The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-08
Charles ]. Nesbitt and Wife
Tell of Row at John
Nesbitt's Home
INJUNCTION BY
JUDGE WATERMAN
Children and Grandchildren May Visit
John Nesbitt, but Must Behave Them
selves While There = Hearing This
Forenoon.


Forenoon
Charles J. Nesbitt and his wife. Cecile
NJ. Aesbltt, filed in the county clerks
office this morning, through Attor-
ney \. +. Schwenk, their answer To the
bill OF complaint filed recently bv
Charles J. Nesbtt's father John Nesbtt
of West Brattleboro, through Attorneys
Chase & Chase and later in the forenoon
a hearing was held before Judge +. L.
Waterman on the PLAINTIFFS petition for
an injunction against Mr. and Mrs
Charles J. Nesbtt.
After the hearing Judge Waterman is
sued an order restraining the defendants
from interfering with the personal lih-
erty OF John Nesbitt, from using phvsi-
cal violence upon him, from interfering
with his use of the premises, from dis
posing Of the personal property de-
scribed in the bin, and from preventing
John NeSbitt's children and grandch;l-
dren from visiting him at all reasonable
times, but he also ordered that the chill
dren and grandchildren while there
should conduct themselves properly and
Ipcaceably and should not interfere in any
improper manner with the defendants,
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Nesbitt
A previously stated in The Reformer
! The bill Of complaint set ont that John
Nesbltt and his son, Charles, and the
/ iatters Wlie have lived together on John
Nesbltt's farm. which is carried on by
/ the son and wife under a lease An
/ isWering statements in the complaint. Mr.
land Mrs. Charles Nesbitt denv that there
was any agreement whereby there should
be an accounting at the end of eacl
week, or that Charles j Nesbitt has al
any time refused TO account and pay
over 70 his father such sums Of money
! which ne received and which belonged K
the plaintiff
They further state that on June 80
1917, John Nesbitt became dissatisfie,
with the arrangement then existing a
20 provisions and desired to board Will
them. which they say he has done eve
since without paying for il. and that h
has used one Of the horses included il
the lease ever since last December with
out paying for its use They DENY tha
they have ever forbidden the children O
grandchildren from visiting at any rea
!sonablc time and never have mistrcate
him and have treated him kindly and ar
ready to continue to do so.
2 1t Is alleged that on Aug. H. 1917
/ the children and grandchildren came /
g the premises early in the forenoon an
. took possession Of the house and exeI
i cised dominion over it until late III til
5 afternoon and that the defendants wer
unable to carry on their househol
duties.
t On Aug. 26. 1917, the defendants sd,
: the children and grandchildren, Emer
t Smith and his wife and two children
J one one year old and the other fou
n Minnie Leavitt and her two chidrel
J. one six and the other IA: John NeSbi
and his wife and their two children, OF
one and the other two; and Julius Ne
bltt and his wife, came to the premis,
between and 10 o'clock in the for
e noon, before Cecile Nesbitt had finish,
her morning work and STAYED until
in the afternoon. 1t is charged th
f while there they fixed the fire and ma,
RI the oven so hot that the defendant WI
q unable to bake bread which she had ri
Ie ing; that they usurped all the room
Il the pantry so that Cecile Nesbitt w
r unable to work there and that when 5
70 asked them to give her room they to
her they would do as they pleased a.
90 where they pleased around the hou
and would come every day and eve
Sunday and do as they were then doin
N that the son, John, went into Charlie
garden and dug potatoes, which we
cooked for dinner by the children; tn
IN the defendants were obliged to 90 wit
he out any dinner: that the children a
nv grandchildren made insulting remarks
ce Cecile, and that Minnie and Jennie sho
is their fists in her face and created such
nv disturbance that the defendants VIZ
n obliged to send for an officer to qtl
re the disturbance.
The defendants say they believe
children by reason of jealousy or sol
other reason, influenced the elder 10
Nesbitt to bring the proceeding for
:. purpose of driving the defendants FRI
l. premises so that they, the children, m
enter upon and use the premises at
loo expense and injury of the defendants.
he Defilal Is hiaoe ny the ueieiu.iiss u
~ they ever threatened the plaintiff W
physical violence, or that Charles
Nesbitt has sold any personal prope
from the premises and used the procee
lexcept a calf which brought so and
lpig which brought Sl4, besides keepin
ra- milk check of S43.74, which was to of
the sale of cow which they allege j,
Nesbitt sold from under the lease
~; kept the proceeds.