The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-05
After Lower Court Had
Decided 1t Belonged
to Defendant
OPINION RENDERED
IN SUPREME COURT
In Case of Houghton Rice
and Fred Bugbee VS..
Charles E. Maurer

A very short session of Vermont SUI
preme court took place Tuesday after
noon owing to the fact that there were
no attorneys present to argue the cases
which had been reached in the first
weeks session of the court.
Only one opinion was read during the
afternoon. 1t was in the Bennington
county case of Houghton Rice and Fred
Bugbee, executors, vs.. Bennington
County Savings bank and Charles E.
Maurer. The suit is over the posses
sion of bank book with the funds
which the book represents. The lower
court gave the possession to Mr.. Maur
er. The opinion read yesterday by JUS
tiee Slack gave the possession Of the
book, with funds represented, to the
plaintiffs. The order was, Judgment re-
yersed and Judgment that the plaintiff
have possession of the funds in ques-
ton. Justices Powers and Miles dis
sented from the decision, but they did
not read their opinion in the matter
An entry order was made in the
Chittenden county case of Max l.. Pow
ell VS., estate of f. f. Moore, decree
affirmed and cause remanded
During the afternoon letter which
was sent to the clerk Of the court Oct
10 was read by the court, with the re-
suit an order was made in the Rutland
county case Of Margaret Eddy vs.
Abraham Newman and Edward Lloyd,
in which Judgment of the lower court
was affirmed. The lower court gave
the plaintiff judgment of $500 against
Lloyd who took exceptions. 1t is I'M
derstood that the man has since died.
In the Windham county case of Ed
ward j. Lavallee, administrator of the
estate Of Peter b. LavaIlee, VS.. the
Central Vermont railway, motion
was made for reargument This was
denied The Judgment of the lower
court was reversed and judgment was
given for the defendant to recover his
costs. This is a case growing out of
an accident in which Lavallee received
fatal injuries while working under a
car, the estate being given verdict of
1852. The opinion explained why the
verdict was contrary to law and that
the responsibility for the accident was
on the deceased; Watson, justice.
Windsor county, Rose NJ. Streeter ct
al vs. Edgar Hunter ct al, including an
insurance company, which is the real
defendant, The only question was
whether the injuries to the husband,
who was employed by Hunter, was
while in Hunters employ or while NOV
ing his household effects. The jury in
the lower court gave the plaintiff a
verdict Judgment was reversed and
cause remanded; Powers, justice.
Windsor county, Roland Z. Stevens
vs. George Bowker, appealed from the
municipal court in Hartford, willful
and malicious abuse of property This
case was dragged out six months in
the lower court. The defendant made
several motions in the lower court rela
tive to dismissing the case, which were
overruled, and this court affirmed the
Judgment of the lower court; Taylor,
justice.
Lamoille county, Lamoille County
Savings Bank & Trust Co. VS.. G. H.
Hanson In the lower court the plain
tiff was given a verdict of S642. The
defendant did not put in evidence and
the court directed verdict for the
plaintiff The supreme court held no
error has been made by the presiding
Judge in the lower court and judgment
was affirmed; Miles, justice