Bancroft in Gale
onia county court The habeas corpus
Ise was set at the heel of the Washing
IN county docket, which is the last in
le court work A motion for bail was
ed and the arguments relative to that
i'll take place this afternoon, it is ex-
,cted.
Admitted to the Bar.
About the first business done this
orning was to admit Wayne G. Bos-
orth of Newport to the practice of law
Vermont Mr. Bosworth took the ex-
nination at the regular October term
It his length of time was short. The
ling in the cases where the applicants
We enlisted in the military service of
e country was applied, thus giving him
chance to be admitted at this term
court. and the oath was administered
Clerk L. C. Moody.