Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-06
ADDISON COUNTY COURT
Judge Fish Presiding Over June Term
MANY Cases Continued or Transferred

Judge Fish Presiding Over June Term
MANY Cases Continued or Transferred
Middlebury. June 4.-The June term Of
superior court for Addison county opened
at ten o'clock this forenoon with the
Hon. Frank l.. Fish of vergennes presid-
ing. the Hon. Charles A.-Shapman of
Ferrisburg and the Hon. Charles s. James
OF Weybridge as assistant judges. The
remaining officers are Rufus Wainwright
Of Middlebury, clerk; Olin A. Smith of
Addison. sheriff and probation officer.
with 16 deputy sheriffs Allan r. Sturte-
want Of Middlebury. States attorney, Miss
Ella NJ. Ballcu Of Rutland. stenographer
Charles E. Pinney of Middlebury. treas
urer: and John A. Fletcher Of Middlebury
auditor.
The opening prayer was made by the
Rev Henry c. Newell and Sheriff Smith
then made the proclamation for the open
ing.
On the Jury calendar the following
cases were marked for trial. The
case of Henry c.. Ward VS.. Ma
rion e. Rich's estate was entered set
tied and discontinued. and these two
cases were left open for the present: In
re will Of Joseph Larrow. Susan L. Bur-
ton appellant. W. E. Larrow special ad-
'ninistrator prepayment and the National
bank Of Vergennes VS.. Louis j. Dean and
r. W. Williams.
The case of WILDER Field.vs. Truman
J. Newton was held open and that of
Bank Of Lake Placid VS.. Malvina o.
| and Frederick ]. Prunier and trustee
the Mutual McDermitt Dairy corpora
ton was transferred to the Jury calen-
der. Most of the cases on the chan
Gerry docket were held open or entered
continued In the case Of John Purring-
ton vs. Nixon Thompson and Minnie
| Thompson was set for a hearing, the
| case Of William McVar vs. Joseph
Hurlburt and Lillian Hurlburt was
marked settled and discontinued and
the case Of John Condor ct al VS.. Mary
Burke, Patrick Condor ct ell was
marked settled according to stipula
lions on file, A decree was allowed in
the case Of Margaret E. Severy VS.. John
". Pitridge and Mary J. Pitridge.
There were five cases set for trial
on tho divorce docket and five cases
on the new entry divorce docket were
also marked for hearing. The case Of
Ellen Boudett vs.. Ernest j. Boudett
was entered discontinued, the parties
now living together.
! On the general docket the cases of
French and Crosby and A. ] Need
ham VS. the Boston & Maine Railroad
company were continued The first
case was tried in this county court. re-
sulting In a verdict for the plaintiff and
this verdict was affirmed by the
, Supreme court. From there II was APP
pealed to the United States Supreme
court and on Saturday last a decision
was received from the United States
court affirming the actions of the State
courts in favor of the plaintiff, con-
| sequently the case of Needham vs..
the Boston & Maine will never come
| to trial unless on the question of the
amount of damages. In the case of
Charlotte King. administrators estate
| of George r. King, va. Lake Dunmore
Power & Traction company a non suit
was ordered against the plaintiff the
balance now due Of $1,000 out of more
than $4,000 at the start being only
about $25.
The case of Frank LaVarne VS.. Harry
limo and company was referred to
Frank c. Archibald of Manchester. the
case Of George Scarborough VS.. Walter
Quelch and Harty Warner VS.. Arden
Yerden appellant were discontinued
Tho cases Of Henry C. Ward VS.. Marion
f. Rich's estate A. @. Wright and Ada
NJ. Wright VS.. d. c. Briggs and trustee
and Emma Goodro VS.. r. f. Heir were
entered settled and discontinued and
the other cases on the docket went over
until the next term.
At the opening of the afternoon SEES
sion the petit juror panel was called
Eleven out of SO were absent. some OF
them having been excused beforehand
and others not. They were excused unit
to -morrow morning as no case would
be ready for trial before that time
the case of william p. Hallock VS.
Edward Tucker standing first for trial